http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/ Straw Bale Social Club Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:39:26 GMT John Glassford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15085 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15085 G ' day All Question of cost to build in straw bale is usually the first asked by our prospects. It is the hardest question to answer but I explain it this Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:36:27 GMT Darcy Goodrich http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15084 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15084 I can't speak from experience yet, as we're still in the planning stages. Some friends of ours stated that their house finished and ready to move in was done Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:16:18 GMT David Neeley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15083 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15083 Eve, on that note, can you tell me please what it costs to buy a car? No more can anyone tell you "what it costs to build a strawbale house." Let me give you Wed, 10 Feb 2010 01:16:40 GMT Caralee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15082 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15082 I for one don't think anyone can say "this is the cost psf to build a strawbale house." The choice of materials (cheap to expensive) for the structure varies Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:21:49 GMT Eve Clarke http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15081 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15081 On that note, can anyone tell me, if you are following the ideas promoted here, what is the cost per foot to build a strawbale house? Eve ... [Non-text Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:56:55 GMT John Glassford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15080 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15080 G ' day Balers All I was hoping for with opening this discussion once again was to point out that IMHO the public is getting bored with seeing climate change Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:03 GMT Derek Roff http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15079 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15079 I don't know that I can contribute anything positive to the discussion on this list of global warming/climate change. It seems to me that the open-hearted and Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:11:51 GMT David Neeley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15078 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15078 As usual, too, you choose to attack the messenger and make vague claims about these issues having been "answered." Various scientists have been questioning the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:54:33 GMT Mark Bigland-Pritchard / Low Energy Desig http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15077 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15077 David, you never miss an opportunity to rubbish climate science on this list, usually (and again this time) repeatedly dragging out long-since conclusively Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:42:06 GMT Jimmie R Davis http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15076 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15076 I rarely contribute here, but I really have been disturbed by the fact that no one who is putting forth the theories of climate warming being caused by the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:29:48 GMT David Neeley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15075 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15075 John et al.: Regarding "global warming"-- There are a number of questions that have insufficient answers in this arena. First--do we have reliable numbers to Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:29:26 GMT David Neeley http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15074 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15074 I am glad that Derelict added to my original reply. Of course he's right--if you approach it with both a realistic understanding of the challenges and the Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:12:28 GMT Nancy or David Gray http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15073 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15073 Thanks again, John.  Didn't think of smushing it into the wet render.  Nice. Not a peep from me about global warming.   The wine grape growers here are Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:25:11 GMT Caralee http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15072 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15072 I agree with Derek's admonition regarding "inexpensive." Will you use relatively expensive, super efficient windows? They'll pay for themselves in the long Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:49:03 GMT John Glassford http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15071 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SB-r-us/message/15071 G ' day David Thanks for the kind words mate. Yes in commercial applications we use hydrated plaster lime which we pump on two coats and then hand render the