This is a badge bit (
BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the
wood badge in
Building.
While building a house may be out of reach at the moment, let's get some practice putting together medium sized structures. Making a sturdy building frame and filling it with something is a good approach to building a house. Let's make a study framed building with
straw bales as the in-fill!
Here are some pictures of what we're after:
And here's a University of Michigan straw bale build:
Minimum requirements:
- At least 100 square feet
- Maybe a coop, smithy, sugar shack, woofer house,
workshop, cabin, etc
- Fully enclosed
- At least 2 built-in outlets and a built-in light
- Walls at least 12 inches thick
- Plastered or other natural finish on inside and outside
- Framework can be timber, roundwood or lumber
- As with all PEM badges, lesser BBs can be harvested as you complete this
project
Provide proof of the following as pictures or
video (<2 min):
- Place where the building will be built
- Bales you're starting with
- Framing partially built
- Finished framing
- Finished straw bale installation
- Completed building showing size, electrical details and interior/exterior plaster details