We've been working on the house again, slowly but surely. We've started doing the plaster, but I'll post some pics of the 'before' process. Most of them are stored on a dead computer, of course. If you're thinking of building your own straw bale house, the one thing I can tell you is that you must be creative! I've watched and read everything published in the last 10 years- they do not cover everything! And you must think ahead- especially how the various parts connect.
Our house is modified post & beam, with three bale walls and one stud wall. I'm using a regular stud wall on the back because I changed the house size after we'd already built the floor beams. We only need one bedroom now, so the last 20 feet will now be my screened porch. I didn't want a heavy wall since there isn't a continuous beam running across there.
We had ordered all the lumber at once, but because I'd changed things (again), I needed a few more 4x4's. So I just grabbed them at the closest place- Alamo Lumber. Simple right? No. Alamo's 4x4's were NOT the same dimensions as Home Depot or my local lumber store! It was 3 1/2x3 1/4. And no one else noticed until I got there. Sigh.
Other than that, no big problems with the wall beams, window bucks or top beam. The rafters were another story. In the middle of putting them up, we had another 'strong wind' day. Actually, it was a night. When I went out in the morning, they were all down.
Which turned out to be a good thing (not the part where my dear husband dropped a 2x4-on my nose!). When they reset them, this time they braced them like I told them to in the first place. Men. Hmph.
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