Pembroke Dock

Pembroke Dock
Written by esba

Based on amazonails design drawn by Michael Howlett straw courses by amazonails self-built with volunteer help 2011

Project Data

Place:Pennar, Pembroke Dock Completion:2012 Construction:Loadbearing Design:amazonails & Michael Howlett Straw Builder:amazonails, trainer Bee Rowan amazonails, trainer Bee Rowan Visitable:No Press photos:No
Living Area:170m2 U-Value (Wall):W/m2K U-Value (Roof):W/m2K Categories: Projects UK,

Based on the amazonails design of council houses for North Kesteven, these semi detached houses were drawn by Michael Howlett of Sureline with consultancy from amazonails in 2009/10 and self built by Michael over the next couple of years. Amazonails ran training courses to help build the straw walls and Michael did the rest himself with the help of many volunteers. It has rammed car tyre foundations, loadbearing straw walls and lime plaster externally, clay plaster internally and he used the amazonails ideas of building the first floor first to act as weather protection, installed the ground floor straw, then built the roof, lowering it into place on the straw after installation.

You can see how he did this here http://www.sureline.org.uk/ecotect/

About the author

esba

The European Straw Building Association is an independent European association, devoid of any profit making motive. The object of the Association is to promote and develop the use of straw, as a sustainable way of building in all the senses of the term “sustainable”: renewable, ecological, healthy, energy and climate efficient, social and economic.
The Association is a federation composed of organisations and people particularly concerned with the use of straw in buildings.