Straw Bale Building      Rob Buckley – Director of the Dorset Centre for Rural Skills

 


Sharpening Stakes


Foundations Ready!


Laying Ringbeams


Fixing Joist Hangers


Cutting Post Holes


Billhooks and Bales

Lime Rendering - Harling Coat

 


Lining up Tyres


Sawing Plywood for Ringbeams


Interlocking Ringbeams


Marking for Post Holes


Fitting Joists


Staking Bales (under cover!)

Lime Rendering - Second Coat

 


Filling Tyres


Assembling Ringbeams


Drilling for Post Holes


Fixing Joists


Stepping Posts


BarbedWiring Bales (under cover!)

Ready for Last Coat

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