did you see #howtostrawbalebuilding series of threats to the conventional high emission non-circular building industry?
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Straw bales stacked for storage
Look. Do you understand why people all over the world build with it?
Examples:
#strawhouse
Learn: #howtostrawbalebuilding
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Try watching this video without either running off to recreate it or questioning your life circumstances. #howtostrawbalebuilding
youtu.be/9LjVkvX0W9A?...
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Screenshot of the search term 'strawhouse'
My resolution for 2026 is to no longer dominate the terms #strawhouse #strawbuilding #earthbuilding #howtostrawbalebuilding, etc. I won't post less, but more of you will have to build, renovate, talk about the best available climate and resource conscious technology for retrofits and new buildings.
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Scaled down straw panel building on a table saw. 4 bales compress each other by forming a bridge.
This evening I have built this straw panel, now we need to scale this up.
(Picture shows the 4 to the floor tool free prefab technique.) #strawhouse #strawbuilding #biobased #howtostrawbalebuilding
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If you want to know, look for a workshop in your area or click #howtostrawbalebuilding
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Quick earth building tutorial? Bookmark also the #howtostrawbalebuilding series if you want more from less.
bsky.app/profile/mich...
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#strawbuilding #strawhouse #biobased #bauwende #howtostrawbalebuilding
Does anyone actually click on #hashtags?
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How to achieve a good plaster base without any additional board, #plasticfree etc. Do you recognize the tool?
This #strawbale panel can be directly plastered after trimming. E g. with #earthplaster to achieve airtightness for a healthy #passivehouse.
#Howtostrawbalebuilding
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People building timber frames for straw bale insualtion in a workshop at biwena.de in Germany.
Reminder that a solution to the climate problem in construction is available, successfully tested well over 100 years, fully researched, open, transparent, democratic and ready in many countries.
Read more under: #howtostrawbalebuilding
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last straw bale pair is fitted through compressing the lower bales at once via chain hoists. This achieves the required additional compression of 10% in the whole assembly.
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structural straw bale house compressed with ratchet straps and a palette of heavy earth bricks, you can see the corner compressing more than the others. Quick workshop mockup.
Workshop fun, pre loading a load-bearing 'Nebraska style' #strawhouse with a palette of earth bricks. (Oldest and still inhabited houses >100 years in the US). Window frames are floating until the wall is end-compressed. More under #howtostrawbalebuilding if you show interest.
Workshops: biwena.de
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people prefabricating straw bale panels.
Step 2... build. You don't need much.
(you can ask here #howtostrawbalebuilding or ask for workshops)
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Wow, you plaster on straw without any extra product or plastic? How hard is it to plaster a straw bale wall?
It's easier if you use a small trowel & a fat earth (clay rich) or lime plaster mix. 1st coat can provide 30+ minute fire rating in Germany. #howtostrawbalebuilding (<-click for more info)
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3/3 It just dried perfectly with good connection on the straw bale. Was this interesting? Find here more: #howtostrawbalebuilding
#strawbuilding
#strawhouse
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Carpenters calculating behind straw bales
People adding compression on straw bales in a frame. It's a workshop trailer.
Guy directly plastering straw bales with earth plaster in a workshop trailer.
3 steps for low tech - high performance insulation
1. calculate your desired insulation raw density (85-115kg/m³)
2. add the right compression, see 1.
3. earth plaster
#strawbuilding #strawhouse #howtostrawbalebuilding
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Use of special airtightness tapes with a reinforcement mesh where the plaster can grab into.
linen fabric with clay "glue" as airtightness from hanffaser.de
Corner details for a high performance #strawhouse.
You need to think beforehand how to create permanent airtightness in areas that may move over time & create cracks. L: "conventional" R: natural variant @ hanffaser.de
#howtostrawbalebuilding
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also see the #howtostrawbalebuilding threads: bsky.app/profile/mich...
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You can do bale resizing by hand as well, by length is the easiest, because a straw bale consists of many flakes:
#howtostrawbalebuilding #strawbuilding
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I wonder if you enjoyed the #howtostrawbalebuilding threads. Do you want more next year?
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Yes, I've promised to migrate the #strawbuilding thread with millions of views but very few likes from X to bluesky. I think its more adequate to do it under the #strawhouse + #howtostrawbalebuilding hashtags.
Bear with me the it's coming and tag me please for buildings with #plants.
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Straw bale building exhibition with earth plaster.
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Please suggest next straw building topics for the #howtostrawbalebuilding series.
Don't forget to like and share the first post, thank you.
(And learn more in workshops at biwena.de)
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Straw bales arrive by tractor on the building site.
Ok, more #strawbuilding content! Let's start a #howtostrawbalebuilding series.
This time we talk about compressing or re-sizing straw bales lengthwise. Thread 🧵
Foto: 'Classic' fasba.de style 6-family straw timber clay lime house by biber-online.de 1/7
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Highest directly (lime) plastered straw bale (new) building in the world, 5 storey 2014 NZNB, Verden, Germany
Let's talk about plaster on straw.
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