Has anyone built a straw bale home in Sacramento County, CA?

Answer 1

No, but I plan to build one in Ventura County when I have enough money to buy a good lot.
I also am thinking seriously about a green roof on it, too, then put solar panels on the south side of the property with hedging on the north side of the panels.
What a great way to build, huh?

Answer 2

possible cons. straw building walls are very wide , so the overall space needed for a house is more ,so it is OK in the country , It helps if you live in farming country because the balers are not far away and it can only be done in very dry times. pros the insulation is like no other ,so it is a great way for very hot or very cold countries. ,the building is fast and the cost is about one third less from brick building you still need concrete foundation with round bar implanted ,every 1.5 meters to act as guides and to stick the bales on top ,pegging them in place. including a base that is at least one meter high and the width of the bales ,because damp rises Then chicken wire on both sides which you tighten by sowing them together with a meter long steel bar, made as a needle. this is plastered all around and the end result is the straw encased totally in cement . but one can put up the initial structure in a couple of days more than two levels is not recommended although it ends up very strong . Masanobu Fukuaka has written , One-Straw Revolution, this may have some relevant points.