https://manyhandsbuilders.com/strawbale-building-2 daily 0.75 2017-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634048228-A95FW6K8G0RDLRIC841C/window+stool+-+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building - Window Stool Photo by: Johnathan Shaw Flared window reveals reduce glare, allow more light to enter room. Walnut window stool, clay plaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634048228-A95FW6K8G0RDLRIC841C/window+stool+-+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building - Window Stool Photo by: Johnathan Shaw Flared window reveals reduce glare, allow more light to enter room. 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Trellis carries inlet pipe, supports first flush. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485636481283-730K51FU4JWVWJ3NNOX1/conrete+tanks+set+into+hillside.jpg Rainwater Catchment https://manyhandsbuilders.com/strawbale-building daily 0.75 2018-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485671496917-7FCPZY9H0CMB3ET0OHTO/image-asset.jpeg Strawbale Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485671569657-IE828T8681ZW6HNU676Y/image-asset.jpeg Strawbale Building https://manyhandsbuilders.com/earth-and-lime-plastering daily 0.75 2017-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485671827266-NIMRQV7RR939RYP78TOE/image-asset.jpeg Earth and Lime Plastering https://manyhandsbuilders.com/resources daily 0.75 2017-01-29 https://manyhandsbuilders.com/strawbale-building-1 daily 0.75 2017-01-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634048228-A95FW6K8G0RDLRIC841C/window+stool+-+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building - Window Stool Photo by: Johnathan Shaw Flared window reveals reduce glare, allow more light to enter room. Walnut window stool, clay plaster. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634084201-M7QEL4VSFPHKBF81JU47/window+seat%2C+wood+stove%2C+earth+floor+-+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building Earth floors with clay plastered interior walls provide distributed thermal mass for passive solar heating. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634110026-3T70U4WW2X45BY9H4KMC/brown+coat+on%2C+waiting+for+roof+and+finish.jpg Strawbale Building Lime plastered exterior of passive solar straw bale home. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634110618-O8QQQURDI4N8UIJ9VKZA/cast-in-place+concrete+sills.jpg Strawbale Building Cast-in-place concrete window sills. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634113588-Y7H6Q1V9C47E8RU05G0W/flared+window+reveals+-+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building Tiled back splash reduces wear-and-tear on interior clay plaster below window. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634125935-47NBL2NTHIU5BWFU1HQH/LVL+framed+building+waiting+for+roof+and+bale+stack.jpg Strawbale Building I-Joist or LVL type of post-and-beam system uses 3-string bales stacked on edge (15" wide) for maximum insulation value per inch of wall thickness. Uses straw bale shear wall and interior partition shear walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634122204-D6CP9XOY9UHGEOAI606V/passive+solar+SB+house+pre+lath+and+plaster.jpg Strawbale Building Passive solar straw bale house uses both straw bale shear wall and interior partition shear walls. Lime exterior and interior plasters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634148377-XLMKJ0E4HTK3SBHS296Z/passive+solar+SB+house%2C+lathed%2C+ready+for+plaster.jpg Strawbale Building Passive solar straw bale home uses straw bale shear wall and interior partition shear walls. Lime exterior and interior plasters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634129470-969AJODZJQLABHNW8HLR/post+and+beam+SB+house+with+Hardy+Frames%3B+awaiting+lath+and+plaster.jpg Strawbale Building Passive solar straw bale house using prefabricated steel brace frames for shear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634133366-FFM0N3P2VIRGX3KGKSZC/remodel--extending+window+sills.jpg Strawbale Building Cedar window sills extend well beyond wall plane. Ferrous sulfate wash over lime-cement plaster produces mottled yellow-orange color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634139154-7VTKHZ802SBBAGI5H64A/SB+house+-+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building Conventionally framed and sheathed dormer adds light, thermosiphon for summer cooling. Extended eves protect lime plastered straw bale walls below. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634140160-Q5ABXFT81FZZO1CK0XVG/small+passive+solar+SB+house.JPG Strawbale Building https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1486247826423-IZMI2AG080FDU8HMES3V/solar+SB+house+interior+-+Jonathan+Shaw.JPG Strawbale Building Conventional framing and insulation in gable triangle. Gable window vent accessible from loft. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485634147919-L5WYVFSMF2EFSDZL56N4/sunlight+on+earth+floor+Jonathan+Shaw.gif Strawbale Building Earth floor and clay interior plastered walls supply distributed thermal mass, store heat from the sun. https://manyhandsbuilders.com/credentials daily 0.75 2023-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485713577358-G9WQ0EC96RFQ2JGCICAO/image-asset.jpeg Credentials Jim Reiland of Many Hands Builders https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485713298446-5X6D3CA3B97HG745XX56/image-asset.png Credentials Retired November 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485721863129-C6FWCZW4LYH5EUXLV8KN/image-asset.jpeg Credentials https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485721916933-UOZGPNS5Y3B1JJ7T4HA6/image-asset.jpeg Credentials https://manyhandsbuilders.com/blank daily 1.0 2018-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485717865683-Z8XRJVDI5YFSB769PRB1/rain.jpg Welcome - Rainwater Catchment Between 50% and 70% of all household water—water that meets U.S. stringent drinking water standards—is used for landscape or garden irrigation. Every square foot of roof surface collects about... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485716120737-CUVQW3E7DQYKHCR2U5YH/sbgal_light-plays-on-clay-plastered-straw-bale-walls-1.jpg Welcome - Strawbale Building Buildings made of straw—an annually renewable, natural, agricultural byproduct—are energy efficient, quiet, and delight us in ways that most manufactured materials cannot. Curved walls, sculpted niches, window seats, and light playing across plastered surfaces create enchanting and calming spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/588bed84e6f2e18053302e6c/1485717954084-CAID9O6S6Q2I3YB954Q3/lizard_648x264.jpg Welcome - Natural Plasters Natural plasters like earth and lime have been used for thousands of years to protect buildings from the weather, and bring a depth and radiance to walls that modern wall treatments can’t approach.