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 …
Category Archive: Straw Bale Construction
Straw Bale construction methods and alternatives, video tutorials and articles
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 …
Aug
06
Building Green With Straw | Straw Bale Construction
Straw Bale Construction Building Green with Straw is really catching the imagination of many people and architect Andrew R.Wheeler is one of them. I came across a great article he has written extolling the virtues of Straw as a Green Building Material. I couldn’t have said it better myself so I’ll let Andrew tell you how he …
Jul
23
Building Green With Straw | Green Home Building Alternatives
Green Home Building Alternatives with Cate Ferguson Green home building alternatives abound and it can be difficult to find which method, construction style or even which sustainable building materials appeal to you the most. With this in mind, Cate Ferguson provides you with information on various green home building alternatives to help make your choices …