Thursday, May 28, 2009

Enough for Today!!

Uncle! I'm tired; bushed; had enough. We've made good progress this last week. A new kitchen floor and straw bale walls being built. There is a bit more to building a straw bale wall than just stacking some bales. You have to cut and re-tie the bales. You have to heft the thing into place. You have to get everything level and straight. You have to attach the bales to the posts:

Inside the house. Joni will finish up the corners...







The walls are straight!

Work will resume next Wednesday...

3 comments:

Ruahines said...

Kia ora Allan,
Looks to me as if you all deserve some rest and a cold one!
Cheers,
Robb

Julia said...

This is very impressive. I have been trying to convince my husband that we should build a new home from straw bales but his is adamantly against it. I will keep looking at this progress you are making for future reference.

Allan Stellar said...

Robb...don't worry. Beer is a staple up here... :)

Julia,

I'm not sure how this thing is gonna turn out. We hope to actually finish it someday. If you have lots of free time, it is a great, inexpensive way to build. Tis nice to build outside the Home Depot Industrial Complex.

Thanks for the visit...

allan