Welcome!
If you are here, you are probably
interested in straw bale or green building, are checking on the
progress of my house (completed, at least according to the County,
in August, 2004 — still lots of cosmetic stuff to do,) or you
are lost. If you are lost, click the "back" button
on your browser until you see something that looks familiar and
safe, then breathe a deep sigh of relief at your escape....
June 2008 — South Side of House,
with
New Tapered Porch Posts
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 Photoshop Rendering of Upcoming
East Side Arbor and Entryway
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Photoshop Rendering of Upcoming Arbor and Stone Wall
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Warning!
This site has IMPD — Internet Multiple Personality Disorder.
It is designed to be:
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A record of the construction
of my straw bale home in Jamul, California
A resource for information on
Green Building materials, practices, and resources
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A primer, of sorts, on
how the process of building your own home works (hopefully, a book is forthcoming
for greater detail on this...when I have time to finish it!)
While IMPD is not contagious, it is recommended
that you take a good dose of "caveat" before perusing
this site: all information is based on personal experience, my own
research, and the state of my knowledge at any given moment. This
is not intended to be the all-inclusive, be-all-and-end-all, bellwether,
pinnacle, epitome, ne plus ultra, apogee,etc. of green-building
sites. Besides putting a strain on my thesaurus, that just sounds
exhausting.
Much of the site remains under construction,
due to the time constraints imposed by my business and life in general. I will continue
to update and expand this web site as time allows. Many thanks to all for their
encouragement and support through the construction process and the continuing aftermath.
Now that you are innoculated,
explore and enjoy! |
