Houses of straw - the rediscovery of strawbale building
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- Опубліковано 17 жов 2024
- The Film"HOUSES OF STRAW" in full length (43 minutes) is available at www.ecofilm.de (in PAL format)
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For USA and other NTSC-countries: DVD available at greenplanetfilms.org
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Description of the DVD:
Strawbales are a new, interesting building material: it is a sustainable, ocologically sound resource, available in abundance. Strawbale walls achieve highest insulation values and offer a healthy, beautiful living environment.
This film is a trailer for a DVD called "Houses of straw", shot in Germany. It shows the recent developments, many examples show the different possibilities of building with straw. In interviews with owner-builders, architects and experts we hear a lot of importants aspects. And: an exciting fire test shows: strawbale walls don´t burn!
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Dear Jeroen,
you are asking good questions.Clay on the outside walls is not recommended in climates with too much rain. You HAVE to protect the clay walls from direct rain. You can do that with a large roof overhang, there are experiments with special mixtures on the surface etc. For example, we filmed one clay plastered house in Germany after 10 years - the surface was surprisingly ok. Look at our facebook page, there are pictures! And: there are loadbearing houses with 2 storeys in UK.
We built a Straw Bale house a couple years back. It was my wife's idea! She was in one in Tucson and fell in love with the thick walls and the sense of solidity it gives the house. People think the Straw is flimsy. In our case, each bale weighed 125 lbs. With 10 ft ceilings, that's more than 1/2 ton of wall weight every 4 ft!! Pretty solid. Check out Sedona Straw Bale for more information.
I feel the same about my husband! With walls that thick could you imagine how much you'd save on heating and cooling! I personally would love it.
I am very happy to see the vidoe after you give this Houses of straw - the rediscovery of strawbale building
Thanks for posting. I would love to have a home like that. Very smart.
Wiring is usually run between the bale courses or a notch is cut into the bales to run conduit. Plumbing is usually run up through the foundation and into an interior stud wall so that leaky pipes won't saturate the bales.
What about longevity? Building codes? Rodent infestation? Settling? Very Interesting, thank you for this video!
@MrAstro888 .... why would you need new insulation? there are some adobe and strawbale houses over 100 years old, still looking just fine. and if there are some signs of detoriation, you can put one layer of clay plaster over it to renew it. or if nescessery, just tear the walls, scater them over field to rot and make new ones.
Hi ecofilm! I just happened upon your video - I admire your work and this amazing effort to reduce energy use and unnecessary material waste. I am curious to know, how is electrical wiring and plumbing installed in strawbale house? Someone asked down below, but the question was unanswered and I am curious, too. Thank you so much!
The best way to build houses.. I love it.
great idea. has to be cheap too. atleast cheaper than your house. now, what about plumbing, eletrical, gas. if you have it. and a basement. what could be a good wall for underground? when i do mine ill definetly be documenting it
Thanks for posting. Kool vid. Anyone know how the plumbing and electrical wiring works?
@littlelogcabins ... that is true. so when you build with straw, you have to make sure no water is allowed to get inside the bales; plaster will seal all exposed surface, and there is one rule for staw bale houses... they need "good boots and hat" meaning they must be lifted some 30 cm above the ground, and have a roof (just like a conventional house) perferable with overhangs. keep them dry, and they won't rot at all
I suppose that's a practical question. The answer should be obvious though...excellent! And infinitely superior to regular framing, also better
than concrete block. Try shooting into a straw bale sometime (also note
that a correct bale for this type of house is especially dense, almost twice as dense as a standard bale. Also, note we're talking Straw, not Hay.
@DancingHorses26 ... same as in conventional house. you put wiring in plastic tubes and cover them with plaster. remeber... nothing can burn without oxygen.
@ecofilm the smell of straw is great The best matress i ever slept was full filled with straw very soothing relaxing great smell
Excellent video! Forward progress! lots of Love from me and One Community
@JRBURNETTSMARKETING
WRONG! It doesn´t smell at all. I slept in many strawbale houses and the smell inside was wonderful, the room atmosphere is great especially if it was plastered with clay (it equalizes humidity in the air)
@ecofilm Ive never heard of this...but how do you overcome the molding? I dont know about straw but I know hay molds when it gets wet.
Straw bale construction is a great idea but in a wetter climate you'll have to take greater pains to keep moisture away from the straw as well as rodent-proof the exterior envelope. It's a matter of appropriate design of the building (large roof overhangs, etc.) and careful detailing of the wall system (keep the straw at least 10" above grade if it's sitting on a concrete frost wall, flash openings to keep water out, protect walls from rodents with galvanized steel "hardware cloth", etc .
