The BEST way to build a new home? Building a House with STRAW BALES : Start to Finish - Episode 1
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Is building a new house with straw bales the best way to build a new home? Straw Bale Construction has been around for over a hundred years, and so few people are aware of its incredible potential. We hope to change that. Join us every Monday at 8 p.m. EST for our new series, "Building a House with Straw Bales: Start to Finish".
Heirloom Builders is a straw bale home builder in North Carolina.
What’s the difference between a Straw Bale Home and a Conventional Stick-Built Home?
What’s up, everybody! Welcome to our series on BUILDING A HOUSE with Straw Bales- Start to Finish. THIS is Heirloom Builders. And I’m Logan Parker. I’ve been building energy efficient homes and custom cabinetry for the last 16 years. And I absolutely LOVE geeking out on all the details that make a home not only look good, but also function really well.
Have you ever heard the story of the 3 Little Pigs??? The LAZY little pig built HIS house out of straw……….and that didn’t work out so well for him. The big bad wolf Huffed and Puffed and blew his house down. But the hard-working little pig took the time to build himself a BRICK house. And no matter how much that big bad wolf tried, he couldn’t blow down THAT little pig’s brick house. So why would anyone want to build their home with straw bales? a STRAW BALE HOME is built with 18” wide compressed straw bales, with 1” of plaster on both the inside and outside surfaces. It’s actually built more like the little pig’s BRICK house. And yet with the dense straw bale core, it’s SUPER insulated and Cozy WARM inside.
Have you ever thought about building your own home? Built well enough to hold the heat in the winter and be comfortable in the hot summer months?
Most homes are built with 2x4 walls and fiberglass batt insulation. The main problem with this strategy is that you can only fit so much insulation in a skinny little wall. And if it’s not installed properly, it’s hardly effective at all. 30% of home energy loss comes from air leakage, and when you quickly stuff fiberglass batts into a 2x4 wall, like most contractors do, there’s tons of gaps and places for cold air to leak inside your home.
Building better homes that off-gas fewer VOC’s, consume less energy over their lifetime, and take less energy to build in the first place is a GREAT start.
There are a LOT of ways to build a better home. But None of them offer as much promise as straw bale building. I’ve been intrigued by building with straw bales ever since I learned that they could make a super-insulated wall system, look really beautiful, AND using natural materials could be a way to build a house for dirt cheap.
We’ve built all kinds of high performance conventional homes with insulation details that perform really well. I love geeking out on how to build things better. We built an air-tight home to the rigorous Passivhuas requirement of less than 0.5 ACH. We even built the first panelized HEMPCRETE home in North America.
And yet Nothing excites me more, than building with straw bales. In fact, I built my own house with straw bales. I can attest to the strength, the thermal mass, and the amazing insulation value that keeps me cool in the summer and warm in the winter.
Straw bales are basically rectangular BRICKS OF INSULATION that you can stack to make a wall and literally just smear them with mud to create a superior wall system. Think about it, these are about the closest thing to legos that you can use to build your home, except even better. Like LEGO’s, straw bales are lightweight and easy to move. Yet they are BIG, so stacking a whole house can easily be done in a single weekend with help from a few friends.
Stack the bales like bricks in a running bond where they overlap on each successive course. We use a chainsaw to notch out space in the bale for the framing - so it’s all flush on the outside. Then all we gotta do is apply an earthen clay or lime plaster for BOTH the interior and exterior surfaces. We smear it directly on the bales to seal them up and protect from rain, pests and fire.
One of the most promising things about straw bale construction is that straw bales are readily available all over the planet.
I feel like every week I see a new type of “ingenious” 3D printed technology or lego style house building kit that's hoping to replace conventional building with ease and labor savings. But here’s the thing:
We don’t have to reinvent the wheel here folks. Straw bales are a waste product that can be repurposed into something really practical. They are imperfect, yes. Do they require manual labor? Definitely! But in the age of sky-high lumber prices and robots replacing our jobs, we NEED manual labor opportunities AND simple ways for everyday folks living on Basic Income to build a decent home with their own two hands.
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I built a straw bale house 15 years ago. It still functions as it should and has required almost no maintenance. My building method was similar to this video presentation. I covered the bales inside and outside with chicken wire and laced the two sides together through the bales with wire. I coated the outside with a cement/clay/sand mixture and then a final coat of a lime plaster mixed with white play sand. The inside got a plaster/clay/sand mix.
