How big is a bale of straw?

[Katymac]

Please (in imperial please)

Thanks in advance

Exactly? Or are you looking for a rough idea?

Exactly would be loverly - but slightly unrealistic

Approx will be OK

a bale is 2 feet tall x 2 feet deep x 4 feet wide.

Apparently.

So I would loose 2 ft all round

My florr area would drop from 30 by 60 to 26 by 56 that's a lot of floor (I think)

from 2700 sq ft to 1456 sq ft

Is that maths right - it neaarly halves the floor area?

Plus a bit for plaster

are you going to build a house of straw!

No insulate a barn - but that's a lot of lost floor space

My maths must be wrong

I think that when you build with straw bales, you don't usually already have an existing wall. I was the Grand Designs episode but it's all a bit hazy

I've seen them build eco houses where they insulate with a mix of pulped newspaper. You need a cavity wall and this stuff is pumped in through a fat hose.

So you;d have your breezeblock outher wall, build a inner wall (could be like plywood on a timber batten fixed to the wall I think)

That sounds smaller - I wonder which is more efficient?

Your maths was wrong BTW. 30 x 60 is 1800 sq feet.

I wouldimagine the bales are more efficient because they're thicker but the newspaper pulp seemed to be perfectly adequate from the programmes I saw it on.

It's recycled (so that's good)

I'll look into it - Thanks (& for correcting my maths)

I had a quick Google and it looks like Warmcel. Although I only saw it as a loft insulator on the site I found

If you can spray it on ceilings (angled) you can spray it on verticle walls I guess?

What about wool?I understand that it is used a lot for insulation these days,as the price is so low,it isn't worth selling for textiles.It is ecologically sound too.