An amazing timber frame, straw bale self build for £67k
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- Justin & Linda Tyers bought a plot in the Exmoor National Park for £50k, which left them a budget of £67k to build a beautiful, off-grid, timber-frame, straw bale home. A truly inspirational self build.
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This vid has put a smile on my face, what a great house, and what a nice couple, obviously very skilled,
You didn't build a house for £67k never in this world no way
What you did do is build a Beautiful Home, that will be in it's grounds for many century's to come.
It is an absolute credit to the pair of you.
It's always been an ambition of mine to build my own home from wood.
Maybe to old now at 66 but I will never say never, but what a wonderful thing to leave behind when you have gone.
Thanks very much for those words Nic. That's a kind thought. Sixty-six isn't too old to build yourself a house ...but the sooner you start the fewer aches and pains you'll have when you start each morning ;-)
Love the tradition; and none of the smugness one often sees or hears from people who have built alternative homes. The love of environment and house comes through so clearly!
HOME with capital letters.... Its all about finding that peace and be happy with your life. Well done !
Thanks yosif. You're quite right of course.
Brilliant. Brilliant ethos. Brilliant home. I'vebeenwanting tobuilda strawbalehouse for years. But struggling to find appropriate land in England.
Phenomenal and very well done. I am in the process od building a very chunky conservatory out of Douglas Fir. I have purchased the timber from the mill and saving £7000.00 by cutting the traditional pegged joints myself. I have a book on how to do the joints and I am now ready. You just have to have faith in your own abilities.
Best of luck, Rob!
You've hit the nail on the head there. What stops a lot of people from trying is that they think they need 'experience'. Not true. You can't get experience without 'doing'. All we need ...all of us, is the confidence to begin. Experience follows. Determination completes the job. Let me know how you get on. Have fun.
How is your beautiful home doing 19 years on any chance of a follow up video
Absolutely stunning... I saw the thumbnail and instantly clicked on it. What a beautiful job!
Beautiful, practical, organic - far superior to bricks & mortar in every way.
The sourcing of the components locally and from source is very interesting - not easy but clearly very rewarding!
Amazing story and home!
💚💚💚 Wow! Top job! I would love to do this. Alas single and a bit old now so doubt it could happen. Will just have to dream 🙂
Amazing, you have given me and my fiancé some great ideas. Thanks x
Great! Go for it...
Only one Word: Great!
Great to see the video of the ‘completed’ build. It looks so comfortable.
Excellent, i've even bought my own sawmill to cut my own timber and just buy the logs by the 25 tonne load
Gorgeous home.
Modest home-builders.
You're home is so beautiful. Congratulations and thank you for your insights and guidance.
Thanks Great Wood - you're welcome
looks amazing
This house will be standing 200 years from now. Phenomenal work.
Thank you. Yes, I really hope it will1
Wow! Very beautiful home!
Love it. Next time in the U.K. can I visit? I bet it is easy to heat.
Awesome!
Inspiring stuff, and the finished house looks lovely.
A beautiful masterpiece. Congratulations
I've just started looking into building a straw bale home and your home is inspirational. With some hard work and a bit of luck, I'll be in touch when I have found that piece of land.
Go for it Alex. Good luck with the land. And remember - never give up. Ever.
Go for it Alex...
Beautiful home!! I'm an Irish Civil Engineer Student doing research paper and trying to find case studies with regards to Low carbon and cost effective builds. Would love to find out more of this and other builds you guys have covered if possible.
Great job. I like your approach.
Love it, thats a badass looking home!
Lovely home! Very inspiring. Thanks for sharing. My husband and I are planning something like this on our land in Missouri. We've got timber but mostly oak.
We are in MO also and want to do this...hope you are successful.
This is beautiful! Amazing!
Beautiful home in a beautiful setting.
Beautiful home!
Beautiful house. Always nice to see that I’m not the only stubborn one. 😆
This is a nice home. They are sensible.
Fantastic job well done 👍🏻
Beautiful!
this is amazing. what smart people!
We couldn't agree more!
so beautiful :)
nice home just exactly what i am going to do i would love draws God bless you all frum Tennessee
Thanks Sansui from Tennessee! Good luck with your project. Let me know if I can help. Advice is free!
This Brit would love a similar house in Tennessee!
