This vid has put a smile on my face, what a great house, and what a nice couple, obviously very skilled,

You didn't build a house for £67k never in this world no way What you did do is build a Beautiful Home, that will be in it's grounds for many century's to come. It is an absolute credit to the pair of you. It's always been an ambition of mine to build my own home from wood. Maybe to old now at 66 but I will never say never, but what a wonderful thing to leave behind when you have gone.

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for those words Nic. That's a kind thought. Sixty-six isn't too old to build yourself a house ...but the sooner you start the fewer aches and pains you'll have when you start each morning ;-)

Love the tradition; and none of the smugness one often sees or hears from people who have built alternative homes. The love of environment and house comes through so clearly!

HOME with capital letters.... Its all about finding that peace and be happy with your life. Well done !

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks yosif. You're quite right of course.

Brilliant. Brilliant ethos. Brilliant home. I'vebeenwanting tobuilda strawbalehouse for years. But struggling to find appropriate land in England.

This house will be standing 200 years from now. Phenomenal work.

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Yes, I really hope it will1

Phenomenal and very well done. I am in the process od building a very chunky conservatory out of Douglas Fir. I have purchased the timber from the mill and saving £7000.00 by cutting the traditional pegged joints myself. I have a book on how to do the joints and I am now ready. You just have to have faith in your own abilities.

@HomebuildingMagazine

5 жыл бұрын

Best of luck, Rob!

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

You've hit the nail on the head there. What stops a lot of people from trying is that they think they need 'experience'. Not true. You can't get experience without 'doing'. All we need ...all of us, is the confidence to begin. Experience follows. Determination completes the job. Let me know how you get on. Have fun.

@nicwilkin4743

Жыл бұрын

How is your beautiful home doing 19 years on any chance of a follow up video

Absolutely stunning... I saw the thumbnail and instantly clicked on it. What a beautiful job!

Awesome!

💚💚💚 Wow! Top job! I would love to do this. Alas single and a bit old now so doubt it could happen. Will just have to dream 🙂

Beautiful, practical, organic - far superior to bricks & mortar in every way.

Amazing, you have given me and my fiancé some great ideas. Thanks x

@justintyers

2 жыл бұрын

Great! Go for it...

Amazing story and home!

Excellent, i've even bought my own sawmill to cut my own timber and just buy the logs by the 25 tonne load

The sourcing of the components locally and from source is very interesting - not easy but clearly very rewarding!

Love it. Next time in the U.K. can I visit? I bet it is easy to heat.

looks amazing

Only one Word: Great!

Wow! Very beautiful home!

Gorgeous home. Modest home-builders.

Great to see the video of the ‘completed’ build. It looks so comfortable.

You're home is so beautiful. Congratulations and thank you for your insights and guidance.

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Great Wood - you're welcome

This is a nice home. They are sensible.

Inspiring stuff, and the finished house looks lovely.

A beautiful masterpiece. Congratulations

Beautiful home!! I'm an Irish Civil Engineer Student doing research paper and trying to find case studies with regards to Low carbon and cost effective builds. Would love to find out more of this and other builds you guys have covered if possible.

Beautiful home in a beautiful setting.

This is beautiful! Amazing!

Love it, thats a badass looking home!

Beautiful house. Always nice to see that I’m not the only stubborn one. 😆

Great job. I like your approach.

Beautiful home!

Beautiful!

I've just started looking into building a straw bale home and your home is inspirational. With some hard work and a bit of luck, I'll be in touch when I have found that piece of land.

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Go for it Alex. Good luck with the land. And remember - never give up. Ever.

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Go for it Alex...

Fantastic job well done 👍🏻

Lovely home! Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing. My husband and I are planning something like this on our land in Missouri. We've got timber but mostly oak.

@HeliPadUSA

2 жыл бұрын

We are in MO also and want to do this...hope you are successful.

so beautiful :)

this is amazing. what smart people!

