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The 2nd St L.I.F.E. Project
Learn about the Low Impact Straw Bale Demonstration Project in Carbondale, Colorado
November 2010
Bales, Visits and Details at the 2nd St. LIFE Project
Exposed soffit using 1 x 6 T&G Aspen
Mark Jensen of Redfeather Development from Bozement, MT visited the project just as the bales were being finished. Redfeather works to build straw bale homes for Native American families living on tribal reservations. We got to visit over dinner and compare notes on design, working with tribal communities and on doing demonstration projects as Mark is getting ready to do his own loadbearing straw bale home in Bozeman.
This is a simple jig that helps us create angled bales for the top of the wall. The grinder has a 4" chainsaw blade on it called a Lancelot blade which I find is ideal for custom cuts and for trimming bale walls.
The third graders from the Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork came to learn about straw bale building and try their hand at building a simple wall. They learned about foundations, framing, insulation, plaster, and about the running bond pattern used in bale walls.
The third graders organized to design their curved wall and then to place the bales in a group effort.
