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Progress in Fountaindale

Working hard here and we started the second “storey” wall today. On target to start rendering next week.

We believe that if you are going to be convincing in anything that you do then you should be convinced yourself. That is why we live in our own straw bale house. It is now 15 years since we brought straw bale building to Australia and for the past 12 years we have had the amazing benefits of living in a straw bale home made up of 7 pavilions.

Our own home filmed by Better Homes and Gardens in Ganmain this is where we live and we love our straw bale home.

Thank you Better Homes and Gardens and especially Johanna Griggs, ENJOY!

Home is a Straw Bale House

WELCOME TO OUR WEB SITE!

WHY STRAW BALE? ONE ANSWER: SUPER INSULATION = LOW POWER BILLS:

Surge in price of electricity:

POWER bills in Australia are surging at eight times the rate of price rises across the industrialised world.

A new electricity cost analysis by the International Energy Agency reveals that the average price rose 3.3 per cent in real terms across industrialised countries last year — 6.2 per cent for industry and 1.7 per cent for households. See: http://www.solarchoice.net.au

But electricity bills for Australian households rose 13.6 per cent in the same period, based on Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

Our own straw bale home in hot summers and cool winters does not have an air conditioner and only one small natural gas heater. Let us show you how you can pay for your straw bale home over 30 years by reducing your heating and cooling bills. Call us or email us any time:

HAPPY TO RETURN ALL CALLS.

OFFICE 02 69276027

MOBILE 0412 11 61 57

Email: jacksflat@gmail.com

If you are unable to call us then please include your phone number in your email and we will call you back as soon as is practical.

One of our flag ship builds the Lethbridge Winery and Residence both built using jumbo straw bales:

Another building that we are very proud of near Ballarat in Victoria a jumbo bale in-fill steel frame buildings with three pavilions:

Main Pavilion Jumbo Bales

HAPPY BALING AND LET US HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MANY NEW STRAW BALE HOMES BUILT DURING 2012.

If you are interested in Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions conducting a straw bale building workshop on your own home here is what you can expect to happen:

DAY ONE OF THE WORKSHOP NOTE THE EXCELLENT PREPARATION

DAY FIVE OF THE WORKSHOP AND THE TRUSSES ARE GOING UP!

Our next two straw bale building workshops:

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# 134 CANUNGRA SE Queensland

September 1st – 5th 2012

FOR DETAILS GO TO: UPCOMING WORKSHOPS.

FOR BOOKINGS GO HERE: Workshop Enrolment

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# 135 GANMAIN NEW SOUTH WALES

LABOUR DAY WEEKEND NSW September 29-October 3rd 2012

FOR DETAILS GO TO: UPCOMING WORKSHOPS.

FOR BOOKINGS GO HERE: Workshop Enrolment

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Our last straw bale building workshop:

# 133 WANGARATTA VICTORIA

ANZAC WEEK Saturday 21st April – Wednesday 25th April 2012.

Wonderful preparation greeted us

Stunning Result End of day 5

The whole story of this workshop is below in the following posts just scroll down the page.

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PLEASE CALL US IF YOU NEED ANY FURTHER INFORMATION 02 69276027

Latest Update here: Workshops Comments from Participants

NULAWALA COMMUNITY HALL VIDEO:

The UK’s Largest Prefabricated Straw Bale Building

One of the largest prefabricated straw bale buildings in Europe was officially opened at The University of Nottingham on Wednesday 8 February 2012.

Designed by Make Architects the new Gateway Building has been constructed with 1,954 straw bale panels from straw harvested on the University’s very own farmland – just 200 yards from the site. Make Architects have produced the video Story of Straw about the technology behind the £5.2m development.

Back at Work

Back on the Central Coast after our brief visit to Thailand. Quinn and the team have done a great job with the Steiner school hall. The first level is up and being compressed. Tomorrow we fix the walls to the steel posts and then go on up with the second story of 6 bales high.

Nulawalla Community Hall Fairfield Sydney

Award winning straw bale community centre in the heart of Sydney built for the Fairfield City Council.

Designed by Envirotecture, straw bale by Huff ‘n’ Puff Constructions.

Thailand

Susan and I now back in the office on after a great visit to Thailand. Getting all your emails and will call those who need a return call next week.

Imagine this!

Doi Sutep Temple in Chiang Mai

Living off the grid in Canada

May 2nd Steiner School

Ready for Roofing in 3 Days!

The steel frame was completed in 3 days an excellent job with very skilled tradesmen. Next job is roofing which requires scaffold. Our team has made all the bottom and middle plates and start on the top plates tomorrow. We get delivery of the first semi trailer of 600+ straw bales on Wednesday. It is a pleasure to work with such skilled men from carpenters, electricians, plumbers and steelies.

May 1st Steiner School

Excellent Result

Today we started our next job. This is a large building 28 metres x 22 metres by 6 metres high straw bale walls. We have a great team and the builder and his team are exceptional tradesmen.

The steel frame went up today. We will be using the hybrid method for compression and for strength as well as achieving a very accurate middle and top plate system.

: Excellent Result

: North Wall Purlins Up

: View of the west wall

Wangaratta Workshop Day 5 last day

The whole town of Oxley is talking!

The workshop came to an end today and without a shadow of doubt our best yet. We achieved far more than we set out to do or were required to do.

Initially we were going to build 2 of the 4 pavilions, however we built 3 of them.

Thanks to all those who worked so hard and at the same time had a fun time.

: The South Side at lunch time

: 4 pavilions up and being rendered

: The whole town of Oxley is talking!

: How to protect the hybrid walls before roofing

: 3 sets of trusses went up at the same time.

: Last man standing Robbo.

ANZAC DAY 2012

George Glassford marching in Cairo (X marks my dad)

For Australians and New Zealanders today is ANZAC Day and a special day for our women and men in uniform and who served our countries.

My Father Geroge Glassford landed at Gallipoli 97 years ago today and lost an eye. he was sent to the hospital ship and then to Egypt to recover. With one eye he went onto the Western Front in Europe even though he could have gone home to New Zealand as he did not want to leave his mates.

To all our Turkish friends on ROTI we share this day as you lost many good young men as we did. I will always look to Mustafa Kemel Ataturk’s wonderful tribute to our ANZACS and Johnnies (The British).

“There is no difference between the Johnnies and Mehmets to us where they lie side by side here in this country of ours. You, the mothers, who sent their sons from far away countries wipe away your tears; your sons are now lying in our bosom and are in peace. After having lost their lives on this land they have become our sons as well.”