| Contact Name: | Sue Pinney |
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| Mailing address: | 510 CR 2562 |
| | Bartlesville, | OK | 74003 |
| | United States |
| Structure Location: |
510 CR 2562 |
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| | Bartlesville, | OK | 74003 |
| | United States |
| Phone: | 918-336-1205 |
| Email: | strwbldr99@yahoo.com |
Type of Structure:
Non-Loadbearing
home
interior size: 1300 sq ft
unconditioned space size: 1600 sq ft
Number of stories: 1
Bedrooms: 3
Baths: 1
Built primarily by: Owner Built
Building Code Jurisdiction: Osage Co.
County: Osage
Open to visitors by appointment.
Foundations and Floor: 2'X 2' concrete footings and monolith concrete slab, dug, poured,& finished(?) by our family and a few friends.
Exterior Finish:
Earth or clay plaster
Lime Plaster
not complete
Interior Finish:
Gypsum plaster
Sheetrock
Plaster was applied:
Directly to the bales
Plaster application method:
By hand, no tools
Were the bales pinned?:
internal pinning, rebar
Bale type:
2-string/wire
Bale dimensions: 16 inches X 18 inches X 38 inches
Number of bales used: 350 appr
Straw type(s) used:
wheat
Bale Orientation:
Strings up (flat)
Mortgaged?: no
Unique features: Our home was designed and constructed by my husband, my 2 children ages 14 and 9, and myself. We used The Strawbale House, by Steen and Bainbridge as our only guide and we successfully created a structure we could live in within a matter of months.
Problems encountered: Our major setback was "burn out" and we stopped construction for several months. We built large porches on 2 sides, but should have built them all around the house. Our horses rubbed against the bale walls and we had to realign them using our precision tool - the sledgehammer. (we have since fenced them away from the house).
2009 Update: We are still in the process of applying exterior clay to the bale walls, and are experimenting with Lime/clay mixtures. The interior walls are complete, however our floors still need attention.
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