Monthly Archive: October 2011

Oct
31

Straw Bale Constuction | Why Is Planning So Hard?

Straw Bale Construction Day 2 | Strawbale Retrofit As you know we are in love with Straw Bale Construction.  We’ve already owner built our straw bale extention and now we are about to undertake a retrofit of the existing ‘cottage’ part of our home. We’ve been waiting for the weather to get better – we …

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Oct
30

Energy Efficient Homes | Retrofit Your Existing Home

Energy Efficient Homes – Doing It Ourselves Day 1|The Retrofit Begins Living in energy efficient homes does NOT have to be an unattainable dream.  No really it doesn’t because I’m living proof that with some thinking, some planning, some money, some materials, some time and a lot of hard work we can create much more …

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