Experiences with straw bale house?

  • Erstellt am 2020-01-22 14:47:14

Specki

2020-01-23 11:13:39
  • #1
According to my previous research: - It no longer really settles later, as the bales are compressed and properly pressed in. - No additives are added, only the compressed straw bale (naturally with defined quality) - It is plastered firmly from outside and inside, so no penetration by pests is possible. - There are apparently straw bale houses that have been standing for over 100 years without problems. - Fire protection is not an issue at all (no different than with other wooden houses), with the clay layer fire protection class F90 is achieved. - Mold is also not an issue, as it is absolutely dry.
 

Curly

2020-01-23 11:19:33
  • #2
after we had a broken water pipe in the kitchen a few years ago and the water ran through the wall down to the basement, I definitely did not want a wooden prefabricated house. In our case, the pipe was repaired and the stone wall dried, everything was done quickly. I don't even want to know what a straw wall would have looked like after that.

Best regards
Sabine
 

Specki

2020-01-23 11:21:10
  • #3
Yes, that is a disadvantage, but other wooden houses have that too, in which case the entire insulation may also have to be removed at the wet spots.
 

11ant

2020-01-23 11:31:39
  • #4
No and yes. "Yes" to "local," because without short distances (and incidentally also without sustainability) organic wouldn't be eco either. But "no" to the idea of trying the implementation "with an amateur, even if he is a professional." The construction here resembles American prefabricated house building more than German (or even more so shipbuilding), because here frames are braced rather than rafters.
 

Curly

2020-01-23 11:56:23
  • #5
You should also remember that such an "exotic" wall construction will certainly result in a lower resale value. Even normal prefabricated houses are immediately dismissed by many interested parties and do not sell as well.

Best regards
Sabine
 

11ant

2020-01-23 12:05:13
  • #6

It certainly has its fans – so I see the marketability as less dramatic, as long as the house is not "special" in terms of shape, layout, or equipment; however,

made me wonder whether the bank is equally open to this type of construction.
 
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