tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post6521397773804728542..comments2023-08-25T05:18:29.312-06:00Comments on Madville Times: Hay! Straw Bale Construction in Hot Springscaheidelbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03261598066395322681noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-50140548920017404282009-06-18T15:06:32.965-06:002009-06-18T15:06:32.965-06:00ah tony you of little faithe... I am only betterin...ah tony you of little faithe... I am only bettering my own world and by doing so providing an example for others to follow if they chose... there are now thousands of straw bale homes... people who have said goodbye to the fiberglass itch and waste... we are warm, cool, and living in wonderful enviroments.. we really are not looking to develop tract straw bale develpments,,,after all thats what we rail against... long live the individual... btw its straw bales,,, not hay,,, a huge difference....jamesjamesehazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652718213994677831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-31395378201399952272009-06-18T15:00:56.460-06:002009-06-18T15:00:56.460-06:00ah tony ye of little faith,,, we who buld with bal...ah tony ye of little faith,,, we who buld with bales are only looking to change the world one house at a time.<br />all i know is that for me it made a lot of sense and i saved a lot of money. the really big payoff is the superior space inside, cozy, solid. and secure. there are now thousands of these homes and many more converts to be made. btw they are straw bales,,,, not hay. jamesjamesehazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02652718213994677831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-92039184438696492082009-06-09T15:47:38.551-06:002009-06-09T15:47:38.551-06:00The problem with this type of construction isn'...The problem with this type of construction isn't that it can't be successful, it's just that it's not the way things have been done in that past and don't offer orders of magnitude superiority.<br /><br />In the academic engineering world, reporting on 20% or even 50% improvements are essentially novelties. Everyone recognizes that to make a change, the payoff has to be at least an order of magnitude better. Retooling, learning new skills is just too expensive, not to mention the opportunity risk being accepted.<br /><br />Similarly, construction doesn't use and won't change to hay bales because it's not an order of magnitude advantage. It's too incremental.Tony Amerthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926509220711589398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15329279.post-36730784781251072862009-06-08T20:22:25.377-06:002009-06-08T20:22:25.377-06:00I used to work for an architect who designed a lot...I used to work for an architect who designed a lot of these. They have a wonderfully serene feel inside and if constructed properly, can be very good in fireprone areas.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com