been looking at this type of house for a fue days and all the so called simple to build info, can anyone tell me the real truth about these straw house things ???
2006-07-30 18:29:03 · 8 answers · asked by JALISCO 2 in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
straw is an excellent aggregate for masonry, it has been used for millenia and buildings that were made like that are still standing after all that time. any solid masonry house will be warm in the winter and cool in the summer. it will absorb the heat of the sun during the summer and release it during the winter, by the time summer comes around the walls will have cooled off and it will cool the house all summer. these houses can be built as large or as small as you want. they do take longer to build than a wood frame house. the walls are easier to build in freeform curves than when you use wood. you can install glass pane windows. you can use any type of roofing material that you want.
2006-07-30 18:34:54 · answer #1 · answered by nathanael_beal 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Before you get to far along- ask a Lender about a mortgage for one.
Straw has been used for Adobe brick for centuries- as well as adobe homes, in the Southwest and Mexico- But homes made of bales of hay and stucco, seems like a real good attraction for unwanted house guest, like Rats and other vermin.
2006-07-30 22:54:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must be referring to a strawbale house with a stuccoed exterior ans interior. They work just swell. Sometimes the strawbale walls are loadbearing, sometimes they are supported by a timberframed structrue that takes the weight of the roof. They do well in a wide variety of climates, the only caveat being that in wet areas you will want the bales to start about 18 inches above a stone of masonry foundation and have a roof that overhangs to protect the walls from absorbing too much moisture. This site (http://www.strawhomes.com/) has lots of info and links to other sites with information.
2006-07-31 06:47:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Nathanial__Bea.
quite simply the straw is mixed in and it intertwines itself. imagine a pile of drinking straws that has fallen. see how the pile of straws go all directions. now pick up the bottom straw lifting it straight up. see how the rest of the pile comes with it? apply the same concept for that strength into the straw in the stucco. Another thought is the fiberglass insulation in a common home or the fiberglass mesh used in the manufacturing of boats and automobiles. Quite similar in the example of the drinking straws.
2006-07-30 19:13:50 · answer #4 · answered by t g 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just today I was talking to a man who has a straw stucco house in Boulevard, California. It gets really hot there but the ss house absorbs cool at night to stay cool in the day.
Go for it.
2006-07-30 20:22:12 · answer #5 · answered by San Diego Art Nut 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds one step up from the huts people build out of mud and straw in third world countries... Never heard of them but I wouldn't want to live in one.
2006-07-30 18:32:25 · answer #6 · answered by Amy >'.'< 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually i hear they hold up quite well and the straw is very insulating. i saw a demo on it at the indiana state fair about 3 yrs ago.
2006-07-30 19:52:02 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw some on HGTV and they were awesome! I couldn't believe they were bales of hay. They were very nice inside and out and were built so much cheaper and easier than metal or wood homes. Keep researching because you may find it exactly what you want.
2006-07-30 19:04:37 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