All Entries in the "Details" Category
Sill Pan Design Detail – TLS #51
Included in TLS #49 (Myths and Realities, Spring 2005) was a discussion of ways to deal with moisture at the bottom of windows. David Eisenberg shared a written design detail for a pan under the window to carry water away from rather than down the wall. We wanted to share a drawing of this detail and David kindly provided one for us [...]
Figuring the Hidden Costs in Your Building Plans – TLS #41
This article appeared in TLS issue #41 by Chris Magwood and Peter Mack-Canada This article is an excerpt from the book Straw Bale Building: How to Plan, Design and Build with Straw (New Society Publishers, 2000), and is reprinted with permission. Hitting a Moving Target. There is never a single point during the planning process [...]
Finishing Bale Walls with Siding – TLS #57
This article appeared in TLS #57. Loose Strings: Technical Discussions by Jeff Ruppert – Colorado, USA T e c h T i p s A little known fact in the bale building realm is that a handful of people scattered across different continents have experimented with the idea of finishing their bale walls with wood [...]
Window Sill Details
This is a bonus post showing a couple examples of window sills on bale walls. Both examples incorporate a drip kerf for shedding water away from the wall. The first example below is on a Nebraska-Style structure in Colorado and the second example is in Siberia from our 2005 trip. Here is a detail of [...]
