Building Concrete Slabs for Straw Bale Homes

Before you can start building with the actual straw bales, you need a good concrete slab, whether you are planning a straw bale home, garage, greenhouse, cabin, or whatever.

Often people hire someone to do the job of slab creation because it just seems too overwhelming to tackle. There are so many details you have to get just right or your strawbale project will be in trouble...

That's why I was pleased to discover that there's a good how-to DVD on building a perfect concrete foundation. It's explained in terms that anyone can understand, not full of builders' jargon that you may not be sure of. It explains the most current methods, too.

I think if I were hiring out the work for a straw bale home, I would still want this DVD because I'd understand better how to talk to my contractor about the project. If I were doing it myself, I'd watch the DVD a bunch of times... it covers all sorts of things, from preparing the ground and attaching to an existing building to details of fine finishing around the edges. It features well-known straw bale expert Andrew Morrison.

Curious? Click on the image to see a page that tells all about it, and gives order details for the US and anywhere in the world.