John Visser

Thanks for the direction Jay! We are planning on doing a metal roof for our first building which leads me to think the box would work quite well. We wanted to use therma fleece or maybe a hemp product for insulation. Building the box really makes sense! My brother and the crew he works with do lots of timber framing and with their advice we plan on building a very strong roof. Luckily not much snow here in the upstate of SC but better safe than sorry! They primarily do squared timber framing, is round wood pretty similar or would you say it is more difficult?

Hello! First time poster here. My fiancé and I are building a cob/straw bale house with a round pole frame, ridge beam and rafters. I have question regarding insulation. Would you put insulation between the rafters like a conventional home? My confusion comes from having seen many roofs in cob homes but the round pole rafters are left exposed, so where is the space for the insulation? Confusion. Thank you for any help!