What about cost, is it also more affordable to build one out of straw?
Fabulous! Someday I will.
hi!
im just wondering about the isolation of the water and the 2nd floor weight! can u enlightening me?
is the outside walls can handle the rain? i mean it is a "CLAY" it is brake down with water! or you just coat it with some water proof isolation? can i use non-chemical material for that?
and the weight thing! is it really solid enough to carry the 2nd floor or i just need some pillars to carry it?
thank you :)
That´s wrong: mice can´t enter the strawbales, because 1) they are too densely compressed - there is no space in the bales and 2) the bales are thickly plastered with clay or lime - mice would have to bite their way through 5 or more centimetres.. I have not heard of ANY mice problems in strawbale walls during more then 15 years of filming those houses. Every mice that came in any house just entered through the door :-)
No need to comment if you have nothing to say. FYI; A modern 2x4 framed house will stop stray bullets when bluestone gravel is used as thermal mass insulation.
I live in a strawbale clayplaster woodenframe house, I build it myself and it's the best house i've ever lived in... If anyone in the western part of Germany or the Netherlands seriously considers to build one don't hesitate to contact me to come and have a look.
Hi could you give me more information about it if it is ok?
how do you buy this video ?? or the whole series ? i live in America and in the state of arizona :) if you could please relpy im very interested in building our own home out of staw bales
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@ThennyDlux it doesn't burne well. infact, i heard some time ago, that its even better than normal isolation/wood/stone buildings because the straw has not enough air to burne if its covered like shown in the video. you can put a hole into the building and try to burne the straw at this point but it won't burne well, the oxygen is used to quick so it (eventualy) will extinguish it self or at least won't burne that quick.
I am planning a framed strawbale bungalow, on a foamed glass aggregate/limecrete base.. Here in the UK, the planners are strict on appearance, it has to fit in with neighbours. So circular houses are very rare.
what do you mean the smell you plaster it ... never been inside a straw bale house whats it like ???
You are right, there is a lime finish on the outside, because lime is too fragile in wet climates. You can find the whole film (43 minutes) at the website of ÖKOFILM (URL above).
If you mix 4 parts clay and silt with 1 part hydrated lime, and make a brick out of it, then let it thoroughly dry, and then drop it into a bucket of water, it will not turn back into mud again, but will stay in shape as a brick. The lime lightens the color a bit, and renders it water resistant. It will still absorb water, but will dry back out again unchanged.
Too bad the DVD isn't available in NTSC for viewing via Netflix or general use in the USA.
@ecyor0 You might be overlooking the price factor... stick frame, then insulation and then dry wall...
sounds like clay plaster with a lime finish on the outside. limestone mixture for more water resistance possibly?
Très bien !
so great ..
15 years ago ( Nov 22). Wow. Wished I’d started a u toob channel back then 😅
What kind of bullet resistance do straw houses have?
:-)) haven´t heard of any cases where wolves, mice, pigs or any other animals have done damage to a strawbale house.
how is the protection against fire?
awesome!
I want to combine straw bale and rammed earth. A straw bale exterior wall with rammed earth interior partition walls.
@needparalegal Straw bale houses are cheaper in that they're more efficient when it comes to energy required to heat and cool them. The bare minimum rating of a straw bale house is R40. The bales themselves are cheaper than standard construction materials. The higher cost tends to be labor and specialists such as electricians and plumbers if they're built to code standards.
As to your comment about piling on the dirt: go ahead. Enjoy the garden in your living room afterwards.
Hay would be a problem with mice. Straw has no nutrients so mice, bugs, etc.. will not eat it. Only the seed head is used, the straw that was the stalk is used in building.
5:21 where can i find plans for that house.??
This is great, but does it stand the test of time?
Some in Nebraska from the 18hundreds are still standing.... :-)
what is he saying at 3:28?
"clay plaster with..." what?
Straw bale homes don't smell any more or less than any contemporary house design. Straw is a dry medium therefore no smell.
Doesn't the home begin to rot, though?
@ecofilm eben when it gets wet ? come on the bales would hold an insane amout of risks, from fire , to germs , to no security.. Alergins, filth , mice..
totally natural,its good.
I was hoping this would answer my questons but they just kept going on about it being easy to produce and install. They didnt go into how weather proof it was like how it would do inextream wether, flooding, wind, lightning. They also didnt go into how safe it is like how fire resistant it is verman problems. They say its tightly packed but anything will burn and im sure it is not airtight. Also talking about the building tuble pile being a waste that me laff.
