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As I said, I have people in my family who have built strawbale houses to code (California code including earthquake provisions, no less). The stylized aspect is
by dodedo 15y ago
As I said, I have people in my family who have built strawbale houses to code (California code including earthquake provisions, no less). The stylized aspect is distinct from the strawbale and inset-in-land aspect.
Regarding logs, I'm currently sitting in a house with wood framing in the suburbs, and every house around me as far as I can see is also framed with wood.
- ryduh 15y agoWould you be willing to post information about the strawbale houses that were built to code? Where can I find more information on that?
- dodedo 15y agoI'm not too close with that side of the family, all I know is what I've gleaned during some extended visits. However, this looks like it might be a good starting point: http://www.strawbuilding.org/sbweb/content/strawbale-codes http://www.strawbuilding.org/sbweb/content/strawbale-codes Strawbale houses do not look significantly different from normal wood-frame, drywall and stucco homes. If I hadn't been told I would not have known.
- ars 15y agoThe framing is designed to minimize the use of wood, while this house uses extravagant quantities of it.
- freshhawk 15y agoOh yeah, nothing particularily hard about building strawbale houses to code. My point was about this particular style of amateur building not being amenable to things that require standards.