@j-ch8787
2 жыл бұрын
On the first coat inside and outside yu could have add straw too in the mix. As for floor thick "cement"... It contributes to stabilisation of the coats or flour. Avoids cracks... Same as outside modern cement coat with a film of polyester armed recovered by cement. In germany they also do it on old wood floor in bad condition to stabilise it before renovation : they hang the film on 4 sides in the walls up on 15 /20 cm. Then yu won t have any cracks... Straw mixed in the coat and integrated in the structure of yur coat will play same use.
@tiffanyclark-grove1989
2 жыл бұрын
Super cool
@richardhoner7842
2 жыл бұрын
@@j-ch8787 You don't straw in the final outer coating because it wicks moisture.
@j-ch8787
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardhoner7842 Yes... I agree. But if yur "hat"(roof) is wide enough and yur not living in a very damp / wet area... (as in my case : I am living in Normandy where it rains usually everyday and sometimes very hardly... Plus it s close to sea so outside is always wet. That s why we have good grass and cows...milk cheese butter it s the french region of those products)... Well... It s not so important. It can dry and avoid moisture process normally. But yu can put lavander straw too instead of corn straw (in Provence south france I saw some who did that it s ok and smell nice) . It s just to give structure in the coat no more. Question of proportions... And good finition on the last coat yu must "press" yur tool correctly at the end sothat there s no litlle cracks or lacks in yur coat application process.
@j-ch8787
2 жыл бұрын
@@tiffanyclark-grove1989 If yur in search of a tech of building... Think very seriously to straw bales inside wood thin structure. It s the most efficient isolation system far above any... Any other one even modern materials. No comparison possible. BUT! Don t forget to built inside enough inertial walls. Sothat yu ll be able to accumulate frigories. - with iranian towers on yur roof or canadian long pipes under ground - during summer to refresh yur home and calories during winter in order to accumulate the benefit of - for example. - a massive stove. Straw is really cheap... Performative... Easy to do... Just make a visit during the building of such a house. But it needs lot of free hands even little one such as kiddos ! They love mud and clay yu know... And building a house where they will live is an experience that will drive them on extraordinary confident view of themselves.
My late husband and I built with strawbales in 1998. It was the best home I ever lived in.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Did you sell it? What was that process like? I always tell people that it’s hard to finance a straw bale home because there are no sales data / comps to appraise the value (people love them so much that they rarely ever sell them)
I live in a straw bale home. Cob inside and out. It is like air conditioning in summer and stays up to 80 in 0 degree winter. 3 stories high. When woodstove goes 24 7 it stays 75 to 80 no problem. Such an efficient home. Very very efficient.
@HeirloomBuilders
10 ай бұрын
Thanks for your story.
@Notturnoir
6 ай бұрын
Tell us more about summer! What region are u in?
@banjodubghall84
6 ай бұрын
@Notturnoir north east Washington state 80 miles from Canada up in the corner of Washington 60 miles from Idaho pan handle. Summer anymore is like what's it gonna be this year. No longer is the weather consistent but maybe it never was. But I feel like the building is so thick from straw bales and then the hard clay cob outside and inside just holds cool air inside in summer and holds warm air in in winter. But usually the summers here are easily up to 90s an higher more recently. I am in basically the mid mountain range maybe just above foothill level so there is cooler air with the forest surrounding home. It's such an airtight structure that any slight Crack on doorway or windows and the crisp winter air just darts in . But it also creates a heck of a neat air system up on the second an their story when the bottom level has a door open and then upstairs has a door open the heat if I stand in the doorway just blows out like a fan is pushing it out its good for freshening the house in winter after using a wood stove 24 7. That and the wood stove draws like crazy if a window is cracked just pulls in the cold air but draws it into the stove makes a good running wood stove
@Notturnoir
6 ай бұрын
@@banjodubghall84thank you! This is my dream!
@banjodubghall84
6 ай бұрын
@@Notturnoir where are you
Great video my wife and live in Canada. And we built a straw bale home. Our home is a pole building 50x100x18 And keeps us warm in our cold winters for the last 18 years. Our walls are 36 inches deep.
