THE HOUSEThe Straw Bale House is 1,050 square feet, situated next to running water and a mature grove of aspen trees keeping it well sheltered from the highway a quarter mile away. FEATURES: Solar Thermal Heating System with evacuated tubes for domestic hot water with an 80-gallon water tank and in floor heat with propane NTI boiler backup with on-demand hot water Thermal window shades throughout house Roof = metal Flooring: flagstone, Saltillo tile and wood Walls: Interior = two coats of lime and sand plastered directly onto straw bales with one coat of hot lime and two coats of low VOC latex paint, tongue and groove spruce and sheetrock Exterior = straw bales wrapped with stucco netting then two coats of cement stucco and a color coat of synthetic dryvit and cedar siding on cupola, sofit and fascia Solarium entryway and growing space insulated with cotton bats and blown in cellulose Internet connection with Wild Blue Bedroom with loft Cupola with loft Bathroom with claw foot tub Refrigerator/freezer: Sun Frost Stove/oven: propane with pilots Washing machine: Bosch Water softening with magnetohydrodynamics = magnets affixed to water pipes Septic tank sized for three bedrooms
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