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<p>A house made of straw? Yes! Whether you build your own home or something more modest-a home office, studio, garage, cabin, children's playhouse, or a guest or vacation house-plastered straw bale construction is an exceptionally durable, inexpensive, energy- and resource-efficient way to build. What's more, it's fun because it's easy to learn and do yourself.<P>The Straw Bale House show how to:<ul><li> Build your own straw bale house for as little as half the cost of a comparable conventional house. <li> Adapt the straw bale construction method to a wide variety of styles, from a dry-climate adobe to a moist-climate European country cottage.<li> Retrofit inefficient or aging buildings-such as mobile homes or old barns-with straw bales, and gain insulation values of R-50 or more.<li> Use straw bale construction to build a range of different building types, from greenhouses and animal sheds to barns and churches.</ul>The authors explain why straw bale homes offer such superb construction value: outstanding energy-efficiency (low heating and cooling costs); renewable materials that are extremely durable, safe, and affordable; good indoor air quality and low noise levels; and a high

Author

Steen, Athena Swentzell, Steen, Bill, Bainbridge, David

Publisher

Chelsea Green Publishing Company

Published

1994

Language

EN

ISBN

9780930031718

Subjects

Technology, Stem

Rating

4.6 / 5 (112 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14