Design awareness
Sep. 25th, 2007 by AlI know that many people would like to give a shot at designing their strawbale house after listing the benefits yesterday.However, one must be aware of a few considerations before rushing off their own designs.
Site visit
Do a comprehensive site inspection to understand the land you’re going to build your house on.Observe the rainfall and the direction which the sun rays falls on.Don’t be impatient and design a house that’s not energy efficient.Nature plays an important part.
Water is Life
Watching the waterflow on your site is important, knowing where the water will flow to when it rains helps in your design process of your property greatly.Placing your site near to a well is good if your land is not on city facilities.A septic system for your leach field have to be build and also situated at a safe distance from your well. An understanding of
the topography of your site will be handy.
Solar thy home
Knowing the sun movement is important to house efficiency.Harnessing the power of the sun is really important if you want to live off the grid.This provides all your electrical and heating needs.Size of roof overhangs also come into consideration too .
This all comes down to understanding one’s motherland and the natural forces Man has little control over despite our arrays of technology.Only by undertstanding the geography where we choose to build our straw house can we truly make them our homes.
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