Straw Bale Reciprocal Roof

Granted it was smaller bale sections and they had rough rendering covering them.

Straw bale reciprocal roof.

Charlie s home is designed from the natural resources available on the land using stone roundwood straw bales clay turf and lime. But i am also hungry to learn more about the physics strengths and weaknesses of these beautiful elegant yet simple roofs. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. For the stemwall between ground and 50cm above ground i suggest you try tyres filled with rocks.

Like a tyre or two full of rocks. If you use posts they should go on top of something that won t let water seep up through it. All in all it cost charlie about 15 000 23 000. It was a hell of a task to pull it off especially since we loaded all the soil onto the surface of the roof one bucket at a time sadly we never stuck around long enough before moving to kentucky to see the roof flourish with plant life.

Nestled into a northern california knoll the elegant arch of a wavy roofline graces an artful straw bale cottage. An art studio shimmers with mica containing clay paint. It would provide a better form of insulation than bats as they are completely sealed and you only have to look at the results of bush fires. Firstly you would not use a full bale in the roof and secondly i have previously seen a completed straw bale roof insulation.

I am becoming more and more enamored with the idea of a reciprocal roof for my own round cob straw bale home. It took charlie a little over a year to build his home with a reciprocal roof and lime plastered straw bale walls. Here are some pictures of a beautiful double reciprocal roof i found. The straw bale roof constructed by dr zhang and blue mountains straw bale builder jason dash only took one day to erect.

A bountiful garden blesses this earthen plastered retreat with flowers and organic food. Inside curves and color create a feminine ambiance.