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 …
Tag Archive: Straw Bale Construction
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 …
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 …