Getting Started with Building Again Day 6 Straw Bale Retrofit We’ve taken a year off from building. We’ve had phenominal success with our straw bale addition to our home and we know we absolutely adore this form of construction and the end result is a beautiful, comfortable and well performing ecofriendly home. However, it’s hard …
Monthly Archive: November 2011
Nov
03
Green Home Building Alternatives | Guide
Green Home Building Alternatives Day 5 | Straw Bale Retrofit I wrote this ‘start up guide’ a while ago for another blog and was reminded of it today so I thought I’d find it and share it here. Hope it sparks something and helps you start building your dream home. To turn the page, just …
Nov
02
Building Green With Straw | High Finance
Building Green With Straw | High Finance Day 4 | Straw Bale Retrofit The Building Green with Straw journey took another twist today and the straw bale retrofit is another step closer to reality. We made an appointment to see the bank manager today and he didn’t throw us out the door!
Nov
01
Energy Efficient Homes | So Many Compromises
Energy Efficient Homes Day 3 | Straw Bale Retrofit As part of our straw bale retrofit we have to extend the roofline on the house – for how simple that process of thinking THAT was see the previous post – however, we really need to think about how wide our overhangs are going to be. …