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- čas přidán 18. 01. 2021
- #strawbale Day 22 The Roof on our Straw Bale House Continues!
In this episode we install bird blocking between the trusses and begin to trim out the tops of the walls with 2x6 material.
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Love how it's coming along. It's really looking like house rather than a project to be a house. how exciting!
We were thinking that too. Amazing what a difference a roof, or even the beginning of a roof makes. It now feels like an interior space.
Bill, of all the straw bale builds on you tube, you and Yvonne are doing as good a job as can be found. Meticulous. Great job.
Thanks so much. We decided from the very beginning of the build that we were going to "enjoy the process".
Its looking great and Yvonne rocked it out on that miter saw! Great job to both of you. This playlist has been very inspiring!
Super liebe Yvonne, was Du dir traust ,mit der Kreissäge 👍👍☺️💞
You guys are doing a nice job on this build. You will have a home you can be really proud of. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words.
Thanks for your videos, I am building my straw bale in Chihuahua Mexico, your videos have me the courage to start.
Fleißig, fleißig wie immer 👍👍👍
I like it your home is going to be so full of natural light.
We're looking forward to having a bright and airy space. After 2+ years in a trailer it will be a welcome change for sure.
Super helpful, very useful.Thankyou for posting.
Love the new intro!
Ps - watching for Chloe is like Where’s Waldo ... she does a good job in her capacity of overseer / Boss, but she’s small and tends to blend in. She checked up on Bill making the corners, and there was a brief glimpse of her behind Yvonne on the first run with the saw. I almost turned off the video but then caught that sweet scene at the end where Yvonne joined her in the doorway. You must be taking lessons from the Marvel Comics films ... it pays to sit through all the credits to see the Easter egg at the end!
Lol, we follow a channel on CZcams called Emmymade.... formerly Emmy Made in Japan. She does an outtake at the VERY end of her videos....and I have actually sat through a non skipable ad at the end just to see her outtake. As Yvonne has said, "she has me trained".
I find this so interesting watching your build coming together! Keep those videos coming!
Thanks for watching and we'll do our best to continue to document the build.
caulk and paint makes you the trim carpenter you aint! At least it does for me, Though in our area aluminum wrap over that would be the norm anyway. I am more than a lil jealous of that miter saw, thats a nice tool!
Wow! The house is coming along nicely! Great work to you both!
Thanks Chad!
Progress is a great thing, and making it look good counts for a lot, too. A big part of the functionality of a house is how you feel about it. Having a house that looks good is a big part of that. Good Luck!
You are so right. We've renovated houses before, down to the studs and when you live in a home in which you have literally touched every square inch of it, well, it's very satisfying to say the least.
Looks so good! Can’t wait to see that roof up!
Thanks guys! Of course after how many weeks of beautiful weather, the sporadic rain is here. Not a problem with smaller projects, but 44 sheets of plywood? Gonna have to work fast...and film even faster! 🤣
You guys rock as always. I love the progress.
Thanks! Much appreciated.
Looking good folks! This is going to be one kick butt house! Stay safe and have a great week!
Thanks CB. Our best to you and Rene. Have a safe week and I hope that Fred ( that was it's name right?) recovers from his cat accident. That lettuce of yours is amazing!
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Looking really nice, thank you for continuing to inspire us!
Thank you for your continued support!
Moving right along. You’ll have that sheathing on in no time! 👍🏼
Nice job guys your smashing it!
Nice job, keep it moving forward.
Thanks!
You really have a handle on this. It also looks like you have figured out how best to work with yr wife, envyable. Hat is off.
Thank you! I think we make a pretty good team!
Awesome, Looks Fantastic.
Thanks!
You two do lovely work
Thank you 🙏
awesome job again guys
Looks great
Thanks Cliff!
Lookin great
Thank you!
Damn I can only imagine the cost of lumber since its gone up the roof
It hurts to think about it but we are making the best of it. Too late to change plans now. 😉
looking good as always!