@@justintyers I have the same interest. I hope you see this after all this time. I have been looking into straw bale and cob for a long time, but I have always wanted the timber framing. I would like to know where or how you found your design for that.
Amazing!
What a beautiful couple. :)
Thanks so much gvukster!
Beautiful
I always wondered whether the bales would hide the beautiful frame!
Beautiful and creative with nature
We agree. Such a lovely place to live.
Very nice
Nice video and lovely house...now to just to keep looking for the one that says 10k....
This is stunning! Just the exact type of home I would love to build. I have my own land but nondevelopment area not greenbelt and I am struggling to find a way to get permission. So far have been told the eco code is the only way to do it but the fees alone for permission are 30K and i am not in a position to pay anything like that. I didn't even realise that you could apply yourself so that is interesting info, thanks for a look inside your beautiful house! The floorboards are amazing!
Tell me a bit more about that, Tam...
@@justintyers I'm so sorry, I didn't know you had replied to me doh! I didn't go on you tube for quite a while after I commented. In short, I gave up on my dream and had to get on with the many issues of life and put it on the back burner...as of today, my house is sold and I'm just waiting for it to close in a couple of weeks now. I've had to sell it because of the costs of family court and am going to rent it back for six months, I started looking into self builds again, eco homes, container homes, earthbag homes lol anything and everything but I realised today that my dream is still a wood framed home whether it's straw bale or something else with the wood beams. So, I started researching again and ended up on your video once more! It's still my ideal home and someone told me the other day that there may be hope in a change in planning laws coming up soon. I've been looking at how much reclaimed oak is to buy, I think it might be doable if I'm really careful and only go for a modest size and single story but I'm certainly going to ask the forestry commission about getting it from them. I'm not going to have a fitted kitchen or fancy bathroom, I'm probs going to be scavenging round salvage yards, learning DIY very fast etc. I'm near to electric and water but not connected and will need a septic tank and maybe a compost toilet if I can manage with an alternative for the grey water. It was so nice to see your gorgeous house again!
Thanks a million for the incredible inspiration! This is exactly what I have been looking for as a model project. I would love to get any more details and sources of information I could understand more from. Congrats, Oliver
Hey Oliver. Thanks for commenting. I've had a lot of requests for more info - so wrote a book called 'How to build your dream home for £99,000 - or less.' It covers everything from finding land to slating. I hope you find it useful.
@@justintyers Justin, the fact that you wrote a book about your building process is an absolute dream come true. Ever since I saw this video of your beautiful home a few years ago, I was and still am inspired to build my own house and have been searching for more information. So, thank you so much! The book is an instant buy. Cheers, Merlin.
@@Merlijn777 Thanks Merlin. I'm really pleased to know that you're finding the book useful!
Awesome
Those arches...
Those arches are called Envy arches.
this is SO true!!! cuz im very envious lol... gorgeous!
I'm envious of their self-motivation and determination.
I am in awe.
@@waveoflight well money helps too 😋
@@narmale I mortaged my house in 2000 for 180k in the US, and it is garbage compaired this amazing house.
hammer beam trusses.
not really arches.
Absolutely beautiful! There are not a lot of straw bale homes with wood siding. Can you tell me how you accomplished this? Is there plaster underneath or some sort of other vapour barrier and sheathing?
Hi Robyn, The wood cladding is attached to timber studs. The studs are attached to a cill (floor) beam and a wall plate. There is an air gap between the straw bale was and the timber cladding - but no membrane or vapour barrier. Yes the straw bales are lime plastered in the normal way.
I love this. If i ever get that mutch money and land i will do something similar.
Good for you. If you refuse to let go of ambitions, they eventually give in, and come true.
I’ll bet that slate roof was outrageous!!
Hi Bruce. Working alone the slate roof took me about three weeks to lay, and a couple of weeks to set up the 'felt' and batten. I had slated a roof before - but that was as a complete novice. A couple of roofers gave me some invaluable advice though ...about setting out and how to judge when the slate nails had been driven just-far-enough. It's amazing how quickly you pick it up though. You'll break a few ...but everybody does, even the professionals.
Nice
marvellous
thanks John
We have a design for a post and beam house, most homes here are covering the wood frame with the straw bail. We just love the walls and framing of your house, something I hope we can do here in the states.
Hi CKPill. Yes, exposing the frames really works! We've been living in the house for five years now, and it's still a pleasure to see the frame every time we come home. I wish you all the luck in the world with your own home.