@HomebuildingMagazine

6 жыл бұрын

We couldn't agree more!

Beautiful

Amazing!

nice home just exactly what i am going to do i would love draws God bless you all frum Tennessee

@justintyers

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Sansui from Tennessee! Good luck with your project. Let me know if I can help. Advice is free!

@YanksandBritsProductions

4 жыл бұрын

This Brit would love a similar house in Tennessee!

@tlcetc4506

2 жыл бұрын

@@justintyers I have the same interest. I hope you see this after all this time. I have been looking into straw bale and cob for a long time, but I have always wanted the timber framing. I would like to know where or how you found your design for that.

Beautiful and creative with nature

@HomebuildingMagazine

4 жыл бұрын

We agree. Such a lovely place to live.

Absolutely beautiful! There are not a lot of straw bale homes with wood siding. Can you tell me how you accomplished this? Is there plaster underneath or some sort of other vapour barrier and sheathing?

@justintyers

4 ай бұрын

Hi Robyn, The wood cladding is attached to timber studs. The studs are attached to a cill (floor) beam and a wall plate. There is an air gap between the straw bale was and the timber cladding - but no membrane or vapour barrier. Yes the straw bales are lime plastered in the normal way.

Thanks a million for the incredible inspiration! This is exactly what I have been looking for as a model project. I would love to get any more details and sources of information I could understand more from. Congrats, Oliver

@justintyers

2 ай бұрын

Hey Oliver. Thanks for commenting. I've had a lot of requests for more info - so wrote a book called 'How to build your dream home for £99,000 - or less.' It covers everything from finding land to slating. I hope you find it useful.

@Merlijn777

2 ай бұрын

@@justintyers Justin, the fact that you wrote a book about your building process is an absolute dream come true. Ever since I saw this video of your beautiful home a few years ago, I was and still am inspired to build my own house and have been searching for more information. So, thank you so much! The book is an instant buy. Cheers, Merlin.

@justintyers

29 күн бұрын

@@Merlijn777 Thanks Merlin. I'm really pleased to know that you're finding the book useful!

What a beautiful couple. :)

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much gvukster!

I love this. If i ever get that mutch money and land i will do something similar.

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Good for you. If you refuse to let go of ambitions, they eventually give in, and come true.

I always wondered whether the bales would hide the beautiful frame!

Very nice

Nice video and lovely house...now to just to keep looking for the one that says 10k....

Awesome

I’ll bet that slate roof was outrageous!!

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bruce. Working alone the slate roof took me about three weeks to lay, and a couple of weeks to set up the 'felt' and batten. I had slated a roof before - but that was as a complete novice. A couple of roofers gave me some invaluable advice though ...about setting out and how to judge when the slate nails had been driven just-far-enough. It's amazing how quickly you pick it up though. You'll break a few ...but everybody does, even the professionals.

Those arches... Those arches are called Envy arches.

@narmale

4 жыл бұрын

this is SO true!!! cuz im very envious lol... gorgeous!

@waveoflight

4 жыл бұрын

I'm envious of their self-motivation and determination. I am in awe.

@narmale

4 жыл бұрын

@@waveoflight well money helps too 😋

@waveoflight

4 жыл бұрын

@@narmale I mortaged my house in 2000 for 180k in the US, and it is garbage compaired this amazing house.

@davidjacobs8558

4 жыл бұрын

hammer beam trusses. not really arches.

This is stunning! Just the exact type of home I would love to build. I have my own land but nondevelopment area not greenbelt and I am struggling to find a way to get permission. So far have been told the eco code is the only way to do it but the fees alone for permission are 30K and i am not in a position to pay anything like that. I didn't even realise that you could apply yourself so that is interesting info, thanks for a look inside your beautiful house! The floorboards are amazing!

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Tell me a bit more about that, Tam...

