| Contact Name: | Kip Drobish and Marcy Mahr |
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| Mailing address: | P.O. Box 423 |
| | Kila , | MT | 59920 |
| | United States |
| Structure Location: |
2150 Brown's Meadow Road |
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| | Kila, | MT | 59920 |
| | United States |
| Phone: | 406-752-6837 |
| Email: | ravenridge@centurytel.net |
Type of Structure:
Non-Loadbearing
homevacation rental
interior size: 1800 sq ft
exterior size: 1850 sq ft
Number of stories: 2
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 1
Built primarily by: Owner Built
County: Flathead
Open to organized Home Tours and to visitors by appointment.
Construction Methods Used
Foundations and Floor: Monolithic concrete slab (kitchen), Rubble trench, and hip wall on the part built into the slope(north). Floors are slate in kitchen, sealed brick on scrap drywall over rigid foam resting on screed sand in main living space and suspended wood flooring in bedroom and bath.
Exterior Finish:
Cement Plaster
Interior Finish:
Cement Plaster
Gypsum plaster
Plaster was applied:
Over chicken wire/expanded metal lath
Plaster application method:
By hand, with trowels
Were the bales pinned?:
internal pinning, rebar
Pre-Compression:
None
Bale type:
2-string/wire
Bale dimensions: 14 inches X 18 inches X 39 inches
Number of bales used: 600?
Straw type(s) used:
wheat
Bale Orientation:
Strings up (flat)
Insured?: no
Mortgaged?: no
Unique features: And its a vacation rental...Passive solar and off grid. Unique "Kiva like Feel" with posts and beams on interior of most walls. Roof is 12/.5" pitch with parapette and straw bale insulation. EPDM membrane over top with venting. Still need to cover with soil for living roof. Available as vacation rental for "would be" straw bale home builders and anyone else who thinks vacationing in a straw bale might be fun.
Problems encountered: Vapor pressure pushing out spaces along posts and freezing on exterior walls only to thaw in mid winter thaws, has required diligent caulking.
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