We made already 4 legal-houses and1little community building....to do so we use information of tests from other country and a lot of talks with pubblic officers...
Now the law of building has change and in a way is a better change for straw bale because allows much more innovation...on the other hand the pubblic offcials ara more insecure because they still don't know the new procedures...so they are more careful and ask for much more accuracy....
For insurance...if you use a wood structure or another "traditional" structure you can get insurance.....the simple one...if you want the insurance that allows you to sell the house before ten years have been passed...than you have much more trouble and you may need to go trough a quiet complex procedure of testing and controls....
un saludo, valentina arq. valentina maini arquitectos ara B sccl. www.ara-b.org-valentina@ara-b... t.f. +34 933197631 ronda sant pere 58, pralB 08010 barcelona El 16/12/2008, a las 18:33, Sarah Phillips escribió:
I am thinking of building a straw bale house in Spain. Does anyone know how easy it is to get good quality bales here? Any other advice much appreciated. Thanks ____________________________________________________ European strawbale building discussion list Send all messages to: Strawbale@amper....muni.cz Archives, subscription options, etc: http://amper.ped.muni.cz/mailman/listinfo/strawbale ____________________________________________________