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The Straw Bale House

By: Athena Swentzell Steen, David Bainbridge, Bill Steen

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Paperback | 13 December 1994

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320 Pages

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26 x 21 x 3

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Imagine building a house with superior seismic stability, fire resistance, and thermal insulation, using an annually renewable resource, for half the cost of a comparable conventional home. Welcome to the straw bale house! Whether you build an entire house or something more modest-a home office or studio, a retreat cabin or guest cottage-plastered straw bale construction is an exceptionally durable and inexpensive option. What's more, it's fun, because the technique is easy to learn and easy to do yourself. And the resulting living spaces are unusually quiet and comfortable.

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"Using plastered straw bales as building materials for a home may not sound stable or long-lasting, but these can be used for a variety of purposes from adjacent buildings to entire houses, can be used with relatively little experience, and have many attributes; from super-insulation to cheap construction. Applications are more useful for the Southwest region but ideas may transfer to other U. S. locales. The book's price tag seems high for a paperback, but this goes in great detail on a subject which is fairly understated in most construction or homeowner's guides."--Midwest Book Review

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Preface
Introduction
A Brief-History	p. 3
Benefits of Straw Bale Building	p. 21
Common Concerns	p. 41
Working with Straw Bales	p. 55
Bale Walls	p. 69
Windows and Doors	p. 121
Foundations	p. 135
Roofs	p. 151
Floors	p. 177
Interior Elements	p. 191
Finishing Bale Walls	p. 199
Other Uses for Straw Bales	p. 229
Designing the Straw Bale House	p. 243
Appendix: Resources for Straw Bale Construction	p. 281
Annotated Bibliography	p. 288
Index	p. 292
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The Straw Bale House

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