Does ANYONE know ANYTHING about strawbale building

[Katymac]

I have some serious questions.....(& some that are a bit odd)

I watched Kevin McCloud doing it on Grand Designs (twice IIRC!) but no, I have no real knowledge

Me neither

Bummer

lol soupdragon - me too!

hi katy i followed your threads on eco-nursery, how you getting on?

have you thought about emailing the channel that kevin mccloud was on ( i met him - my one claim to fame tho i was working at the time ) and asking them to email / contact those concerned for you? hth x

Well I have had an offer from a strawbaling building company

And I need to know some stuff as I don't know if what they are offering is a reasonable price or not?

It's all very complicated

They run courses on your building

Subjects covered can be: Foundations, Strawbale Building, Clay Plastering, Lime rendering.

But I don't know how long each stage will take so do I need 7 course on foundations or 73?
& will all the work be done through courses or will have have to employ someone to finish it off
& if I have a hog roast (& a veggie alt) and a barrel of beer (or two) a marquee & a band will people come and plaster for me for free (it's unskilled) or would it be cheaper to just pay someone to do it?

They are odd questions aren't they?

Bump

not really, you need othink of things like that if you going to cover all angles. will keep thinking cap on, see what i come up with.

Thanks Fransmom

Have you tried the CAT website.
Sure they had a building of that design.

Thanks Chestnutty - I have been there