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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (2697)	10/18/2005 8:22:12 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) of 24225

Nice article on cob building. one of the pages that it links to is also interesting. sgnb.com if we end up moving elsewhere (still undecided as yet) and build rather than buy an older house to renovate, we've been thinking of straw bale construction. there are a number of houses that have been built up this way and it seems to work well in our climate. i've built 3 stackwall buildings so far (cordwood and mortar), and that's also an economical construction method. my studio-garage building cost about $5K to build in 1987. Even now, I don't think it would cost more than $8K (it's 26x32 feet so that's a pretty cheap building). Most expensive part was the roof trusses, plywood sheathing, and the shingles for the roof. I worked on the walls pretty much alone and it took me about 2 months of spare time after work and on weekends to build them -- including time spent building window and door frames, corner structures, etc... also built a barn that is 24x40, but had plenty of help on that one and it went up in about 8 weekends. stackwall is nice, but for a building suitable for our northern climate, i think you pretty much have to do some kind of insulation and sheathing on the inside. over time, the logs will check -- even with seasoned wood, and you get some air coming through. i've spoken to a couple of other people who have built these kinds of houses or barns and they've mentioned the same thing. still, they make a great building for 3 season use (up here) and would probably work really well in a bit warmer climate. straw bale might be a better answer for our climate. ~croc

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