I'd love your advice on this.
I will soon be purchasing some unimproved acreage and to get around Colorado building codes because I could never ever afford to build, I'm thinking of parking a fiver out there:
1. orienting it south facing
2. covering it with a sufficient moisture barrier
3. then building a straw bale U-shaped wall around three of the sides 4. possible building in window holes
5. then cobbing over the bale surface with stucco or mud
6. then possibly building a small glass atrium over the exposed south wall.
Crazy, I know but I'd like to improve the insulation for the wintertime while still keeping it not a permanent structure. Any thoughts on moisture, insulation, or miscellaneous would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you.
Dana
1. orienting it south facing
2. covering it with a sufficient moisture barrier
3. then building a straw bale U-shaped wall around three of the sides 4. possible building in window holes
5. then cobbing over the bale surface with stucco or mud
6. then possibly building a small glass atrium over the exposed south wall.
Crazy, I know but I'd like to improve the insulation for the wintertime while still keeping it not a permanent structure. Any thoughts on moisture, insulation, or miscellaneous would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you.
Dana
