More Straw Bale Building. Peter Mack

Lime Plasters

       The Plastering Process

       Plastering Equipment

       Mix Formulas

       Mixing

       Preparing the Walls

       Applying Plaster to the Walls

       Plaster Magic

       Other Options for Surfacing Bale Walls

       References

       CHAPTER 20 - Bale Wall Finishes

       Lime Plasters

       Gypsum Plasters

       Clay Plasters

       Lime Washes

       Silicate Mineral Paints

       Milk Paints

       Alis

       Waterproofing Cement

       Latex or Oil-based Paints

       Pigments and Tints

       Texture

       Fresco

       Mosaic

       Relief and Sculpture

       Resources

       CHAPTER 21 - Common Mistakes

       We Should Have ...

       We Shouldn’t Have ...

       CHAPTER 22 - Constructing with Work Parties

       All About Work Parties

       You Are the “Cruise Director”

       Thank-Yous

       CHAPTER 23 - Other Straw Bale Projects

       Industrial and Commercial Buildings

       Developing Nations

       Resources

       CHAPTER 24 - The Challenge

       Straw Bale as a Lifestyle

       Conclusion

       Appendix: The California Building Code

       Index

       About the Authors

       Copyright Page

       Advance Praise

       More Straw Bale Building

      In More Straw Bale Building, we see once again the combination of experience, knowledge, thoughtfulness, and friendly style that made Straw Bale Building such a useful book. The evolution of straw bale construction toward more widespread and dependable use will be given yet another boost by this book and from all those who will benefit from having read it.

      — David Eisenberg, co-author of The Straw Bale House, and director of the Development Center for Appropriate Technology

      More Straw Bale Building contains a wealth of the latest information on planning and building with straw, and is an excellent guide to sustainable construction in general. Magwood and Mack are two of the most knowledgeable and experienced bale builders in North America, and it shows.Their practical treatise is a recommended must-read for anyone considering a straw bale building project.

      — Mark Hoberecht, president, HarvestBuild Associates, Inc.

      The “Ontario Three” have struck again — with an important contribution to the planning and completion of a straw bale home.This practical book will keep paying for itself each step of the owner-builder’s way. My thanks to the authors for the extensive research and insights collected into this “must have” book for my clients!

      — Habib John Gonzalez, Habib John Gonzalez, Sustainable Works; builder, educator, researcher

      The straw bale movement has grown and evolved — and so has this book. In this updated and expanded second edition, the authors provide the latest understandings and techniques to build smarter, better, and more simply.

      — Mark Piepkorn, co-editor of Green Building Products; former editor of The Last Straw

      By weaving in comments from others along with their own, Chris, Pete and Tina provide an in-depth overview of building with straw.There is no substitute for hands-on experience, which the authors clearly demonstrate throughout the text.

      — Kris J. Dick, Ph.D., P.Eng., Principal, Building Alternatives Inc., Adjunct Professor, Department of Biosystems Engineering, University of Manitoba

      Times — and everything in the straw bale world — are changing, and so are our building methods.With More Straw Bale Building, the authors have taken an old standard and brought it up to date by adding new sections and revising the old. This excellent book will provide guidance to a new generation wanting to build a straw bale structure. Straw Bale Building has long been a planning, job site and coffee table volume, and now there will be a revised companion setting there along side of the original.

      — Gerald Goodman,Arctic Building Consultants,

       straw bale building consultant, designer, and owner

      With extensive hands-on experience backing them up, Magwood,