Mehr Construction Specializing in Straw
Bale Construction Our mission is to create healthy, super-efficient homes that inspire communities and breathe environmentally responsible construction.
Our initial research started with techniques we find readily in California, including rammed - earth walls and straw
bale construction.
In the event that straw
bale construction is used, the straw must be free - range, sustainably harvested straw.
Straw -
bale construction, meanwhile, is usually regarded as the preserve of only the most committed, do - it - yourself eco-builders.
There is good diversity in the buildings featured within, demonstrating what is possible with straw
bale construction.
When appropriate for your project, straw
bale construction has many benefits.
I've been teaching workshops in the field of straw
bale construction since 2007 and I've worked with over 2,000 participants in that time.
As I've said in regards to our straw
bale construction workshops for years: «It's so much more than a workshop.»
The straw bale, which is actually load - bearing in standard straw
bale construction, serves only as insulation infill in this case, so there is some duplication of structure.
I think the straw
bale construction movement is a fantastic example.
This custom built home has lots of great features including straw
bale construction with an R - 50 insulative value, stucco interior and exterior, hot water on demand, custom concrete counter tops, harwood floors and custom cabinetry made of chestnut and ash.
Straw
bale construction, super insulated, hot water on demand, passive soloar with southern exposure.
Santa Fe IV Sven Alstrom, Designer South Elevation This one story Santa Fe Style Guest House is based upon 24 - inch wide straw
bale construction or adobe block on concrete foundation & footings with crawl spaces.
In it, a lot is covered from how we converted our closet into a master bedroom, to living in a 125 sqft pop up tent trailer in Baja with our 12 year old daughter, to designing your home to reflect your personal connection and love with nature, to the role of straw
bale construction in the tiny house movement, and how to create your own off - grid forever home with your own two hands.
In some cases, straw
bale construction may be the right approach.
I don't think that straw -
bale construction helps address this need for high rise construction.
Not exact matches
From gardens, herbs, orchards, to chickens, goats, llamas, alpacas, sheep, cows, bees, aquaponics, to cooking, fermenting, brewing, canning, to hunting, foraging, fishing, to home
construction, cob, straw
bale, insulated concrete, solar, arduino - and more.
Increasingly baroque works in which forms are heaped on one another and bound together with steel
baling wire abstractly address the precarious nature of Rosen's additive style of
construction — and of life itself.
When they met Rebecca and Mike of Simple Construct, a San Diego design / build
construction company that specializes in straw
bale building, they realized that straw
bale building, with its high performance, thick walls, and «adobe» plaster, was a perfect match.
Fully sustainable Straw
Bale home, with Steel
construction, with Heart & great attention to detail...
27 - When considering renovating, building new or adding on, consider alternative
construction, such as the geodesic dome, straw
bale or rammed earth home.
The metal structure means that there is a piece of thermally conductive metal going through the wall, which reduces the insulation benefit of straw
bale wall
construction.
Starting in 2015 though, the IRC (national organization that establishes
construction codes), there will actually be a straw
bale specific code!
Off Grid Arizona Straw
Bale Home: Construction From Beginning to End (In Pictures) This house in Arizona was built out of straw bale, the construction took over a year, it was built with the help of volunteers, neighbors and stude
Bale Home:
Construction From Beginning to End (In Pictures) This house in Arizona was built out of straw bale, the construction took over a year, it was built with the help of volunteers, neighbors a
Construction From Beginning to End (In Pictures) This house in Arizona was built out of straw
bale, the construction took over a year, it was built with the help of volunteers, neighbors and stude
bale, the
construction took over a year, it was built with the help of volunteers, neighbors a
construction took over a year, it was built with the help of volunteers, neighbors and students.
I've built custom straw
bale homes, conventional homes, and tiny houses and I have worked in both new
construction and remodeling.
Sam Atkinson LLP specialises in the design and
construction of straw
bale and hemp buildings.
There are tons of courses around the US led by experts that want to teach you all about straw
bale building, cob homes, earth bag
construction, earthships, renewable energy installation and much, much more.
The Pros and Cons of Straw
Bale Wall
Construction.
Design and
Construction of Straw
Bale and Hemp Buildings.
There is a section on building materials, including heavy timber
construction and stud framing, as well as stone, straw
bale, adobe, plaster, and bamboo.
All of these structures have their place in the world of tiny
construction, but I found a new one during the Montana straw
bale workshop.
BBC Enthuses about Hemp, Straw and Lime for
Construction Straw
Bale Building at the Farm
«In terms of sustainability, straw
bale walls: have low embodied energy in terms of fabrication and transportation, provide good thermal and acoustic insulation, are light and can be constructed quickly and easily, require less trades people in their
construction (which can facilitate savings in time, cost and energy).»
From gardens, herbs, orchards, to chickens, goats, llamas, alpacas, sheep, cows, bees, aquaponics, to cooking, fermenting, brewing, canning, to hunting, foraging, fishing, to home
construction, cob, straw
bale, insulated concrete, solar, arduino - and more.
Straw -
bale home
construction has also gained in popularity in Arizona, California, and New Mexico in the past decade as well as in overseas markets from Australia to Europe.
Straw
bale: Use of straw in panelized
construction systems.