@clearasmud1945
2 жыл бұрын
I would love to see your house and the plans you used. What do you estimate the R value to be? What are your roofing materials?
@christopherrice6553
11 ай бұрын
i hate you. but great job their. i want r 40
After living in one for 10 years, earth roof included, I will never live in a stick build again..our Sauna is also Straw Bale.
@nikboa
2 жыл бұрын
anyway to share how you built your sauna with straw bales?
@raymondatwood5266
2 жыл бұрын
Ignorance is bliss
@cutie-44
9 ай бұрын
Great question
@Notturnoir
6 ай бұрын
What region do you live?
@anthonyjohn7042
3 ай бұрын
Please tell me how you built an earth roof
Hempcrete blocks are also substituting strawbale. Such wonderful new methods of building.
We used almost the same material for our old traditional buildings before 60 years in the Arabian Gulf .. Thick walls made by local stones and mud paste mixed with straw the roofs semi flat wooden studs and straw mats covered by straw and mud slightly sloped to shed rain water
@therotaryrocket
2 жыл бұрын
Interesting that's great to hear about construction in that area of the world! My dad is from Iran and their family house was a 2 story adobe clay building with a courtyard and garden in the middle! I wonder if they used stones and straw? I need to ask more questions about how they built it..
This is a great video, thanks for sharing!!! I can’t wait to see more of these! I plan for our next home to be strawbale and cob! ☺️
I love the idea of the straw house. As a single mom, looking for options to save money, I find this very interesting.
@Swnsasy
Жыл бұрын
I live in Florida, starting now and getting the material.. It's AMAZING how I'm getting for free the left over.. I'm building on my own!! You need help ect, let me know! Any questions just ANYTHING, ask!!
@danariddle6746
Жыл бұрын
Thank you. I have done a little research, but not nearly enough. Some of the info makes me a little cautious and it may not be any cheaper after all. I would love to follow your build and see how it goes. Blessings on your home.
@johnmark7968
Жыл бұрын
Wait until the big bad wold comes
@zaderq1
2 ай бұрын
@@danariddle6746continue doing research, stare bales are expensive compared to just 6-7 years ago. They’re the waste product that you might think they are, hard to believe you’ll find them for free either.
I built a straw bale in 2000. It's a total myth that it's cheaper. Please stop saying this. It is extremely labor intensive. Unless you have a lot of $$ and a big crew it will take years...mine took 6 years to complete 3 layers of plaster inside and out. It serves no one to oversimplify this way.. What's the cost of the post and beam frame? NOT cheap. The cost of bales has skyrocketed. And it's not as simple as stacking the bales. It's very important to stuff all the gaps or the risk of bale rot from moisture ab/ad/duction is high. An average bale home is more expensive for lots of reasons. They are beautiful, and eco friendly if you do it well. Doing it well is complex and takes a lot of dedication to learn and implement the correct procedures. The average person could never do this without expert help and a huge crew.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
You’re exactly right: a modern Strawbale home, built to code, with an engineered post and beam frame, modern lighting and plumbing, heating and air conditioning, hired out by professionals is gonna cost a lot more than an average new home. But the point (that I haven’t made yet in this video series) is that the basic nature of straw bale construction is dirt cheap if you’re willing to scavenge materials and put in all the labor sweat equity yourself. It is insanely labor intensive to build all the functions of a modern home into every home we build. We could save money by sharing communal infrastructure and each of us living in smaller homes. Or more people cohousing in larger buildings to spread out the cost.
@Kazner0h
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders Well said! Of course it's going to be expensive to build a modern contemporary home, especially if it's only for like... one family. If we make homes with community in mind, the workload gets shared amongst all the people who would live there and whoever they have who would have been willing to help. This is a project that *could* be much cheaper than conventional methods. They're right about one thing though: Y'all make it look so easy, but us average folk don't even know how to begin to lay foundation, so we have quite a bit of studying to do.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
@@Kazner0h I hope To demystify the building process through our KZread channel and help the average DIYer build a better home.
@Kazner0h
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders Thank you!
