Comments on: Earth and stone call to me http://earthhome.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/earth-and-stone-call-to-me/ a journal of our earthbag house Wed, 01 Apr 2009 09:42:59 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Jen http://earthhome.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/earth-and-stone-call-to-me/#comment-3 Jen Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:55:41 +0000 http://earthhome.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/earth-and-stone-call-to-me/#comment-3 We had planned to build with strawbale when we lived up North, but here earthbag seems to be the perfect medium. One of the reasons we chose to live here is ability to live without heating and cooling. That and the possibility of eating locally grown foods! We had planned to build with strawbale when we lived up North, but here earthbag seems to be the perfect medium.

One of the reasons we chose to live here is ability to live without heating and cooling. That and the possibility of eating locally grown foods!

]]> By: knitlanders http://earthhome.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/earth-and-stone-call-to-me/#comment-2 knitlanders Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:50:14 +0000 http://earthhome.wordpress.com/2007/07/09/earth-and-stone-call-to-me/#comment-2 Good post! The fact that you don't have to worry about insulation or heating is certainly a huge advantage. In our strawbale/timberframe home-building project in Vermont , these are some of the biggest concerns we face. Of course, we're lucky that strawbale is such a fit because of it's insulative properties, but the deep shadows from the windowsills mean that we're looking at another material for the South wall of the house. I wonder what percentage of the earth's population doesn't need heating or cooling? I imagine it's pretty low - the lucky few I guess! Good post! The fact that you don’t have to worry about insulation or heating is certainly a huge advantage. In our strawbale/timberframe home-building project in Vermont , these are some of the biggest concerns we face.

Of course, we’re lucky that strawbale is such a fit because of it’s insulative properties, but the deep shadows from the windowsills mean that we’re looking at another material for the South wall of the house. I wonder what percentage of the earth’s population doesn’t need heating or cooling? I imagine it’s pretty low – the lucky few I guess!

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