This clip is a TRAILER to a long film about strawbale building. Find all the answers you want in the long film.
You need to read some books, bro.
In short lines, waterproofing is important from all sides. You really need a waterproof layer from below and above, since some flooding in the area or a roof leak absolutely and to no cost may enter the wall. To that effect, from above the standard roofing tarp can be used while from below the house may be raised on stilts. Another positive side effect from having the house on stilts is that you'll have a nice relatively colder mass of air below your house, which may be used for passive or active ventilation in the summer.
As for sides of the house, special care needs to be payed, depending on your area, to never let the walls get too wet. Since porous materials are used as plaster, walls ought to be kept dry which can be achieved by already mentioned raised foundation, planting shrubs around the house to prevent spray water from the ground and wider roof overhand. The taller the house, wider the roof will need to be.
Straw, being densely packet as it ought to be when used in construction acts as a flame retardant, due to low oxygen content. There are many videos demonstrating this fact. Consider setting a big phone book on fire, do you think it would be easy to set ablaze?
Vermin, as long the straw is processed correctly and it has near zero food value, shouldn't be interested in the straw in the least. Water is your number one enemy with organic straw. Water and ensuing rot, of course.
Straw bails cost more than plywood. A straw bail house costs more than a wood house. If you want heavy insulation just pile dirt up the outer walls.
Can u tell me about its composition
What exactly do you mean by composition?
this is a way traditional ukrainian farm houses are built
come to ukraine or eastern poland to learn how to build them
Straw houses are everywhere why not in PL?
What is PL? Never herd of country like that? Kumasz czacze?
Gregory May
They mean Poland.
Dlatego że w Polsce mamy zbyt dużo ludzi wytykających palcem tych którzy robią coś inaczej, taki sport narodowy ... Sam chętnie bym taki dom postawił i pewnie kiedyś to zrobię jak tylko zdobędę kawałek gruntu
...any danger of wolves coming to huff, puff and blow these houses down ??
V nice v good
Even hollow point?
The builders have never heard of the story of the Three Little Pigs...
That's what I was thinking, too....
The answer is "super adobe."
@htmlpumel About as good as a wooden house, I'd assume. Probably a little better if you have a thick airtight layer of clay plaster as a heat shield.
nice house - a gift for mice!
Why it is called the rediscovery?
When in human history people built houses from strawbales?
Nebraska, USA, 1800's
Jeff Knight Thank you. I found some information already. Very interesting
why is it called rediscovery? because it fell out of use for a long time then people started to re-evaluate simple technology.
Read the wolf and the 3 piglets......
What about the wolves? Shouldn't we build houses out of brick?
bad idea... what happens when you need new insulation... anyway
germany do not have earthquake and these houses are possible de build...but in japan are not possible :))
i realized
im gonna huff and im gonna puff!
By all means use straw to make Cob. Its a proven system that works. But using straw bails like lego bricks ? Its insane and you WILL have problems down the track . Nobody is rediscovering straw bales to build walls. There where no straw balers 100 years ago !
Brian Minghella How do you know it won't work? Why shouldn't it?
It, in fact, does work. Straw buildings up to three floors with load bearing thick straw walls still stand around the world.
@@mkeyx82 plastered the biggest one in Europe the winery in Monmouth 5 years ago nhl 2 with a gritty sand all still good
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@yaahme... that one was made up by brick making companies. do you still belive in stories? or do you tend to think for yourself, and question authorities?
the egyptians used straw in their brick
Humans are so stupid. Straw bale construction has no logic unless you live somewhere where straw bales are a lot cheaper than plywood, but that condition hasn't existed in the US since Texas of the 1800s. If you want heavy insulation just pile dirt up against the outer walls of the house. If you want true cheap efficient housing use cobb or adobe construction methods as they still make sense if you have lots of free labor/time on your hands.
They can slow bullets. So better build your house like the pyramids of egypt.
@kurchchina you would know better then I :)
I' ve seen another nice movie youtube keywords:
giesen stro- leembouw
I hate building codes!!!
5his 7s
Wait till you get rats is your straw bale!
There is no reason to get rats or any other kind of vermin in straw. It is not a food source (being straw and not grain or hay) and is so densely packed it is hard for vermin to even get a foot hold. Unlike standard builds where there are convenient cavity walls and ample supply of nesting materials to gather.