@williammartin9133
11 ай бұрын
In the uk straw is going to biomass to produce renewable energy, the farmers need an amount of it for their stock. Its no longer a waste product, it's expensive! On a positive note I have heard of some one, rebaling round bales through an old square baler, which is labour intensive but apparently can pack a bale more tightly! Any one I no, says it's extremely labour intensive, and all the other costs are there to meet modern building codes.
I use straw bales to insulate my chicken coup. I once had a guy come into the landscape company I work for and ask to buy all our straw bales. He was building a straw bale house. Pretty great idea.
here in Spain farmers of ancient times build their barns and homes with straw bales too, they use clay plaster to coat the outside and inside walls and in the ground they use fired brick or stone paver, the spaniard colones brought those construction methods to America when they discovered it and when they developed it, throughout America you can see old houses with these methods, and some have been going on for centuries, here in Spain there are still towns built of stone and straw bales that have been functional and inhabited for centuries so these ancient construction methods are a good option for those who want to use them to build their own houses or as a real job opportunity because they solve the problem of the COST of construction materials that are excessively high these days, a good builder as our friend of this video who know these methods and first class materials can make a very large mansion at half or less the cost of a house of the same size with current materials, so have no doubts, these construction methods are excellent, the centuries-old houses built with these methods attest to this, greetings 😉
I’m so glad I found your channel! Dreaming up our straw bale house currently 🤗
Great video! I think I want to build a pavilion roof, then come inside that with the straw bale, free-standing. Then there is room for a wrap-around porch. Also, the walls can be any shape that I choose. Building the roof first allows for a dry workspace.
So stoked! looking forward to more of this!
Amazing! Just so excited to attempt my new ADU build. You’ve done a great job on the video- super informative! Thanks so much!
This was my first introduction to strawbale housing and WOW... simply put, WOW... and what an awesome video and presentation. Thank you for this!
OO thank you for encouraging me ! Few weeks ago I decided that next year when the earth loosens I am starting to build my own straw bale house ! so exited :DD
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Good for you! Go for it!!!
i hope the USA market adopts more methods like this for building. its crazy how things are built currently .
Yes yes yes thank you for thisss! 😊🙏🏾
Thank you for the well thought out and put together video
Thank you for sharing me and my family really appreciate it!
I like how accessible it is to inexperienced home builders!
Hi there. Great stuff. We're all looking forward to seeing the second episode!
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Here’s the second episode: kzread.info/dash/bejne/op-m0dCafcrVeKg.html You may have to go to our channel to find the Strawbale House video series to watch them all. Also see our Instagram page for more up to date pics and vids @heirloombuildersinc
Our Santa Fe, NM home was adobe-style, 2,000sf, built with 2x6 exterior walls on concrete slab and a little extra batt fiberglass insulation, ie, not too much extra expense. The design was passive solar so we spent a little more on windows. The floors were all saltillo tile. Result? Pretty darn good! We installed in-floor forced hot water heating using LPG storage tank fuel and our heating bill for (over and above hot water and gas cooktop) never exceeded $25 a month and we had a baby so the heat was always on in the winter but it rarely actually turned on. So, strawbale is an attractive (looks and performance) way to go but do combine if possible with passive solar design for very small utility costs and better ecological results every day for decades. Thank you for your videos.
@HeirloomBuilders
9 ай бұрын
Awesome! Thanks for the story of your house
Thanks for sharing this detail about strawberry building is very comprehensive and you made a great job with your property and also an inspiration :-)
I think this is what I'm going to be doing for my house on my family land. We wanted a cabin but this is so cheap and the out comes look beautiful
" Geeking out"..😆..I will have to remember that one..
Thank you for this. This is the solution to our problem!
Excellent video. Straw bale buildings are having a moment in Europe as the "next new thing" but few architects are aware that we've been doing it in the US for a hundred years. Lots of people are concerned about moisture and fire but with the plaster coatings and a nice roof overhang it's a wonderful solution.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
I agree! I’ve heard lots of concern about rodents, fire, and mold. But if built well, these problems are a non-issue. And actually are much more concerning in conventional homes! I talk about it more in FRAMING a STRAW BALE HOME kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmlql8GfmL2ogdo.html
@99eewing
Жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders Don't forget the cure all for Rodents and Insects (Borax in the walls and Steel Wool along the cracks)
@johnrinehart2012
9 ай бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilderswhat makes you say its less concerning? Do you explain it in that video?
