How to Build with Strawbales

[ImDaveCrazy]

7:00 "wax on wax off"

[Enviroman101]

Not sure about the chicken wire and stucco, could have used an earthern plaster

[6969smurfy]

I wonder if you can go 3 stories high? hhmm wonder what it would work Like in my build??

[crankygoldfish]

@6969smurfy If I recall correctly, the recommendation is no more than two floors. The straw bales are very heavy and going any higher would require a lot more support. Considering how inexpensive the materials are, you could do a lot with those two floors. Much more than you would spending the same money on modern construction methods.

[TheSkullwork]

simple, understandable. thanks

[NewJura]

NEVER NEVER NEVER USE STUCCO OVER STRAW BALE!!!!!

[Heathh49008]

Weep-holes indicates two things..

A: there IS moisture

B: it is NOT sealed from vermin and air

Your stucco/ chicken wire is no different than a weak monolithic concrete structure. It may be stable during an earthquake, but so would many other building designs that do not have the serious health issues this does. You are building with cellulose... spongy, warm, food for vermin. Wood suffers the same faults, but to a lesser degree.

[NewJura]

@Heathh49008 you must seriously learn more about the health of this type of building, it surpasses anything in conventional building.

[lulu7m2]

Being raised off the ground, firmly compressed, tightly secured with the wire and completely covered inside and out with the plaster there is no way for vermin to get in much less do any damage. The video is very clear on how any moisture is released through the weep holes where the pea gravel is down at the base of the walls.

These homes are more stable during earthquakes than most other types of home construction methods plus R35 or better. This is very sustainable technology.

[Heathh49008]

I can only shudder as I think of the vermin and mold that will infest that building over time.

If you had used rebar and a high density foam that was toxic to pests, water resistant, and covered THAT with a inch or so thick monolithic concrete shell, it might have been viable in the long term.

I guess nobody learned anything from the 3 little pigs, or biology class.

[pauluminous]

@Heathh49008

3 little pigs is a childs story, and biology class should have thought you that vermin and molds need certain attributes to thrive, attributes that are non-existing in a strawbale wall, ie. nutrients or oxygen. Foam that's toxic WILL leach toxics into your home. The stress concrete puts on the environment and your wallet is not viable by any means, and who wants to live in a concrete box anyways. But to each his own.

[NewJura]

@Heathh49008 this structure will last quit long enough.

[NewJura]

Respond to this video...no mold no vermin, that's all just misconception.