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SNaB – Theory Course – Designing your Straw Bale Building
17 June 2023 @ 9:45 am - 4:00 pm
One event on 17 June 2023 at 9:45 am
One event on 23 September 2023 at 9:45 am
The essential preparation for strawbale design whether you’re a self-builder, an architect, a designer or someone interested in natural building. This popular workshop will save you precious time & money when designing your strawbale building.
On this course you will:
- Be introduced to a brief history of Straw Bale Building
- Understand how to identify good building bales
- Learn how to design with the bale in mind
- Hear about strawbale panels for prefabricated and modular buildings
- Learn how to customise and ‘dress’ bales on site
- Understand where to locate posts for framework buildings
This course will be taught by Barbara Jones. “If you want to build a straw house in the UK, go to Barbara Jones.” (Touker Suleyman from BBC Dragons’ Den)
Cost: £75
Please bring a pen and notebook. Tea & coffee provided but bring your own lunch or there are local shops on Todmorden high street.
If you have any other questions, please email schoolofnaturalbuilding@gmail.com. We look forward to having you join us!