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Many of you may be thinking of building self sufficicient homes off the grid.Things like price factor and energy sources will be top priorities, and as promised last week.I will try to share the benefits of some of this housing types. The first type will be strawbale housing.

Energy Efficiency 

Strawbale housing has the high energy efficiency as construction materials.This is clearly
an advantage when there’s higher costs of cooling and heating.This provides good insulation and 75% energy savings compared to brick & mortar housing is no joke.

Noise Suppression 

For homeowners who like tranquility, strawbale houses is quiet ,I’m not kidding.Thick walls remove much of the sound outside and if you’re living near the beach and want to hear the sea wave , just open a window in that direction.Design of the homes must be done with sound insulation  in mind.

Environmental Factor 

For those greenies, you will be helping to use the straws instead of burning them.
Why not build a healthier house with straws instead of polluting the air ?This could beckon a trend to reduce a sick house syndrome so common in our industrialised world.
By using natural materials like straws, we will be doing our part.

Ease of building

Homeowners will get a sense of satisfaction building their own strawbale house.The difficult part is electrical installation and plumbling which can be subcontract to qualified  people.With the right teacher, a whole family and friends can get together to build one and not only is this a fun proccess, it save one much labour costs too.The end product is really home sweet home as you DIY with yourtime and efforts:)

All the above are a few benefits using strawbale and why one should not dismiss this as a  good construction model for your homes.

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