Woman Builds Daughter A Straw Bale House For $10,000 | Building Off The Grid

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  • To fulfil her goal of building a house for her kids when they turn 18, Shalina is building a straw bale house for her daughter Joli on their land. Shalina and her family have four weeks and a budget of $10,000.
    From season 6 episode 5.
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  • @ginnywilliams5115
    @ginnywilliams5115 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Beautiful job on this build; I loved all your little touches! My husband and I were fortunate to live in a straw bale house for six months during the winter of 2021-2022. It's located in southwestern New Mexico and was built over 30 years ago. I can tell you first hand that there was ~zero~ evidence of rot, vermin or bugs invading the space. The house was sturdy, cozy and warm because the strawbales provided incredible insulation. I also loved how deep the window wells were, great for our cats to sit and look outside. After living in one and seeing all the advantages, I would love to build our own straw bale house some day.

    • @alainvosselman9960
      @alainvosselman9960 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So cool that you've already experienced living in them. I have a project planned as well but i was weary at first
      if these places are healthy on the long run, if foundations don't sustain too much damage over the years risking structural instability or so...the wood 'breathing' or changing shape over the years... tons of worries but i've seen my fair amount of videos where people have been living in them say since the late 70s, early 80s and are still living in them without ever having had any major issues;
      So i don't think it will be money spent poorly. Go for it ! Good luck !,

  • @fritzwilhelm8258
    @fritzwilhelm8258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    How would that be for a high school graduation present? Here's your new house, honey. It's paid for and electricity's free!

  • @echothegoodwolf
    @echothegoodwolf ปีที่แล้ว +10

    What a beautiful thing to do for your daughter! Especially in this world for her to know she always has a home!

  • @bondpaz
    @bondpaz ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I love it! Ours is 775 square feet. The cob it very fire resistant so fire isn’t as likely as with a regular timber house. 😃👌🏽

  • @alainvosselman9960
    @alainvosselman9960 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    What a gift. Don't have any kids but that face they pull when getting a gift like that must be priceless.
    Wish there was a little bit more to see as to how you did the entire building but it is very helpful anywayz !
    Dreaming of building my own test project and have already got land i can use to build on in Spain...
    Thanks for sharing your knowledge & experiences !

  • @SynthoidSounds
    @SynthoidSounds 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    She is a supermom . . . and beautiful!

    • @TRUMP20Z4
      @TRUMP20Z4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Very so.

  • @byronleatham1183
    @byronleatham1183 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That's a nice house I'm going to be building home fairly soon I've been northwestern Arizona I was planning on using Adobe bricks the straw house looks a whole lot easier than building all those Adobe bricks and you did it for $10,000 and that's well within my budget I don't like I don't see a flying at all it's got to be a lot less flammable a wooden house like a log house I would definitely put a wood burning stove in it in the bathtub and probably make mine a little bit bigger than yours but looks nice warm cozy and comfortable and you don't have to make a 30-year loan that makes you pay for it three times very nice nothing but compliments for you and your lovely little house

  • @pattiehanan1356
    @pattiehanan1356 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sensational! What a great family! Enjoy your lives!

  • @blokejr4801
    @blokejr4801 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    She’s such a sweet girl☺️

  • @RVBadlands2015
    @RVBadlands2015 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Where building one in northeast Arizona. It’s been a long project.

  • @coyotefeather4896
    @coyotefeather4896 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Gorgeous! The only thing I wonder about is why they would use strawbale for the interior wals? Seems to me like it would rob a lot of interior space and also thermally isolate the three rooms so you don’t have good heat exchange throughout the whole house. My instinct would be to build the whole house as just a big strawbale rectangle and then divide the interior rooms with thinner walls made of cob or wood or something like that. But maybe theres a reason they did it?

  • @floridaman2110
    @floridaman2110 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I want a little house in the desert like this.