@johnrinehart2012
9 ай бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilderswhat about the pesticides used on the hay? Do you think the plaster would insulate that? I know you could probably find a source that didnt use any pesticides, but Im wondering if you considered this.
@silencedogood9747
5 ай бұрын
In case of a fire I don't think it makes much difference. Most modern furniture is made of petroleum products and will become fast fuel for a fire anyway. I think a lot of people are probably not aware of that.
This video is amazing. All details I needed in one place. I am looking forward to build my first small house with this method. Thank you very much sir
We LOVE your channel!!!! We have less than 7 months to complete the tear down of the old 1840’s home place along with its companion barn, get them packed up and shipped out to Montana to begin the up-cycled♻️, off grid cabin build! We can’t thank you enough for all of the awesome ideas and fantastic content here on your Instagram page- we can’t wait to incorporate some of these ideas into our upcoming build! There is nothing more magical than building a new to us home to live in that was once lived in and loved by someone else so long ago! If those walls could talk! Thanks again for being such an amazing inspiration- April and Jeff
@silasmentzer9639
2 жыл бұрын
sounds like a cool project!
SUPER GOOD!!
I love strawbale homes, saw them in New Mexico in 1995.
This is a great video, thanks for sharing!!!
This video riled me up!
You're awesome! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much for making this video!
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
I like this!!
this is awesome. I defs want to build a straw bail house now.
Love this video! Hopefully it will be more and more popular way of building in Europe. It makes so much sense!
I am totally intrigued im gonna come back and checking into this.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Rhonna! Just got the video posted about framing with some pretty fun tips. FRAMING a STRAW BALE HOME kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmlql8GfmL2ogdo.html Let me know what you think!
OMG this video is amazing!! Thank you sooo much!!!
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! 😀
So cool! I want a house made out of straw bale so it can be earth friendly and safe!
Great video!!!
My husband and I have been looking at different alternatives to having a home right now We’re in a manufactured home and we are planning on selling it eventually but we’d like the idea of the hay home. Even though I have a manufactured home we get draft in the windows which is not very good, so I really appreciate your video. It’s giving me something to think about and I want to try it.
This is awesome
Thank God for you!
Love it
Thank you. Great video
Very nice! I look forward to more. I'm currently building my own strawbale house!
@richardhoner7842
2 жыл бұрын
What state? I am curious about adaptations for climate.
@j-ch8787
2 жыл бұрын
@@richardhoner7842 Yu can make it everywhere yu can find a farmer who is able to provide straw at the dimensions yu are in need. I did one in south east france (Alpilles... Between Avignon and nice region covered of wude water retentions areas called "Camargues" near Marseille)... The only pb is to ask an thermical ingenior to calculate circulation of air... And dimension of the whole project. And precaunisation concerning inertie... The only pb with straw construction. In this project facing mediterranean sea I sat 2 iranian air refreshing towers on the roof. With a 4 pipes canadian system. Thick walls of disttribution inside linked with a big massive owen in the center of the house. Was not traditional "provencal style" of construction but it was very good for summer insolation cose it will become very.. Very hot next decades in this region. But it s cheap and there is no maintenance. Just have to control everyday by handy simple manoeuvres the admission and circulation of air through the house. Put some water and change coal coat from time to time in jars of the iranian filters. Openings of canadian pipes. Put some wood in the owen in winter... (Not much!) and check the good functioning of double flux electrical system on this large house. (energy provides by solar pannels)
I would go for house of strawbales for sure
Love the attitude. 🙂 Subscribed.
Great video and love the roof! Lots of Strawbale homes out here in Crestone, CO... very dry!
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mate!
Great Idea!!!
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
👍thanks!
Very beautiful.
I was wondering what to make my house out of and this is genius!!!
Very interesting!
Thanks for breaking down the inefficiency of stick framed homes. I live in one in Canada. An sixty something year old home 2+4 framing, gotta burn a lot of wood to keep this old girl warm in the winter. Talk about inefficient. It is what it is, but I would love to build a straw bale house.
This video makes me want to build pronto !
