06-16-2008, 02:58 PM
The Building Department will love them, I'm sure. Guaranteed you'd need an architect's or engineer's stamp on that one provided you could find one who would stamp it.
Hmm, humidity. Straw to compost, might be best to build the house near the garden just in case humidity got into the walls. Ah, bugs! Don't forget about all the lovely critters which will find a home in the walls. Centipede Central?
I personally have never met a straw bale construction of any type, but I don't know of any around here and there's probably several reasons why. Cost of straw bales might be a reason, too. Isn't most hay and straw shipped in?
Hmm, humidity. Straw to compost, might be best to build the house near the garden just in case humidity got into the walls. Ah, bugs! Don't forget about all the lovely critters which will find a home in the walls. Centipede Central?
I personally have never met a straw bale construction of any type, but I don't know of any around here and there's probably several reasons why. Cost of straw bales might be a reason, too. Isn't most hay and straw shipped in?
Kurt Wilson