Re: SB: Strawbale episode on Home & Garden TV

[Jo Wilhelm <home_place@juno.com>]

On Tue, 22 Jan 2002 20:01:23 -0800 "waterlady Frommer"
<s_waterlady@hotmail.com> writes:
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Richard H" <Rharris1@ec.rr.com>
> >To: <strawbale@crest.org>
> >Subject: SB: Strawbale episode on Home & Garden TV
> >Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2002 21:34:30 -0500
> >
> >Dream Builders on HGTV    Jan 27, 2002 9:00a EST
> >
> >Straw Bale Building, Architectural Ceramics, Odd Lots
> >Episode DRB-302
> >
> >http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/project/0,1158,BDRE_project_512,FF.html
> 
> "the majority of a straw house can be built in a day." (direct quote 
> from 
> the program.)  Pardon me while I hold my sides which are splitting 
> from 
> laughing so hard.  We started construction in summer of '99 and I'm 
> only 
> just now getting the feeling that we may be "finished" in a couple 
> of more 
> months.  I'm sure the author of such nonsense must have left out the 
> 
> important part that the WALLS for a SMALL house might be put up in a 
> day.
> Hooo.....,hoooo.... pick me up off the floor!
> susan
> 
Well, Susan, the real quote is that we did in fact stack the walls of
that little cabin in 3 1/2 hours. We did have good, experienced crew
leaders, good straw and a "stackable" design. No one said that we were
going to have the building "built". We have "stacked" large homes in a
weekend many times. The problem is that folks like yourself equate the
stack with getting the place done. 

I understand your frustration at not being "done" after working on your
house for three plus years. You should realize that when Scott Morgan
talks about ANY building project on DREAM BUIL:DERS, he is an actor
reciting lines and semantics can be difficult. No reasonable person would
interpret his line to mean the building would be done in a day.

Good luck on your home. I'm sure that when you do declare it "built"
(most of us realize our SB houses are never, ever completely "done") it
will give you enough satisfaction to offset your current fellings.

Jo Wilhelm 
home_place@juno.com   830/868-7077 www.the-home-place.com
Tours, workshops, seminars and speakers are all available from THE HOME
PLACE-
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Texas.

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