@moonbearsky9442

3 жыл бұрын

@@justintyers I'm so sorry, I didn't know you had replied to me doh! I didn't go on you tube for quite a while after I commented. In short, I gave up on my dream and had to get on with the many issues of life and put it on the back burner...as of today, my house is sold and I'm just waiting for it to close in a couple of weeks now. I've had to sell it because of the costs of family court and am going to rent it back for six months, I started looking into self builds again, eco homes, container homes, earthbag homes lol anything and everything but I realised today that my dream is still a wood framed home whether it's straw bale or something else with the wood beams. So, I started researching again and ended up on your video once more! It's still my ideal home and someone told me the other day that there may be hope in a change in planning laws coming up soon. I've been looking at how much reclaimed oak is to buy, I think it might be doable if I'm really careful and only go for a modest size and single story but I'm certainly going to ask the forestry commission about getting it from them. I'm not going to have a fitted kitchen or fancy bathroom, I'm probs going to be scavenging round salvage yards, learning DIY very fast etc. I'm near to electric and water but not connected and will need a septic tank and maybe a compost toilet if I can manage with an alternative for the grey water. It was so nice to see your gorgeous house again!

I would something almost exactly like this, except using hemcrete instead of straw bail.

Nice

If I ever won the lottery, man.. this is what I would do.

@archiesutherland6127

4 жыл бұрын

It's only 67k. Not much for a house

@spencerwilton5831

4 жыл бұрын

joey flores Lottery? This house cost a fraction of the typical average house in the U.K.

marvellous

@justintyers

3 жыл бұрын

thanks John

We have a design for a post and beam house, most homes here are covering the wood frame with the straw bail. We just love the walls and framing of your house, something I hope we can do here in the states.

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Hi CKPill. Yes, exposing the frames really works! We've been living in the house for five years now, and it's still a pleasure to see the frame every time we come home. I wish you all the luck in the world with your own home.

@CKPill

Жыл бұрын

@@justintyers 5 years that is great. I have to ask, the walls are also incredibly beautiful, how and what did you tint the lime with? The rough features are stricking. My wife and i are very inspired by your video.

@CKPill

Жыл бұрын

Strike the how question, watching video again

I really love this house. Could you tell us the dimensions for the house? Might you be able to share a floor plan?

Your house is beautiful. You must be so proud. We are thinking of building a net zero straw bale house in France but although we have done standard house renovations before we have never used this method nor used straw. Did you go on a course to learn how to build with bales beforehand and did you use specific plans for straw bale construction? If so where did you go and where did you get the plans? Also, you mention that you did everything yourselves. Looking back is there any part of the build that you found particularly difficult and if you did it again, would contract out? Thanks

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

All these things can be learned. I recommend you read a couple of books on Straw Bale building - but only half believe them. Keep asking yourself 'does this make sense'. The point is that it is a young technology, and in a way you'll be adding to it when you build your own home. So get informed ...and then be your own expert. Barbara Jones has some useful information in her book - but don't be a slave to it. As for contracting out any part of the build - I can only say that the more you do ...the more you can do. You will be surprised by how much you learn as you build your house. By the time you finish, a house will be the least of what you have gained. Take on everything you dare ...and dare more than you think you should.

This is an amazing build, we're planning on doing something similar but just starting out in the research phase. this video and the responses have really helped. Is there anywhere else good we should look for information/advice?

@HomebuildingMagazine

5 жыл бұрын

The first place would be Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine, or Homebuilding.co.uk - there will be plenty of advice and inspiration for timber frame, oak frame, straw bale and self building. Good luck!

do you have building plans others can use?

What size footings did you use? This is an awe inspiring house.

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

The house sits on a concrete slab which is reinforced under the frame posts. The slab didn't have to be too deep in our case - the plot is on a steep (1:4) hill, and in order to get levels the ground was excavated to solid stone.

Is there any way to get in touch with the Mr and Mrs Tyers for some advice? We are currently buying a land back at home and we would love to get some more information about straw bale self build house.

