how do folks?
so we are working on a small building as a sort of trial-by-fire learn-as-you-go sort of thing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/94872676@N08/sets/72157634817280823/
I've never worked with these material systems before but their advantages are becoming very obvious to me
we have a floating foundation of rammed earth tires on a 32" deep bed of gravel supporting a round timber frame that will be encased (on 3 sides) with
straw bales with the last (south) wall being almost exclusively windows (for passive
solar) heated with a thermal mass
rocket stove bench
we'll be going on 2 years of working on this thing in December but would really really REALLY love to have it at least sealed up before then
if there is anyone in the NE Ohio NW PA area that is interested in coming out to help, just let me know
we sure could use a hand, or 4.
for stories about this and all the other stuff we are working on, check out trilliumcenter.org
we also offer herbalism classes
