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Title: Intresting Building Idea From S Africa
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Published: May 7, 2008
Author: http://www.ecobuildtechnologies.com/inde
Post Date: 2008-05-07 18:15:18 by tom007
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http://www.ecobuildtechnologies.com/index.htm Uses sandbags as the main material for building - the bulk of the material is dug from the site.
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#4. To: tom007 (#0)
its a very excellent idea.
I think so as well. When you see the distances building material is trucked to locations, say, like Tyvek, or lumber from Canada, all across the nation, it seems absurd. Seems to me the best material for the gross construction is dirt or rocks from the site. Not to mention the most excellent insulating properties that 15" of sand has.
When you see the distances building material is trucked to locations, say, like Tyvek, or lumber from Canada, all across the nation, it seems absurd. Seems to me the best material for the gross construction is dirt or rocks from the site. Not to mention the most excellent insulating properties that 15" of sand has. My first thought when I saw it: The African version of straw bale sonstruction. I think about straw bale a lot. Once when we had all these sand bags lying around after a bad storn, I got to wondering if you could build a house out of them. Now I know!
I have been in several straw bale houses................They were great. Stick and gyp need a model replacement.
#17. To: tom007 (#13)
I have been in several straw bale houses................They were great. Stick and gyp need a model replacement. That's great to know. My cousin, who is a contractor in Vermont, had to take one down for a customer, because of the mold problem. That's a problem that I think has been addressed since then. I first got interested in straw bale while reading my daughter The Three Little Pigs. When I got to the part about the straw house, I looked out the window and spied the straw bale left over from Halloween, and wondered Why couldn't one build a house out of straw bails? Shortly after that, I ran across an article that said people had done that in the Midwest a hundred years ago. I've had an interest ever since, and collect articles here and there. I have one magazine that talks about a woman who built a studio away from her house out of scrap materials and straw bales for $400. I think she applied concrete to the outside by hand. In retrospect, she said she would pay someone to spray on the concrete. I want to build a little straw bail get-away-from-it-all house with a rubber and grass roof, somewhere one is still free to do with one's "private" property what one wants, without some bureaucrat crawling up your behind every step of the way; don't know if there is such a place at the present time. Some day.....
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#13. To: AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt (#10)
The African version of straw bale sonstruction. I think about straw bale a lot. Once when we had all these sand bags lying around after a bad storn, I got to wondering if you could build a house out of them. Now I know!
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