Straw bales construction system is the best technic to build a house. Thermically there s no comparison with any other material. The only point yu must think about is that it has a default : lack of inertie. So yu must plan thick walls inside and a good air ventilation system. That s why personnaly I built a tirolian massive heater right in the middle of the house with 4 walls covered by nice decorative faïence (clay tiles) . Plus canadian pipes (4 x 20m long under soil in foundations (1,8m) ... 2 on north side and 2 on south one). In region with particularly long hot summers better add / combine with 2 iranian refreshing air towers on east and west sides of the building. Simole very old technic which provided since mesopotamian period refreshing and wet air during the night complementing the canadian pipes. With a mechanical double system of filtration it provides good confort of heating T` and air recycling. Must be calculated before construction and integrate to the project as soon as yu draw the shape and dimensions of the house. Crucial phasis... With study of costs. Never change material or size of rooms or anything after thermic study. Or yu ll get troubles after and... Deception.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Here’s how we deal with preventing mold: FRAMING a STRAW BALE HOME kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmlql8GfmL2ogdo.html. Let me know what you think!
Thanks for sharing and looking after our planet!!!
@flat-earther
Жыл бұрын
iThinkSustainable I suggest watch a 13 part series called _What on earth happened_ by Ewaranon to learn that the earth is not a globe.
Wow, keep up the good work 🙏❤️
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks friend 🙂🙏
no words! U rock!!!!
@HeirloomBuilders
5 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it
I'm glad he told the story about the three little pigs...I had never heard that one before!!!
As you say, there are plenty of companies designing panels made in factories for efficient house building, but the skills involved in building will be lost if all new homes are built like this. There must be jobs for builders, and economically viable options for self builders. Thank you for sharing.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
We are losing workers in the comstruction industry faster than ever before, even though it was an essential business and exempt from the COVID lockdowns. The irony is that the more machines have become involved in construction, the higher the cost has risen.
@albertawheat6832
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders Slowly putting young men out of work, all of this automation is crippling us.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
@@albertawheat6832 yes it is. “The meek will inherit the earth.”
@albertawheat6832
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders Good to see people like yourself doing things old school. Cheers.
Amazing video, buddy! Very professional, very thorough. Undoubtedly the best on this topic to be found on the web. Looking forward to more! 🙂
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I get much inspiration from your work, my friend.
@kithkin01
2 жыл бұрын
Hes not your buddy, guy!
@kevbot918
2 жыл бұрын
I can't agree more with this statement! I've spent countless hours researching and this video is leaps and bounds better than anything else available online.
so cool!! always wanted to know how to do this!😎🙏🙏👍
This video gets me so pumped up to build a straw bale home! But then I realize my municipality will just laugh at me when I try for a building permit.
@ohkboomer9088
6 ай бұрын
Just try You may be able to get it
hey man, good video, really good idea's
Thank you SO much for this video!! I am a 20 year old college student who is very passionate about the environment (and the idea of being self-sustainable). Although I am a long ways away from being financially stable enough to buy land and build my own house, this video has inspired me/given me something to aim for. I had yet to decide between wanting to build a stone house, a dirt-filled bag house, or a straw house; this video has definitely pushed me closer to the straw house dream. Best of luck to you, your family, and your company. Keep inspiring people to be sustainable and environmentally aware. I will definitely try to copy the design you used for your house. I love the structural design/unique roof.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad this video has inspired you. I got sold on Strawbale houses in my early twenties and finally made the commitment at 30. I would do it all Over again.
@adrianvictor45yt45
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders how much would a 24 ft × 40ft house cost here in California approximately I'm interested.
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
@@adrianvictor45yt45 probably about $300K in California if you hire someone to build 100% of it. Much less if you build it yourself.
@kclauren6052
Жыл бұрын
You can buy land pretty easily if you can be flexible on location!
God bless you!
Whoop whoop!! Can't wait to watch the new video!! 💕
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Hope you like it!
@DDL2728
3 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders oh deeah (as my grandson says), that was a lot of interesting information!! Great job!!
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
@@DDL2728 🤣🙏
@raycorsicana4705
2 жыл бұрын
Just don't ever play with matches inside
Getting on the straw bale house train right now. Let's do this!
We are building a home and want this GENIUS idea mixed with the idea of an earthship off grid. Got the land !! Thank you I can't wait to watch the whole series ❤ and learn a few tricks!!
