Strawbale Design & Construction

STRAWBALE buildings provide us with a real choice to help reduce energy consumption when building and inhabiting our homes and places of work.

Strawbales are a healthy choice. They do not contain the paints, chemicals, glues and toxins most manufactured building materials embody and which often have a negative effect on health, especially for people with asthma and allergies.

Combined with clay and lime renders and natural paints or oxides to finish the structure, strawbale walls can breathe and provide a natural, fresh and healthy living environment.

The thick walls seal out noise and carry a sense of quiet, silent and timeless peace, much needed in our often noisy and stressful lives.

Building with strawbale is a viable method of creating your own home. Statistics from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) keep rolling in and they substantially back the claim that strawbale construction is safe, wind and fire resistant, super strong, durable and highly energy efficient. Strawbale construction is a real alternative to conventional building methods, which are often: over priced, poorly insulated, environmentally harmful and lacking esthetic beauty.

Contact Raw for information on strawbale workshops and for strawbale construction and consulting services.