Thank you. Stay warm up there!
its coming along nicely i hope your dried in before the storms coming next week. have a great day as well
Sheathing is here and we have our underlayment too. Roof is being ordered but we'll have some tarping to do in the meantime.
Nice meticulous work as always Bill. By the way I really liked that angle clamping mechanism you used to secure the 90 deg piece of material. I had no idea something like that existed. I also noted that you must have a fantastic drill (hitachi?) as you dont always pre-drill to secure the blocking etc. but it still seems to screw in long screws with ease.
That 90 degree clamp is really handy for a variety of uses. I picked it up at Harbor Freight for under $10. The drill you're talking about is a Hitachi triple hammer impact driver. It has a good amount of power for driving those 8 inch Timberlok Structural Screws. A regular drill would burn out under such usage.
@@theupsideofdownsizing Super value info as always. I am wondering if its raining where you are. Being only an hour away from me I figure it is.
Nice job on those corners. We did something similar for a shed we built. Often the butt joints will separate with the weather. We dealt with this by cutting the free ends in an angle to match the angle cut in the board it connects to.
Thanks for watching and that suggestion. I thought about that too, but ended up putting pocket screws along the bottom to connect the two boards. I should have shown that in the video. For some reason I'm having a hard time filming what I'm doing right now. I hope it's just a phase I'm in. I think of it, I will mention the pocket joinery in the next video. 👍
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Some great team work guys, fun to watch...
Looking great!
Great Job! I have a question for you: Why is not necessary framing the walls to hold up the weight of the roof? , does that work for Fink type trusses? thanks for your help.
Thanks for the quick answer, was thinking about building a small home for our retirement and yours make sense to do it with straw bales!
Hi Bill you and Yvonne are doing a great very envious, just a question Could you not of filled in with a row of straw bales instead of installing bird blocking between the trusses just a thought. well done you guys.
Hi John, it actually never crossed my mind. It would mean a lot more plastering inside and out, because the last thing you want it to make a cozy place for critters.
@@theupsideofdownsizing Point taken Bill, I am in the early process of designing a straw bale build, I will try to cost the difference between the bird blocking and the bale just to see if there is much of a difference. Stay safe and thank you both.
I was just wondering since I've never built a straw bale house, what gives this house your building structural integrity?
I don't see any post, 2x6 or anything except straw bale, how does straw hold up a roof and stay plumb, please help me understand, very interested!
there are two types of Straw Bale Homes one is called post and beam the other is called load-bearing walls. We are building a load-bearing wall. the load of the roof is carried by the box beam sitting on top of the bales. it's worked for hundreds of years and I'm sure it's going to work for us too. I feel comfortable walking along the Box beams along the trusses without any fear of instability. The walls are held stable by a combination of rebar and strapping material. the strapping material holds the box beam to the toe up which is underneath the bales. Much of this is explained in previous videos so if you go back and look at the construction of our walls, you'll learn a lot more about how this building stays up. Thanks for watching and for your question.
Mohave county requires engineered plans also.
So I am wondering why not simply have to boards that are on top of the straw bales protrude a little on the inside and outside and use that as the edge you plaster to?
I could have gone that route but I would have needed to use wider boards than the 2x6s for the Box beam. To let them protrude out would have made it a little bit easier, but I probably would have ended up using 2x10s instead of two by sixes to make sure that I had enough purchase on top of the straw bale itself.
@@theupsideofdownsizing would using the wider boards not have saved you both time and money? Seeing now you have to put a extra board around the walls? I cant remember the measurements of the boards you put on the side. But buying 2x10 instead of 2x6 + the boards on the sides at least sounds like it would be more expensive, not to say the extra amount of work.
You're probably right. Next time. I do that to myself all the time Daniel. But I store that information away for future projects. That's how we improve over time.... hopefully. Thanks again for watching and your comments 🙏
Where did you get your Strawbales.
Our local Feed Supply store hooked us up with his supplier.
Do they have low moisture.
I didn't use an instrument to measure moisture. They were in excellent condition and obviously not stored out in the weather.
Do you know the supplier.