Posted on 23rd Nov 2025
The question of the type of foundations to choose for our house is undoubtedly one of the thorniest issues we face. In fact, it's at the intersection of several essential issues that arise for our project... And given that the whole house is going to be quite literally based on this, it's not a ques...
Posted on 15th Nov 2025
A few photos from the training we attended on loadbearing straw buildings.
Posted on 15th Nov 2025
A few random notes taken during our loadbearing straw building training course with MVH. General information about load-bearing strawbale houses Technique not suitable for timber cladding (battens must be added and fixed to the top and bottom timber plates for it to work): the straw is prote...
Posted on 27th Oct 2025
Well, this time it looks like we've made up our minds: we're going with loadbearing straw bales as the building system for tour house! Of course, it was fairly predictable that the training course we just completed over 4.5 days in Ariège with the Mieux Vivre Habitation (MVH) coop would reinfor...