Region: Belleville/Madoc/Kaladar Region
Municipality: Madoc
Web site: http://www.strawhomes.ca

Building footprint, square feet: 1500
Number of stories: two
Occupancy date: June 1997

Length of time to build (start to occupancy): 1 year
Volunteer participation: Lots! We had an all volunteer crew

Other foundation info: concrete slab on grade


Other insulation materials used: roxul

Other bale wall style info: house is post and beam, shed and barn addition load-bearing
Other straw bale type: pinned with chicken wire (but don't do this!)

Other plasters used: hand plastered with lime cement; >gypsum plaster for the interior top coat

Other information about windows: wood windows in box frames
Mechanical systems info: wood heat; radiant floor heating
Electrical systems info: off grid, solar and wind
Other green features: solar/wind off-grid energy, solar hot water
Anything else you'd like to share?: home plus straw bale shed and barn addition shallow well, dc pump, water reservoir in the attic septic tank Many of the options we picked for our house were because we didn't know of any alternatives at the time. There are many things we would do differently now (ie. rubble trench foundation, load bearing, earth plaster)