ID: 43 - Peterborough
Owner(s): Karen Soltan
Region: Peterborough
Municipality: Peterborough
Number of bedrooms: 3
Number of bathrooms: 2
Building footprint, square feet: 2000
Number of stories: two
Occupancy date: January 2003
Region: Peterborough
Municipality: Peterborough
Number of bedrooms: 3
Number of bathrooms: 2
Building footprint, square feet: 2000
Number of stories: two
Occupancy date: January 2003
Main contractor company: Jim Gleason Carpentry and Construction
Straw bale wall system subcontractor name: Tina Therrien
Straw bale wall system subcontractor company: Camel's Back Construction
Plaster subcontractor company: Camel's Back Construction
Designer's name: owner and Dale Brownson
Structural engineer's name: Kris Dick
Structural engineer's firm: Building Alternatives Inc
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): about 6 months
Volunteer participation: some for bale raising
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Easy
Other foundation info: salt box gable
Other insulation materials used: Roxul in attic
Straw bale wall system subcontractor name: Tina Therrien
Straw bale wall system subcontractor company: Camel's Back Construction
Plaster subcontractor company: Camel's Back Construction
Designer's name: owner and Dale Brownson
Structural engineer's name: Kris Dick
Structural engineer's firm: Building Alternatives Inc
Length of time to build (start to occupancy): about 6 months
Volunteer participation: some for bale raising
Ease of obtaining a building permit: Easy
Other foundation info: salt box gable
Other insulation materials used: Roxul in attic
Other bale wall style info: hybrid - first floor load bearing and second floor modified post and beam - bales not pinned, mesh
Other straw bale type: interior bale wall with archways and niches
Other plasters used: 2 coats cement plaster, 2nd exterior coat hand sponged to reduce cracking
Other information about windows: aluminum clad cedar, casement style from Sunset Construction and Millwork
Mechanical systems info: Heatlink radiant floor (Havencraft Natural Homes) with Delta Performance propane boiler (Shanworth Heating)
Electrical systems info: grid
Anything else you'd like to share?: well & conventional septic great room with solarium, guest room/office saltbox design, interior bale wall with archways and niches
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