How to Build a Straw Bale House : How to Set the Straw Bales to Construct a Straw Bale House

[usmcoth]

If the metal rods create condensation that accelerates the decay of both the bail and the rod can you use fiberglass, bambo or other items to replace the rebar?

[TheLordGenerals]

@usmcoth Use wood stakes, search Simon Dale in google for instructions.

[vokterhund]

This chick is distracting me, I like it.

[10mac10s]

I bet you any type on money that that lady gives wicked BJs

[1wicked2008]

@10mac10s ..besides the breast how do you think she got on expert village .she aint no expert she don't even know what she's doing .

[drkirkdc]

i saw a nipple.

[shuswap007]

Nice booby shots - thats about all

[Machinimator]

( . Y . )

I love it at 1:43 when she says ...

"..just so we can get enough time to show you what to do with these things."

They are nice and I think I already know what to do with them, but show me baby, show me.

[ant1man2]

shes hot

do u root?

[viennaroo]

dicßhead, piss off elsewhere with your sexual frustrations

[ScuderiaBull]

But how do the straw bales hold something as heavy as a first floor and a roof???

[mbphlover]

Have you ever seen it stored? Straw can support alot of weight.

[ScuderiaBull]

yes, my grandma and grandpa at the country side has straw bales witch they feed cattle and goats!

I know their allot firm when put one on another, but not so firm to support o concrete deck that weighs atleast 20tons!

And it has to be a high quality straw bale, with golden straw and a good machine that makes them,

i mean not all of the bales have to be perfect quality if it ends up in animal tummys!

[Gundog23]

"this is a rubbish video! "

no it wasn't. I am considering straw bale for a small outbuilding to house a solar preheater holding tank and I was wondering how to best anchor the bales to blocks.

I did; however, have to watch it a few times because the "wiggly, jiggly" kept distracting me.

If you can make a better video, please feel free to proceed.

[copefarms]

I too was distracted by the wiggly jiggly in the video LOL :)

[kimberlyckle]

this is a rubbish video!

[crachan]

definately in UK DO NOT use any metal in bales - causes condensation and rot. Have a look at some builds i worked on at u-tube. These bales are too soft - and never ever pick a bale up with its strings.

[enyawix]

@crachan your video contains content from WMG, who has blocked it on copyright grounds.

[TreeHugged]

Take it your not farm minded then , , never seen metal expand that much its gonna affect a straw bale lol , and if you put a too wet straw bale on it will catch fire if not dried right,

[NSResponder]

"never seen metal expand that much its gonna affect a straw bale lol "

It's not expansion, it's condensation. Can't you read?

Water condenses on the re-bar, which creates a wet spot in the bale where rot can take place.

-jcr

[ferdonandebull]

Well I have seen a straw bale house that is fifteen years old with metal rebar used in it along with wire bale wire. Also it is chicken wired with concrete on the outside.

Asside from a little patching over the years everything is alright. Rebar will not condense because the straw keeps the rebar at a constant temperature. Same with the wire inside the wall. The wire in the cement is in the cement.

Old wifes tales if you have built right.

[HTCSWEOD]

Are you aware that the Author of Serious Straw Bale, suggests NOT using any metal around or on the bales? I'm curious as to why you choose to use metal on the bale surfaces? Who's right?

[TreeHugged]

What else do u think the plaster will stick to?

[HTCSWEOD]

They simply imbed and often spray, the mud directly into the straw. They have a youtube video you can see, it's called Serious Straw House. I personally have no experience, must looking into everyone's techniques and liked the idea of not having extra metal in the structure.

[TreeHugged]

Never seen it sprayed on , surely thats not enviro freindly with a machine running, The thing is with straw bales is that lime plaster expands and contracts like everything else , but adding a wet based compound onto a dry straw surface without anything to cling to is that after a while the plaster will dry and fall off , it can only stick to the straw itself . Your only using a small amount of chicken wire on the bales anyway and the metal can be recycled ,

[HTCSWEOD]

Paul Lacinski, co-author of Serious Straw Bale is available for your questions. You could save a step by going directly to him rather than this chicken rancher ("> But, metal expands at a rate much different than lime plaster, straw is not demonstrating this dynamic at all. Regarding the environment, metal must be removed from the plaster when recycling, the mud mix simply breaks down on it's own when recycled. Again, I'm not the expert, but Serious Straw Bale methods appeal to me.

[desertblbuesman]

if sparying on with a gas powered machine facilitates getting it done, it would end up a saving. Poeple transporting to and from over time during construction would be offset. Seems to me an appropriate fossil fuel burning.

[crachan]

yes never use metal.

[plunderbunny42]

Thank you! Inspired to try it.

[rosetwitches]

Yes ma'am. Those bales are quite jiggly and wiggly.

[hunkeymunkey]

I was getting firmed up!

[wwood14]

Is there an easy and cheep way to spray some kind of stucco on the walls??

[harpace]

nice cleavage

[newcomer9747]

i was about to say that but dang she's fat

[dkwvike]

Jerk, she could build and live in my house anytime!

[smeghead420]

dont be lazy!! show how the bales are supposed to be overlapped (like bricks )

[varaahan]

simple! use a hale bale and stack the rows accordingly.

[windhawk20000]

Thanks! This video really helped me understand the construction process!