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This is the side door that comes out of one of the bedrooms.
Notice that we have 6 mil plastic at the top of the walls and
under each door buck for protection against moisture at the top
of the bails at those points. |
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This is the northwest corner of the building. You can see a
high 2'x2' window that will provide some light into the corner
bedroom. It is high enough to not take any wall space from the
room. Remember that each bedroom must have at least one fire
escape. A door or window that someone can get out directly to
the outside. (If it's a window, then it must be no more than 44"
above the floor and have a clear opening of around 5.6sqft which
is about a 3"x5" window.) |
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This is the west side of the building and is where the
double front doors will be. We'll be making the doors from 2x6's
or 2x8's with lap joints, old fashioned hinges and a lot of
prayer. |
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Inside view of the building. The ceilings are at around
11'6", so there will be plenty of head room. |
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This is a view of the area where the chapel / multipurpose
room will be. |
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We had several bales left over since we played it safe and
didn't want to be short on bales after we purchased them. We are
going to use the remaining bales for a decorative wall outside.
(Same concept as a house bale wall.) |
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We have one section of wall that is a traditional 2x6 and
sheathing wall. It will be covered in stucco net and stucco like
the bale walls. We will eventually connect a future addition to
this wall and wanted to make it easy to run water pipes and
electricity through it. |
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The bales are pretty straight but any areas that have too
much of a gap or set back will be stuffed with straw. We also
have a sledge hammer to make some adjustments to misplaced
bales. |
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Here is a closer view of one of the bedroom window bucks.
Whenever possible, we tried to attach the window bucks to a
nearby post or the top bond beam of the house for greater
stability. This helped them not move as much and might help the
stucco around them crack less. They seem to be pretty solid in
comparison to if they were just sitting in the straw with pegs
and diamond mesh holding them. |
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Next step, windows and stucco netting (sometimes called chicken
wire)! |
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