The patter of, not so, tiny feet
We are plagued by rats. We first noticed their calling cards early last month since when we have been trying, and failing, to get rid of...
So near...
We thought that we would finish inserting the straw bales this week. The dumbwaiter has been removed and the work platform moved to the...
Wurzel Woodlands
Straw bale building is dusty work! #strawbalehouse #strawbalewoodlands #strawbales
What goes up must come down
These video clips show the raising of the last few bales needed on the first floor before we dismantle the dumb waiter. The dumb waiter...
Cast adrift
The connections that braced the strawbale against the grungelow have been severed. The strawbale is now facing the vagaries of the...
Loose straw mountain
We have a surplus of loose straw. We need a certain amount of it to stuff into gaps between the bales and rib beams. But we have much,...
We're still standing
Storm Angus huffed and puffed last night but failed to blow our straw house down. The sea wall at Swanage didn't fare so well. The storm...
Chain male
The universe smiled on us yesterday for the delivery of the rest of the straw bales. Earlier in the week the weather forecast had...
Moving on up
We utilised the dumbwaiter to lift the bales that were stacked on the ground floor up to the first floor. And we've now started to infill...
A cover up
Before we stack straw bales on it the plywood sub-floor has been covered with a layer of 2mm Proguard protection boards. #subfloor...