  • @ReflectedFate
    @ReflectedFate 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I wish this was an American tradition - everyone buying land building a family home and when the little ones grow up, yall build them a house on the land so theyll always have a place to live of their own. Young people love to move around but we always end up falling through cracks because we're trying to afford verything by ourselves. So this is a perfect relief for your daughter

  • @Septentria
    @Septentria 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    what a wonderful family and amazing home !!!! i love it !

  • @panic8821
    @panic8821 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "blood sweat and tears" 🤣 all i see is a joy

  • @djfuentes5714
    @djfuentes5714 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great home! Love your innovation. How did you pump the water in the hot tub? To cycle it to the smoker? I would love to build one!! Thanks!

  • @phynnie
    @phynnie ปีที่แล้ว

    Did anybody get the pun @ 1:37 ? I laughed so hard.

  • @bensfixitpage341
    @bensfixitpage341 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The slab alone is $10k. Whats the actual cost?

  • @retireorbust
    @retireorbust ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Always have a home to come to...so much better for all concerned than the basement. Very nice, mom and dad.

  • @Shes_Royal777
    @Shes_Royal777 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Good job mom and dad. I want to build one of these homes.

  • @truefuschniken
    @truefuschniken ปีที่แล้ว

    AMAZINGGG!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️

  • @jameswatson8420
    @jameswatson8420 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I approve of straw homes-B.B. Wolf

  • @UTCAMPEDFITNESS
    @UTCAMPEDFITNESS 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks!

  • @JegErBrittnee
    @JegErBrittnee ปีที่แล้ว

    I love it!! But I would need on the grid 😂

  • @ilcanaledellanatura
    @ilcanaledellanatura 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks for sharing from my channel🙏

  • @mikebeatstsb7030
    @mikebeatstsb7030 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I'd love this..

  • @bjonh3099
    @bjonh3099 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    So, I know for a fact this would require a lot of labor for the timeline. Very skeptical on the price of materials with slab. As a builder, we just know these things.

  • @mondavou9408
    @mondavou9408 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love the boulders. Where is that property located? I would love to find parcel like that. It kind of looks like around the four corners (where Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico and Utah all come together).

    • @bjonh3099
      @bjonh3099 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ya.. looks like around White mountain area.

  • @amrattkakabajwa4407
    @amrattkakabajwa4407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Home is home 🏠 lovely 😘 little Home 🏘️ enjoy

  • @joanneganon7157
    @joanneganon7157 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Your a Lucky girl 💝.
    JO JO IN VT 😆💕

  • @tommyb.justis6274
    @tommyb.justis6274 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    nice crib 👍

  • @per6644
    @per6644 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What are the dimensions and price of one straw bale? Thanks!

  • @RVBadlands2015
    @RVBadlands2015 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What is the sq footage of this house.

  • @muleskinner1940
    @muleskinner1940 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why cant u use lime induced cob on the bails or liquid cement abd spray it on the bails

  • @TheChinBurton
    @TheChinBurton 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What show is this?

  • @noramascarenas9990
    @noramascarenas9990 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just sold my home and I'm buying land in Colorado..not sure about the
    " rules" here tho..
    I would pay you to build me one twice this size for me and my son.

  • @thecooldude4371
    @thecooldude4371 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I should do this

  • @A.R.C.77
    @A.R.C.77 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    next house is of wood then one of bricks. not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin 🤣🤘

  • @alpeterson
    @alpeterson 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, when I turned 18 my parents bought me a suit and told me it was so I could go serve a Mormon mission for two years.

  • @drtisa19
    @drtisa19 ปีที่แล้ว

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @mikeunum
    @mikeunum 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Notch nitch

  • @gamera2020
    @gamera2020 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very pretty, but the kitchen sink is really impractical.

  • @boardwalkbw7130
    @boardwalkbw7130 ปีที่แล้ว

    This lady is my twin yall

  • @KvltKommando
    @KvltKommando 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wheres the toilet?

  • @user-gy2cb2rt4y
    @user-gy2cb2rt4y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    it was 10k with solar? that's pretty cheap. most straw bale "builders" would try to charge close to 50k-100k for a similar build.

