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I have recently been excavating the foundations for
my garage/workshop. Needless to say the walls will be strawbale.
This task has been such an onerous chore because of the slope on my land that I,
half facetiously, said I was going to build the house on stilts when I finished
the garage so that I did have to go through this again.
Later I thought about that and wondered if anyone
has actually done that. I would want to build a double floor with bales
between the two for insulation. (Same with the roof.) I would also build a
post and beam structure strong enough to support the bale walls. Biggest
problem as I see it is the lack of a concrete slab as a heat sink. I would
have to come up with an alternative if I wanted to design passive
solar.
Anyone got any thoughts on this
matter?
Thanks, Steve
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