 This is the addition. The wood that isn't recycled came from logs salvaged from powerline cuts and developments, and was owner-milled. The foundation is owner-laid local stone. Additionally, all gravel and sand used was dug, screened and washed on-site. What's going on with that roof?  An aspect of the earlier retrofit was figuring a way to insulate the roof without losing headroom for the new living space in the former attic. The solution was to "out"sulate. The owner found a source for 9"-thick foam cores used in SIPs (structural insulated panels), and sandwiched them between the existing roof and a new roof of Ondura®. It was apparently so simple and so satisfying that the same approach was used on the addition. (The fascia hasn't been installed yet.)  The photos above and below show the bales and their relationship to the peeled poles, which are spaced two-per-bale. ("That way the strawbale wall stays rock hard the entire 12' height... I was way impressed," notes Sam.) The bales are placed from the outside, jammed against the poles; and, as with the studs in the retrofit, the bales are tied with twine to bent nails in the poles.  Sam's mill.  |
