 WORKSHOPS 2010
Strawbale Intensive: May 22-28 2010
Cost: $750 per person with half down non-refundable deposit.
The donations will remain the same.
A seven-day course for those folks that are seriously considering building a Strawbale Home.
Come prepared to work ie: work gloves, work boots, proper clothing. Keep in mind this is Colorado at 7,000 plus feet. Bring layers and any tools that you find appropriate. You will be responsible for your own food and lodging. Bring your own lunch for lunchtime is an excellent opportunity for open discussion.
Itinerary: We will be building a small out building from the ground up. This building will be a Tire and Strawbale hybrid. Using tires as a footer/foundation to get above grade and straw once we have gotten above grade.
Work starts at 9:00am. We will take the time necessary to orient you to the job site and what we did to get to this phase of construction. All discussions will be ongoing!
Introduction: Every morning we will begin our workshop with a discussion on the following items:
Passive solar building
How to read plans
A checklist of items that will need to be considered before the building process can begin.
Plans
Architectural engineering
Low embodied energy-building practices
Infrastructure; Sewer, septic, water, electric
Active and passive solar
Embodied energy and Energy star.
Building components:
Passive and active solar
Different building styles
Plans and engineering
Green building considerations
Moisture
Heating, cooling, electrical, and plumbing
Plastering options: Playing with earth and lime.
Repairs.
Tire foundation: A tire footer/ foundation [R.E.U. or rammed earth unit] Is an Excellent means of providing a wide stable foundation on which to build a Strawbale building. This technique has been chosen to limit our embodied energy footprint. It is engineered, and I have successfully used this technique on 3 of my homes that have been accepted by our building dept., which uses the I.B.C. codes. We will also cover how you may use a standard concrete footer foundation.
Floor Prep
Here you will have an opportunity to see what goes into a floor before the adobe/concrete is poured. In floor radiant heat, passive solar convective floor, under-slab plumbing, insulation and additional mass will be some of the things covered. All this would apply to adobe floors as well.
Framing
The participant will learn the framing detail we use for a post and beam Strawbale infill structure including truss details as well as plumbing and electrical concerns.
Straw – Stacking
This is all about stacking, filling, and cutting straw. You will see window and door buck installation as well as framing, plumbing, electrical and roofing considerations.
Strawbale Plaster Preparation
This will cover all the details that are involved with preparing the house for interior and exterior plaster. This will give you an opportunity to see all the phases of construction up to this point after which will be forever hidden.
To register with a credit card, call 719-395-8419 or 719-486-4292 or to download a registration form to mail in with a check, click here.
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