This project is our dream house and we have put much into the planing and design. Being our first straw bale project we did consult with many people on the phone as well as visit a builder in the Kansas City Area. He has completed over 12 homes and has agreed to come here in October 2004 to give classes and show others how to build straw bale houses. If you are interesed please contact Jim or Mary at 1-877-803-0219 and leave a message with your phone numbers and best time to call you.

Or send an email to StrawClass@LSIMO.com

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The Radiant barrier under the tubing acts like a sail in a strong wind. This is what happened overnight with a good wind. So let me tell you to put concrete blocks or something very heavy to hold things down. This was not what I wanted to see the next morning. All was well since the tubing is Pex. I just heated it up with a heat gun and it took the crimps out.

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We really wanted a Timber Framed house, and after going to South Carolina and learning how to frame a house we were all excited. That is until I found out I couldn't get the big timbers like they had in SC or Tennessee. Here in the Ozarks we have Oak, Walnut, and Cherry, but no big tall trees like white or yelllow pine. So, we decide, since we really wanted to get clear spans and a strong structure, we better go with a steel frame. We foun a company in Arkansas who would build one to our specs. This is our post and beam! What do you think?

Although the guys that built the steel structure did a great job, one minor problem occured. In the picture above you can see we have two buildings coming together in an "L" shape. Well, the smaller one was 9" too tall, Opps! We had to cut out 9" so the roof's would match. What we did was really cool. We welded one of our 45' beams for the basement floor joist across it and then cut out the 9" section. Lowered it down and then re-welded it. It worked great and we got things done without taking down the structure.