@@justintyers 5 years that is great. I have to ask, the walls are also incredibly beautiful, how and what did you tint the lime with? The rough features are stricking. My wife and i are very inspired by your video.
Strike the how question, watching video again
I would something almost exactly like this, except using hemcrete instead of straw bail.
If I ever won the lottery, man.. this is what I would do.
It's only 67k. Not much for a house
joey flores Lottery? This house cost a fraction of the typical average house in the U.K.
This is an amazing build, we're planning on doing something similar but just starting out in the research phase. this video and the responses have really helped. Is there anywhere else good we should look for information/advice?
The first place would be Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine, or Homebuilding.co.uk - there will be plenty of advice and inspiration for timber frame, oak frame, straw bale and self building. Good luck!
Amazing build, supremely inspiring. I'm figuring out CAD right now and slowly coming up with plans for my own build. My father is a tree surgeon and we know many others around/have contacts with a few local mills and other craftsmen so we will employ a similar approach to yours.
Few Q's if you will:
Is there a reason why douglas was used for the cladding? My understanding larch is better and similarly priced.
Is the whole frame done with douglas?
Did you consider artificial insulation? Do you perhaps use some in the roof (easier to secure etc)?
What is the total span of your hammer-beam frames?
Hi samthepoor - A few A's : The cladding was Douglas Fir simply because that is the timber the sawmill deals in - and yes, the whole frame is DF. Yes - we've got foam board in the roof - we'd like to have used sheeps wool, but treating it/cleaning it was a lot more work than we had time for ...and buying wool ready to lay was more money than we had available. The span of the frame is 7 metres. Hope that helps!
@@justintyers That's fantastically useful info. Thank you so much.
learn sketchup if you're a weekend warrior lay person, it's so much easier.
Your house is beautiful. You must be so proud. We are thinking of building a net zero straw bale house in France but although we have done standard house renovations before we have never used this method nor used straw. Did you go on a course to learn how to build with bales beforehand and did you use specific plans for straw bale construction? If so where did you go and where did you get the plans? Also, you mention that you did everything yourselves. Looking back is there any part of the build that you found particularly difficult and if you did it again, would contract out? Thanks
All these things can be learned. I recommend you read a couple of books on Straw Bale building - but only half believe them. Keep asking yourself 'does this make sense'. The point is that it is a young technology, and in a way you'll be adding to it when you build your own home. So get informed ...and then be your own expert. Barbara Jones has some useful information in her book - but don't be a slave to it. As for contracting out any part of the build - I can only say that the more you do ...the more you can do. You will be surprised by how much you learn as you build your house. By the time you finish, a house will be the least of what you have gained. Take on everything you dare ...and dare more than you think you should.
What size footings did you use? This is an awe inspiring house.
The house sits on a concrete slab which is reinforced under the frame posts. The slab didn't have to be too deep in our case - the plot is on a steep (1:4) hill, and in order to get levels the ground was excavated to solid stone.
I really love this house. Could you tell us the dimensions for the house? Might you be able to share a floor plan?
do you have building plans others can use?
Is there any way to get in touch with the Mr and Mrs Tyers for some advice? We are currently buying a land back at home and we would love to get some more information about straw bale self build house.
How did you get planning for this in the UK??? I want to do this because houses are ridiculously prices and everyone is within 10 ft of each other? I can do the build no problem, but the planning?
Have you put your name on your local Self Build and custom housebuilding register? The register is held by your local authority (or the authority local to where you want to build) with the result that they must offer you a serviced plot within 3 years. That's ONE place to start. I'm just writing a book about others...
justintyers how is the book coming along? Thanks for your answer!
@@justintyers Did you manage to finish that book please? I would be most interested! Thanks and have a lovely day!
awesome build. what about the house being sealed off from bugs and critters, mice, bats ect?
The bales are coated in Lime Plaster - that seems to do the job. Bugs and critters do seem to appreciate the outside accommodation, though, and overwinter in all the nooks and crannies.
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Did they have to kiln dry the timber frame lumber or flooring?
Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. It would certainly help to 'kiln' dry the floorboards. Though, laying them - and then nailing them down a year later would do the same job. As for the frame - all frames are built with 'green' (unseasoned) timber. The fact that timber frames last for hundreds of years is testament to the soundness of that method. Also, it would be difficult to kiln dry a really large-section timber.
