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guitartorch123 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Straw bale is safer, cheaper, and more efficient than standard frame construction.
marnold78 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Yeah, straw bale housing is a great way of building a house - and in Canada - the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corp has spent a lot of time on fire testing on these structures
trollab (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There are actually quite a number of straw bale houses in southwestern Canada - from houses to commercial buildings (including a large warehouse in Calgary) .... it's very viable!
AKATigerwhispers (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
There are a lot of Straw bale houses in Canada...
bpocoloco (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
go to the CMHC website and type "straw". "Strawbale" only shows to reports.. rest are under "Straw Bale" :) Happy Reading.
bpocoloco (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
there are MANY strawbale homes in Canada AND it is a form of building recognized by the building code. Please check your research. In fact the strawbale wall section passed with flying colours in the fire test! (think close to Concrete block levels!) :) And Moisture issues are of bad design. Some people have gotten a LOWER insurance rate once they show these CMHC (Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corp) sponsored reports :) Go to CMHC and look up strawbale :) Bale on!
engboarder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Well, ok. Are there any test reports available? Has Underwriters' Laboratories done any lab tests? Positive test results would be required before any building code would start to accept this as a legitimate building system. I searched the Canadian and US Underwriter's Laboratories websites for straw bale with no results
koksukay (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Straw bales are not a fire hazard...Moisture ingress is not a problem...Please read up about straw bale building...
engboarder (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm from southwestern Canada. I'm not sure about the rest of North America, but in Canada our building codes would not allow a straw bale building due to fire hazard and moisture ingress problems. I suppose one would have to build without a building permit in order to have one. In that case, one could not get financing or insurance. Anyone have any answers to this dilemna?
sistermitzi (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
My dream is to have a strawbale house off the grid, with much tube lighting, solar and wind heat with a southern oriented greenhouse integrated into the house. I like the guy in this video. He seems nervous but that makes him really seem sweet. Maybe I can get him to come build my dreamhome. |
