BUILDING WITH STRAW BALES

A Practical Guide for the UK and Ireland by Barbara Jones is now available from Green Books, or post free from amazonails®.

Specifically written for strawbale building in our climate, it details all the main construction methods and includes bale specifications and plans, construction drawings, walls and foundations, doors and windows, plastering, building regulations and planning permission, and gives answers to some frequently asked questions about straw bale building.

“Got my imagination whirring… I had a greater sense of wide-open possibility in the wake of this book than I’ve experienced from any straw bale publication in years… offers value for novice and veteran alike.” Mark Piepkorn, formerly Editor,
The Last Straw Journal.

“An easy-to-read handbook for this radically different approach to building dwellings…
The author conveys on every page her obvious enthusiasm for the concept of 'a totally green building culture'… Informative and well thought out.” Dave Pythian, Building Engineer magazine.

price £10 or €16

BUILDINGS OF EARTH AND STRAW

Structural Design for Rammed Earth and
Straw-Bale Architecture by Bruce King

A technical book but written in an entirely accessible and entertaining way, for uninitiated builders and ‘professionals’ alike, exploring the methods of building safe and durable straw and earth houses.

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BUILD IT WITH BALES

by grass-roots champion and pioneer Matts Myrhman
and S.O. Macdonald.

This is a great ‘hands on’ manual for self-building with straw. 143 pages and fully illustrated. Inspiring, practical and a must.

£19.95 plus £2.50 p&p

LIME IN BUILDING

A PRACTICAL GUIDE by Jane Schofield

If you want to use lime to repair and redecorate an old building but are unsure where to start or what to do, then this booklet is for you, whether you are a homeowner, builder or even an interested professional.

£5.00 plus 50 pence p&p

THE STRAW BALE HOUSE

by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen & David Bainbridge.

This is an extremely popular and informative book based on the American experience, with beautiful, full colour photographs. Inspiring and comprehensive.

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THE BEAUTY OF STRAW BALE HOMES

by Athena and Bill Steen.

A wonderfully inspiring book showing just what it says; a range of full colour photographs with brief descriptions of strawbale homes in the USA and Canada. A beautiful ‘coffee table’ book.

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SERIOUS STRAW BALE

A Home Construction Guide for All Climates by
Paul Lacinski & Michel Bergeron.

A Canadian book on design and build covering
the serious issues of moisture, humidity and temperature.

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STRAWBALE HOMEBUILDING

from Earth Garden Books.
A collection of Australian self-build experiences.

£14.95 plus £1.25 p&p

BUILDING WITH COB

by Weismann, Adam & Katy Bryce

Building with Cob shows how to apply cob-building techniques in a wide variety of situations. It covers everything from design, planning and siting, to roofs, insulation and floors. Lavishly illustrated with inspirational colour photographs, it is the first book of its kind in the UK.

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RAMMED EARTH HOUSE (2nd)

by Easton

The Rammed Earth House is a beautifully illustrated example of how the most dramatic innovations in home design and construction frequently have their origins in the distant past.
By rediscovering the most ancient of all building materials—earth—forward-thinking homebuilders can now create structures that set new standards for beauty, durability, and efficient use of natural resources

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ECO-CENTRES AND COURSES

by Plowright

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GREEN SELF-BUILD BOOK

by Broome

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BIODIESEL

by Pahl

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DIARY OF AN ECO-BUILDER

by Anderson

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ENERGY - USE LESS - SAVE MORE

by Clift

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WATER - USE LESS - SAVE MORE

by Clift

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HUMANURE HANDBOOK (3rd. ed.)

by Jenkins

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CERAMIC HOUSES

by Khalili

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ECO-RENOVATION rev. ed.

by Harland

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HAND-SCULPTED HOUSE

by Evans

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NATURAL HOUSE

by Chiras

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NEW ECOLOGICAL HOME

by Chiras

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PASSIVE SOLAR HOUSE 2nd. ed.

by Kachadorian

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GREEN UP    **NEW**

by Will Anderson

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THE LAST STRAW RESOURCE GUIDE

Comprehensive international resource listings.

£5.00 including p&p

For the international perspectives, local networking, and current thinking and practice in strawbale building.

Subscribe to Baling Out and also receive
The Last Straw international journal 4 times per year.

Subscription Rates:
Standard £25, Supporting £35,
Student £15, for 4 issues (Euros 40/56/25)

THE GREEN DIRECTORY 2003 / 2005

The UK's most comprehensive and easy to use guide to green living covering virtually every category you can think of including builders and building materials.
A great resource!

Published bi-annually by ADC Environment

£12.50

A DVD about strawbale building.

The 43-minute film shows the recent development of this building method, mainly in Germany.

Different houses are followed through their building process with explanations, we hear about the history of strawbale building, and then there is an exciting fire test where we see that strawbale walls don't burn!

The DVD features interviews with owners, builders, architects and experts and includes the discussion of a lot of important questions.

The DVD contains 3 language versions of this documentary: English, German and French
(all voice-over).

£20.00 plus p&p

We are now selling a DVD called ‘Built of Straw’.

an Outwood Community video film following the building project of an allotment building just outside Wakefield. 

Available from amazonails by cheque for £12 inc. p & p.