More Straw Bale Building

How to Plan, Design and Build with Straw

Building with straw bales has evolved enormously in technique and popularity over the past several years. Now, the authors of the original Straw Bale Building have rewritten the book to bring it completely up to date — the most comprehensive how-to manual available.

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A completely rewritten and updated edition of this straw building classic.

Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder’s personal space needs, esthetics, and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however, most straw bale books focus on “selling” the dream of straw-bale building, but don’t adequately address the most critical issues faced by bale house builders. Moreover, since many developments in this field are recent, few books are completely up to date with the latest techniques.

More Straw Bale Building is designed to fill this gap. A completely rewritten edition of the 20,000-copy best-selling original, it leads the potential builder through the entire process of building a bale structure, tackling all the practical issues: finding and choosing bales; developing sound building plans; roofing; electrical, plumbing, and heating systems; building code compliance; and special concerns for builders in northern climates. New material includes:

  • more extensive sections on electric wiring and plumbing
  • updated sections on bale finishes and finishing
  • a section on prefabricated straw bale walls
  • a wider selection of case studies, photographs and illustrations
  • a section on common mistakes
  • budgeting for low-, medium- and high-cost projects, and
  • new testing data that is in no other straw bale book.

Down-to earth and complete, More Straw Bale Building makes the remarkable benefits of straw bale building available in the most comprehensive and practical book on the subject to date.

About The Author(s)

Chris Magwood has designed and built some of the most innovative buildings in North America, including the first off-grid, straw bale home in Ontario which became a fifteen-year research project into the implementation of sustainable building materials and technologies. He is a director of the Endeavour Centre in Peterborough, Ontario where he teaches hands-on workshops and is a lead instructor for the Sustainable New Construction certificate program. Chris is co-editor of the Sustainable Building Series and author of several previous books on sustainable building, including Making Better Buildings More Straw Bale Building and Straw Bale Details . He is a regular contributor to Mother Earth News Home Power and The Last Straw Journal.

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Book Specifications

ISBN: 9780865715189

Page Count: 288

Dimensions: 8 × 10 × 0.75 in

Publication Date: March 20, 2005

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