{"id":371,"date":"2018-12-12T07:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaywarmke.com\/?page_id=371"},"modified":"2021-11-26T09:51:16","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T14:51:16","slug":"building-a-vaulted-straw-bale-wall","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/building-a-vaulted-straw-bale-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a Vaulted Straw Bale Wall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/jaywarmke.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/s6303389-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Vaulted Straw Bale Building\" class=\"wp-image-375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/s6303389-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/s6303389-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/s6303389-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bluerockstation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/s6303389.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have always been curious on how straw bale construction works &#8211; or for those who want to build a small project but don\u2019t want to pay more than the cost of the building for an instruction manual.&nbsp; Here is a booklet for you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This handy little guide provides some of the basics for straw bale construction &#8211; along a few observations about life, philosophy, the size of candy bars, and other essential construction details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More that half of all the buildings on this planet are constructed using earth and straw.&nbsp; Many have stood for hundreds of years without the \u201cbenefits\u201d of modern construction techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Annie and Jay Warmke have taught numerous straw bale workshops.  They have constructed and live in a 2,200 sq ft Earthship.  In England they even lived in a 700-year-old English village waddle-n-daub cottage.  Plus they religiously avoid shopping at Wal-Mart&#8230; so obviously they are experts.&nbsp; Learn from this experience (especially the Wal-Mart part) and enjoy this lighthearted look at building your own vaulted straw bale building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the way you may discover that the natural and comforting nature of straw bale construction is that unknown thing that has been missing from your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This easy-to-read, light-hearted booklet contains step-by-step instructions on how to plan and build the wall portion of a small vaulted straw bale structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A list of all the tools and supplies you need to build your masterpiece is included.This 36-page illustrated book includes the following chapters: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Philosophy of Straw Bale Construction<\/li><li>Load bearing vs. Non-load bearing walls<\/li><li>Site orientation<\/li><li>Building the \u201cFalseworks\u201d guides<\/li><li>Using a straw bale needle<\/li><li>Sewing the bales together<\/li><li>Stacking and Pinning Layers<\/li><li>Corseting the Walls<\/li><li>Resizing Bales<\/li><li>Mixing and Applying Cobb<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>36 Page Booklet:&nbsp;<br><strong>(Sold Out &#8211; only electronic version available) <\/strong>Price&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>$6.95<\/strong>&nbsp;US *&nbsp;<br>(for paper version)&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<form target=\"paypal\" action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"RD2K5LG6G38CU\">\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_cart_LG.gif\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\" border=\"0\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\">\n<\/form>\n\n\n\n<p>Electronic Version:&nbsp;<br>Price&nbsp;<strong>$5.00&nbsp;<\/strong>US *&nbsp;(A link to download the e-book will be sent after payment)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>*A&nbsp;7.25% sales tax will be added for Ohio residents.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you have always been curious on how straw bale construction works &#8211; or for those who want to build a small project but don\u2019t want to pay more than the cost of the building for an instruction manual.&nbsp; Here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Building a Vaulted Straw Bale Wall - Blue Rock Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn to build a vaulted straw bale wall. 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