Amazing build, supremely inspiring. I'm figuring out CAD right now and slowly coming up with plans for my own build. My father is a tree surgeon and we know many others around/have contacts with a few local mills and other craftsmen so we will employ a similar approach to yours. Few Q's if you will: Is there a reason why douglas was used for the cladding? My understanding larch is better and similarly priced. Is the whole frame done with douglas? Did you consider artificial insulation? Do you perhaps use some in the roof (easier to secure etc)? What is the total span of your hammer-beam frames?

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Hi samthepoor - A few A's : The cladding was Douglas Fir simply because that is the timber the sawmill deals in - and yes, the whole frame is DF. Yes - we've got foam board in the roof - we'd like to have used sheeps wool, but treating it/cleaning it was a lot more work than we had time for ...and buying wool ready to lay was more money than we had available. The span of the frame is 7 metres. Hope that helps!

@whirled_peas

5 жыл бұрын

​@@justintyers That's fantastically useful info. Thank you so much.

@Natedoc808

4 жыл бұрын

learn sketchup if you're a weekend warrior lay person, it's so much easier.

awesome build. what about the house being sealed off from bugs and critters, mice, bats ect?

@justintyers

3 жыл бұрын

The bales are coated in Lime Plaster - that seems to do the job. Bugs and critters do seem to appreciate the outside accommodation, though, and overwinter in all the nooks and crannies.

How did you get planning for this in the UK??? I want to do this because houses are ridiculously prices and everyone is within 10 ft of each other? I can do the build no problem, but the planning?

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Have you put your name on your local Self Build and custom housebuilding register? The register is held by your local authority (or the authority local to where you want to build) with the result that they must offer you a serviced plot within 3 years. That's ONE place to start. I'm just writing a book about others...

@StreetBoi69uk

3 жыл бұрын

justintyers how is the book coming along? Thanks for your answer!

@jordy46682

Жыл бұрын

@@justintyers Did you manage to finish that book please? I would be most interested! Thanks and have a lovely day!

💣

how durable are those walls in UK weather? is the house warm enough during winter?

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Hi SGH. I hope my reply isn't too late to help. The wood cladding ensures that no rain passes onto the wall. Even if it did the bales have a thick coat of Lime render. The bales should last decades. The bales provide the walls with 500mm of insulation - and yes the house is really warm in practise. The only difficulty we encountered was when the lime plaster on the inside of the house dries over time, it shrinks. It only shrinks a tiny bit - a couple of millimetres away from the frame - but we notice a little draught in places during a winter storm. The gap can be filled of course - and the problem solved.

Did they have to kiln dry the timber frame lumber or flooring?

@justintyers

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It would certainly help to 'kiln' dry the floorboards. Though, laying them - and then nailing them down a year later would do the same job. As for the frame - all frames are built with 'green' (unseasoned) timber. The fact that timber frames last for hundreds of years is testament to the soundness of that method. Also, it would be difficult to kiln dry a really large-section timber.

@justintyers

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Shane K - sorry for the delay. No the frame doesn't need to be kiln dried ...actually it would take years to dry - so frames are built with Green timber. The flooring can be kiln dried, and it would help if it was. We stored our floorboards in the dry for 6 or 7 years, and they still shrunk a lot. So yes, - lin drying would help there - but it would have been beyond our resources.

So did these people do the joinery themselves or did they hire a timber framing carpenter?

@HomebuildingMagazine

4 жыл бұрын

Most of the joinery work was done by the home owners

@rickparker8883

4 жыл бұрын

@@HomebuildingMagazine How long did it take?

I’m slightly confused as at the start of the video the lady tells you a price list then later on a completely different price of 67K?

@HomebuildingMagazine

4 жыл бұрын

The land cost around £50k, the home was built with materials and trades around of £60k, with a few ££ more spent on planning costs, and fitting out.

where can I get a plan and cutting list for this house .. ????

