did you see #howtostrawbalebuilding series of threats to the conventional high emission non-circular building industry?
Straw bales stacked for storage
Look. Do you understand why people all over the world build with it?
Examples:
#strawhouse
Learn: #howtostrawbalebuilding
Try watching this video without either running off to recreate it or questioning your life circumstances. #howtostrawbalebuilding
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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.
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
If you want to know, look for a workshop in your area or click #howtostrawbalebuilding
Quick earth building tutorial? Bookmark also the #howtostrawbalebuilding series if you want more from less.
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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.
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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
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.
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
people prefabricating straw bale panels.
Step 2... build. You don't need much.
(you can ask here #howtostrawbalebuilding or ask for workshops)
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)
3/3 It just dried perfectly with good connection on the straw bale. Was this interesting? Find here more: #howtostrawbalebuilding
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#strawhouse
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
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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
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also see the #howtostrawbalebuilding threads: bsky.app/profile/mich...
You can do bale resizing by hand as well, by length is the easiest, because a straw bale consists of many flakes:
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I wonder if you enjoyed the #howtostrawbalebuilding threads. Do you want more next year?
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.
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)
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
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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