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Title: The Straw Bale House (A Real Goods Independent Living Book) by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge ISBN: 0-930031-71-7 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (18 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: informative for the curious, not a build it manual
Comment: The Steens have written two books on this subject, this one from 1994, is the most informative as far as actual construction information goes. I would say that if you think you might want to actually build a straw home get this book and their second book,The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes(from 2000). After reading these books you'll need more information both about straw bale work and other construction and carpentry books, Amazon has a selection of those.
Rating: 4
Summary: another tentative step towards building
Comment: This is an EXCELLENT starting point for those of us interested in SB construction. It offers multiple methods of construction, from the foundation to the roof, which gives me (living in climatically & seismically fickle So-Cal) many options to choose from. It also gives good strategies for approcahing permits & financing. The examples they use end at about 1995, though, so there have been many more examples built since then - you SHOULD do additional research yourself. This book is a great confidence builder, and has lots of nice examples of beautiful SB houses that i could never afford to build but are quite inspirational nonetheless.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a great place to start.
Comment: For someone who knew nothing about straw bale construction this book was not only informative, but also inspiring. The Straw Bale House contains a lot of good information about the specifics of straw bale construction. I found that because it covered information about straw bale construction from start to finish it couldn't go into as much detail about any one aspect as much as I would have liked. However, my feeling is that this book was designed to get you interested and then send you out to gather the more specific information for yourself. It has proven effective at inspiring me.
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Title: The Beauty of Straw Bale Homes by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen ISBN: 1890132772 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: January, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.) by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron ISBN: 1890132640 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: December, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Straw Bale Building by Chris Magwood, Pater Mack, Elisabeth Ohi, Peter Mack ISBN: 0865714037 Publisher: New Society Pub Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Build It With Bales: A Step-By-Step Guide to Straw-Bale Construction, Version Two by S. O. Macdonald, Matts Myhrman ISBN: 0964282119 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: July, 1998 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: The New Strawbale Home by Catherine Wanek ISBN: 1586852035 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publisher Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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