Hi Shane K - sorry for the delay. No the frame doesn't need to be kiln dried ...actually it would take years to dry - so frames are built with Green timber. The flooring can be kiln dried, and it would help if it was. We stored our floorboards in the dry for 6 or 7 years, and they still shrunk a lot. So yes, - lin drying would help there - but it would have been beyond our resources.
how durable are those walls in UK weather? is the house warm enough during winter?
Hi SGH. I hope my reply isn't too late to help. The wood cladding ensures that no rain passes onto the wall. Even if it did the bales have a thick coat of Lime render. The bales should last decades. The bales provide the walls with 500mm of insulation - and yes the house is really warm in practise. The only difficulty we encountered was when the lime plaster on the inside of the house dries over time, it shrinks. It only shrinks a tiny bit - a couple of millimetres away from the frame - but we notice a little draught in places during a winter storm. The gap can be filled of course - and the problem solved.
So did these people do the joinery themselves or did they hire a timber framing carpenter?
Most of the joinery work was done by the home owners
@@HomebuildingMagazine
How long did it take?
Hi. I'm really interested in this designs as I'm researching for my masters degree. Please could I organise an interview / questionnaire to find our further information?
Hi RichieRich - happy to help if you can tell us how to contact you.
What is the R value of a straw bale?
If I'm not mistaken it is 30 .
R-55 according to that link for a 3 string standard bale
I’m slightly confused as at the start of the video the lady tells you a price list then later on a completely different price of 67K?
The land cost around £50k, the home was built with materials and trades around of £60k, with a few ££ more spent on planning costs, and fitting out.
where can I get a plan and cutting list for this house .. ????
I've got the certificated drawings and cutting list right here, Kenny. If you'd like to build your own house from them I can 'license' them to you for a one-time use - probably for a few hundred pounds. Or if you'd like me to change the design to suit your needs, I can do that for a bit more. Let me know if you want more info: justin@justintyers.plus.com
am interested n will be in touch again re plans and cutting list.. its beautiful house..congrats..
Thanks kenny - I look forward to it...
justintyers ....would you consider gifting them Justin, I’m just getting tools together to build something and eventually will build my kids something. Thanks in advance
nice, what company did you use for the frames?
Thanks Steven - the framer was a chap called Chris Clarke.
That's great.. The frame is so awesome. That was my question.
justintyers thanks for the name. I have tried to Google him but can't find a website. Do you know if he has a website or contact details? Cheers
I don't know if he has tbh. I've got a number for him. Drop me an email: justin@justintyers.plus.com
justintyers would you share the cut sheet for the frame?
Non profit Straw Bale Real Estate Organization.
I quite like the external look; the internal looks too rustic for me.
Great. You can finish the plaster to a billiard table smoothness - that might be better for you?
Very beautiful house and design, and modest people, yet absolutely unnecessary and annoying background "music".
It would be terrible if a fire started.
Straw bale houses are actually virtually fire proof if done right. Since the straw is so densely packed (and contained within several inches of fire-resistant clay, cob or lime), fire can't penetrate it because there isn't enough oxygen to sustain a flame. It's even superior to traditional building structures. The timber frame is obviously flammable though, but as would a timber frame in any house be.
Hi Diddy Doodat - you might be surprised to hear that we heat the whole house with wood burning appliances. Vote of confidence in straw bale construction...!
More terrible than any other house?
Not sure about hay walls
I wasn't either - but I am now ;-)
Hey why not
There's a difference BTW hay and straw.
hammer beam trusses in such tiny house is akin to the pretentiousness of Gothic Arch window in "American Gothic" Painting.
Hmmm. I wish you'd mentioned that before we built it.
Гризачи, инсекти, гниене, мухъл???
It doesn't look like they're a problem
A lot of wasted space.
The footprint for this house is small, and the space within allows for an uncluttered space that connects with it's environment. Would you rather it was cluttered with cupboards, built-in storage and shelves?
It's an open concept home bud. I would say it makes this smaller house seem more spacious.
If you don't consider the value you receive from looking every day at the beautifully grained and colored timber structure raised high above you and the flooring stretched out beneath your feet, then sure, there is a lot wasted space. Like walking into a museum and saying the same thing.. Or walking into nature and saying the same thing.
far too picky
Beautiful!