Saturday, September 17, 2011

The Various Uses And Advantages Of Straw Bale

By Samuel Mieler


A straw bale is usually regarded as some thing that has little or no use. But if you were to take a closer look you'd see that a straw bale is durable it can be sold for the bedding for animals, landscape materials, and utilized in construction. They're also on and burned to either purge them or provide warmth.

The straw is the plant material which is dry induced by it being left within the fields when a plant has fully matured. Upon the maturation of the plant is harvested and anything which is not used is tossed aside. That's normally the genesis of a straw bale.

One of the main uses for this kind of material is construction. A straw bale can in fact provide exceptional material for constructing low-cost walls which are fairly durable and are excellent insulators. The use of bales for construction purposes was utilised by the states of the plains in the late part of the 19th century and early part of the 20th century.

These structures are sturdy and quite a few of which have stood the test of time and still standing. Straw bale construction can and is used to construct just about anything you are able to imagine including homes, schools and businesses.

Needless to say the attractive aspect here is the affordability of the material. The cost of a straw bale varies though as it depends on what time of year it is. Usually harvest time is when they're the least expensive as the added cost of preserving the bales is factored out.

A straw bale must be kept dry otherwise it's rigid integrity will be compromised. One of the main advantages of constructing buildings this way is that it's resistant to fire.

The straw is packed extremely tightly which constrict the movement of oxygen and for that reason is very tough to set on fire. It is also highly pest resistant. Once again the straw is packed so tightly that pests are unable to get into it.

You may not have considered it but this type of material could make a really strong and well-built house. The pioneers and settlers around the plains utilized straw bale for construction of homes and barns for many years with great success.




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