Build it with Bales: A Step-by-step Guide to Straw-bale ConstructionVersion 2, 1999 edition. Co-authored by S.O. MacDonald. |
Common terms and phrases
adobe and/or applied attached bale length bale walls beam builders building ceiling cement cement-based plaster clay climates coat color compression concrete corner cracking create dimensions door and window door frames drywall earthen plasters edge embodied energy expanded metal lath exterior finish flakes floor foundation framework frost line gypsum Homebuilding horizontal housewrap inches install insulation interior Last Straw layout lime lime-based plasters lintel loadbearing loadbearing design Loadbearing Option loose straw materials moisture mud plaster openings panels pins plywood polypropylene R-value rammed earth rebar recipe reinforcement roof weight roof-bearing assembly roofing felt sand scratch slab soil space stack Steen strapping straw bales straw-bale construction straw-bale house straw-bale walls strips structure stucco netting superinsulated technique termite thermal mass thick three-tie bales tie-down system toe-up trowel trusses Tucson two-tie bales typical vertical wall surfaces waterproof drape window frames wire wood wooden