StrawBale Construction
People have buili homes using straw, grass, or reed throughout history. These materials were used because they were reliable and easy to obtain. European houses built of straw or reed are now over two hundred years old. In the United States, too, people turned to straw houses, particularly after the hay straw baler entered common usage in the 1890s. Homesteaders in the northwestern Nebraska Sandhills area, for example, turned to baled-hay construction, in response to a shortage of trees for...
Building House With Straw Bales Pueblo Style
lthough the straw-bale method has a long history, official recognition of straw-bale construction is just beginning. In the last decade, modern straw-bale construction pioneers have braved reluctant contractors and hesitant local building t gt ficials. The result has been a slow, but continuous, growth in construction of- straw-bale houses. Straw-bale dwellings range from small owner-built units to large, contractor-built luxury homes. Costs vary from 5 to more than 100 a square-foot depending...
Info Vep
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT STRAW-BALE CONSTRUCTION, CONTACT THE FOLLOWING RESOURCES STRAW BALE CONSTRUCTION Black Range Films. A Straw Bale Workshop and A Straw Bale Home Tour, two videos by Catherine Wanek. Star Route 2, Box 119, Kingston, NM 88042. The Canelo Project. Basic information on straw-bale building. Plastered Straw Bale Construction, 1992, by David A. Bainbridge with Athena and Bill Steen and The Straw Bale House, January 1995 by David Bainbridge, Athena and Bill Steen, and David...
General
CONSTRUCTION AND BUILDING CODES Building Officials Conference of America. Basic Building Code. 1313 East 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637. Contractor's Guide to the Building Code, by Jack Hageman. Craftsman Book Co., 1991, 800 829-8123. Council of American Building Code Officials CABO . One and Two Family Dwelling Code Only national residential building code, comprised of other three code organizations. 5203 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041. International Conference of Building Code...