Step-by-Step Strawbale Roundhouse

Photos from Milkwood Farm strawbale workshop show their building process
Photos from Milkwood Farm strawbale workshop show their building process

“A few months ago we raised a strawbale roundhouse with a reciprocal roof as part of our first Natural Building Workshop at Milkwood Farm. The plan for this building was to build a 6m internal diameter roundhouse, with a focus on using as much simple natural materials as we could manage. We seem to have now constructed an experimental building with load-bearing strawbale walls, natural mud and lime renders, doors and windows scrounged from junkyards and a living roof on top of a roundwood reciprocal roof frame.”

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Note: I like everything except the toxic pressure treated wood foundation detail. Much better to use gravel bags for this step. The steel pipe top plate is a good idea.

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