@justintyers

6 жыл бұрын

I've got the certificated drawings and cutting list right here, Kenny. If you'd like to build your own house from them I can 'license' them to you for a one-time use - probably for a few hundred pounds. Or if you'd like me to change the design to suit your needs, I can do that for a bit more. Let me know if you want more info: justin@justintyers.plus.com

@kennymack2516

6 жыл бұрын

am interested n will be in touch again re plans and cutting list.. its beautiful house..congrats..

@justintyers

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks kenny - I look forward to it...

@mattwoodproperty

4 жыл бұрын

justintyers ....would you consider gifting them Justin, I’m just getting tools together to build something and eventually will build my kids something. Thanks in advance

Hi. I'm really interested in this designs as I'm researching for my masters degree. Please could I organise an interview / questionnaire to find our further information?

@HomebuildingMagazine

3 жыл бұрын

Hi RichieRich - happy to help if you can tell us how to contact you.

What is the R value of a straw bale?

@deemee7329

4 жыл бұрын

If I'm not mistaken it is 30 .

@narmale

4 жыл бұрын

R-55 according to that link for a 3 string standard bale

nice, what company did you use for the frames?

@justintyers

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven - the framer was a chap called Chris Clarke.

@barbararussell897

6 жыл бұрын

That's great.. The frame is so awesome. That was my question.

@Sjoyceify

6 жыл бұрын

justintyers thanks for the name. I have tried to Google him but can't find a website. Do you know if he has a website or contact details? Cheers

@justintyers

6 жыл бұрын

I don't know if he has tbh. I've got a number for him. Drop me an email: justin@justintyers.plus.com

@mattwoodproperty

4 жыл бұрын

justintyers would you share the cut sheet for the frame?

Non profit Straw Bale Real Estate Organization.

I quite like the external look; the internal looks too rustic for me.

@justintyers

Жыл бұрын

Great. You can finish the plaster to a billiard table smoothness - that might be better for you?

Very beautiful house and design, and modest people, yet absolutely unnecessary and annoying background "music".

hammer beam trusses in such tiny house is akin to the pretentiousness of Gothic Arch window in "American Gothic" Painting.

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

Hmmm. I wish you'd mentioned that before we built it.

It would be terrible if a fire started.

@em8842

4 жыл бұрын

Straw bale houses are actually virtually fire proof if done right. Since the straw is so densely packed (and contained within several inches of fire-resistant clay, cob or lime), fire can't penetrate it because there isn't enough oxygen to sustain a flame. It's even superior to traditional building structures. The timber frame is obviously flammable though, but as would a timber frame in any house be.

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Diddy Doodat - you might be surprised to hear that we heat the whole house with wood burning appliances. Vote of confidence in straw bale construction...!

@YoutubeTM432

4 жыл бұрын

More terrible than any other house?

Not sure about hay walls

@justintyers

4 жыл бұрын

I wasn't either - but I am now ;-)

@martinbyrne6643

4 жыл бұрын

Hey why not

@kwhatten

4 жыл бұрын

There's a difference BTW hay and straw.

Гризачи, инсекти, гниене, мухъл???

@samuelbcn

4 жыл бұрын

It doesn't look like they're a problem

A lot of wasted space.

@HomebuildingMagazine

4 жыл бұрын

The footprint for this house is small, and the space within allows for an uncluttered space that connects with it's environment. Would you rather it was cluttered with cupboards, built-in storage and shelves?

@EL_Clutch_Dumper

4 жыл бұрын

It's an open concept home bud. I would say it makes this smaller house seem more spacious.

@YoutubeTM432

4 жыл бұрын

If you don't consider the value you receive from looking every day at the beautifully grained and colored timber structure raised high above you and the flooring stretched out beneath your feet, then sure, there is a lot wasted space. Like walking into a museum and saying the same thing.. Or walking into nature and saying the same thing.

far too picky

Beautiful!