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Here’s the next one:FRAMING a STRAW BALE HOME kzread.info/dash/bejne/gmlql8GfmL2ogdo.html
@pearlaudelo1366
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders thank you. Do you sell blueprints by any chance?!
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
@@pearlaudelo1366 we do! Please visit our website for floor plans: www.heirloombuilders.com/designs-for-sale
Great video
Great primer on the subject! SUBSCRIBED! One of the most impressive structures I've ever been in was a straw bale house with a professional recording studio comprising the first floor and a huge cathedral-like second story and loft, overlooking a gorgeous, bucolic valley with a large vineyard and ponds fed by a running stream. It was one of several dwellings situated on a $20,000,000+ estate, but I would've taken it over the main house.
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! That sounds amazing. Thanks for subscribing!
Legend
Thanks
There is no perfect system for building a house, every system has drawbacks. For me, it's all in the design, keeping it simple is the number one key regarding labour and price.
@717UT
2 жыл бұрын
You nailed it bud. Nothing is perfect, just preferred under certain circumstances.
@saidinjest
2 жыл бұрын
If you want a perfect house, just move to some place that has perfect weather 100% of the time. haha.
@colinstace1758
2 жыл бұрын
@@saidinjest what has the weather got to do with being a perfect house ? I'm confused
@mkshffr4936
2 жыл бұрын
@@colinstace1758 The more perfect the weather the less protection the house needs to provide.
@colinstace1758
2 жыл бұрын
@@mkshffr4936 I disagree, if you build in the dessert you need different protection than if you build in Florida, both could be considered "perfect" weather 🙂👍🇦🇺
Great video! I need four homes like this yours. Is there a video breaking down the costs for each step? I seen a storage container conversion cost breakdown video that was super helpful.
The music is SO badass :)
Great series Logan! I talked to you last year about building my own straw bale house and still planning on it. Would love to come help you all in order to learn about the process. I 'm only about an hour away. Thanks for all your info.
@HeirloomBuilders
3 жыл бұрын
Awesome. We’d love to have your help. Reach out me at logan@heirloombuilders.com so we can coordinate in the coming weeks.
Oddly enough I saw this on a Bob the Builder cartoon years ago when my kids were still little. I thought it was amazing then but seeing it in real life is even better.
Love it went in one 15 20 years ago
Merci from Montreal, Canada.
Bravo
It's probably been said already. But straw bales aren't a waste product. The decaying straw add nutrients to the soil. Still fairly cheap, but As the price of fertilizer goes up so will the price of bales. Other than that great video been dreaming of a straw bale house for a while.
Good video. I think you explained a lot and show a lot.
I think this is genius!
This is great and I'm going to have to watch a video again to see if there is a thickness of the mud that you put on top of the straw bale. I will be retiring in three years and this is definitely something I would do to build my own house
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
That’s great, Reggie! The plaster is about 3/4”-1” thick on each side
@reggiesmith5909
2 жыл бұрын
@@HeirloomBuilders and I'm also thinking that you can seal the dirt with something that is waterproof and Fireproof
Hahaha! This is the best unintentionally hilarious video ever!
this is even better than earthbag houses
I am building a straw and cob house on a hillside in idaho. Been looking for something as basic and clear as this.... alternatives are being hidden it seems. Thank you! Keep it up! I'm going to stock your page for a while now....
@HeirloomBuilders
2 жыл бұрын
Best of luck on your build! I love Idaho.
@kennethanway7979
Жыл бұрын
What's a cob house?
Thank you for your video. I've looked at Rammed earth, Cob built, and now Straw bale built homes. What are the pros and cons of each like cost, durability, and practicality? Excited to build my own home.
This guy is funny yo, what a presentation 😋
the big bad wolf is so excited right now
amazing guys. if you build in Nicaragua give us a shout!
LOL at inviting all my friends at a bale stacking party. I don't think anyone would show up. I bet rats, squirrels and other creatures also love the straw bales. All it takes is one 1/2" crack for the first mouse to get thru. It's truly an amazing system for providing lodging for thousands of mice during winter.
Here’s a way to stop the thermal issue with the stick built home. 6inch walks made with 2x4s. Use a 2x6 sill and header and then stagger the 2x4s. Yes it is more expensive but it works well