  • @johnnynephrite6147
    @johnnynephrite6147 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Two rooms on both sides = 4 rooms. I guess that rez school didnt learn you so good.

  • @abmstudy190
    @abmstudy190 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I want work in construct I have diploma in civil engineering and iam fresher

  • @DoomFinger511
    @DoomFinger511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That truth window will be great to let the bugs in and out. Also a great port for a fire to engulf the inside of the walls. But still a cute looking house.

    • @goulash75
      @goulash75 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Not many critters are interested in straw, as long as there are no seeds in it. That's why it's recommended to use clean straw as opposed to hay.
      As for the fire, the inside of the house would already have to be on fire for it to get into that little hole (unless she were silly enough to put a candle or something in there), and then the straw is too dense for the fire to spread far once in there. I doubt it would spread as far as a foot if you lit a fire in there. Try closing a dictionary or bible, and then lighting it on fire. Not much will actually burn unless you take the pages out, one by one, and scrunch them up. Same principal for straw bale houses. There have actually been fire tests done on them, and they perform better than most other modern building materials. Strangely enough, water / moisture will do more damage than most fires.

    • @DoomFinger511
      @DoomFinger511 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@goulash75 That's a good point about the limited airflow. But what about mold and rot? Won't the organic straw start rot over time and that port hole could allow moisture to seep in over time.

    • @goulash75
      @goulash75 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@DoomFinger511 rot could become a problem, but these walls "breathe". One of the main reasons for using mud & lime mortar is that it wicks moisture out of the straw as the sun dries it from the outside. The combination of mud and straw also helps balance humidity in the building reducing the chance of mould inside.
      If they make the mistake of using cement render, then yes, mould and rot become a big problem. Many of the straw bale houses in the UK, that had lasted hundreds of years, were destroyed in the '60s & '70s when cement rendering became popular on houses there.

    • @DoomFinger511
      @DoomFinger511 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@goulash75 That was interesting, I didn't know how useful using that low tech building options could be. Although it isn't surprising since it's been used for 1000s of years.

  • @jimaforwood743
    @jimaforwood743 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What about a kitchen?

  • @leeboy244
    @leeboy244 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yall didn't show alot of the build .not very helpful for someone building there own.

  • @VIRGONOMICS
    @VIRGONOMICS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can’t wait to see the bugs -

    • @ShalinaLunasafeusage
      @ShalinaLunasafeusage ปีที่แล้ว +6

      1 year later and still no bugs 🙂 strawbale and clay really do well together.

    • @ginnywilliams5115
      @ginnywilliams5115 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@ShalinaLunasafeusage The comments about bugs, vermin, fire danger, etc., are all unfounded. Your daughter will be enjoying her home for many years to come. Nice job!

    • @RVBadlands2015
      @RVBadlands2015 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I live in a strawbale house and we have no bugs.

  • @blqissalyemen3081
    @blqissalyemen3081 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    💙💛🌷

  • @lvloneymaker24
    @lvloneymaker24 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if there's a fire

  • @VK_17_
    @VK_17_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🥇🥇🥇 first

  • @Mihoshika
    @Mihoshika 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Well, let's just hope no one uses an open flame in those.

    • @CHenry-lg1nl
      @CHenry-lg1nl ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Strawbale is actually must more resistant to fire than most modern construction.

    • @Mihoshika
      @Mihoshika ปีที่แล้ว

      The bulk of it might take some time to burn, but the external bits would go up in flame pretty quick, especially if it's left to dry for a while, and it's relatively arid where they're at. After a quick burn, it'd spread fire to other flammable bits on the house.

  • @TheAlmightyGod1
    @TheAlmightyGod1 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I dont like it. Its completely too small.

  • @billbrowning50
    @billbrowning50 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You’re expecting this straw to last for years and without vermin finding your straw as a great home for their children?

    • @annetowner5447
      @annetowner5447 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a house in Europe built this way still structurally sound since 1920