Strawbale on Yates
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House Notes – Strawbale on Yates
Light filled, airy and comfortable architect-designed, owner-built, timber framed, lime rendered strawbale home on a 12 acre bush block.
Split level design to connect with nature outside. Passive solar where site orientation allowed. Thermal mass with concrete slab, rendered brick chimney surrounding Chazelles efficient fire-box, rendered walls. Double glazed windows and doors. Recycled timbers (Jarrah, Marri, Blackbutt) used inside and out. Priority placed on cross ventilation for all rooms-no cooling required in summer, ceiling fans in two living areas only.
Grid-connected solar power and heat pump for domestic hot water and zoned hydronic floor heating. Rain water harvesting and grey/black water recycling to supply subsurface reticulation to lawns. Low water use garden (natives and succulents) and wicking beds for organic vegetable growing. All building waste kept and reused where possible for building car port, landscaping, furniture etc.
Sustainability Features
- Energy efficiency:
- Efficient lighting
Draught proofing
Efficient appliances
- Energy efficiency:
- Zoned hydronic floor heating with room thermostats
- Passive heating cooling:
- Shading
Cross ventilation
- Active heating cooling:
- Hydronic
Ceiling fans
- Active heating cooling:
- Chazelles fireplace
- Water heating:
- Hot water heat pump
- Water harvesting and saving features:
- Above ground storage
Greywater system
Blackwater
Stormwater management
Low flow shower heads
Low flow taps
- Above ground rainwater storage Type:
- Large rainwater tank (double-skinned fire rated), second tank off shed
- Above ground rainwater storage Size
- 120,000L plus 25,000L=145,000L
- Water harvesting and saving
- All water collected from house roof, carport roof, shed roof
- Recycled and reused materials:
- 95% recycled content Fibrerock for wet areas, recycled timber for island bench, door frames, window sills, shelving, internal and external cladding, pergolas. Formed pavers for courtyard made from excess poured limestone.
- Recycled and reused materials:
- Timber
Doors
Insulation
Kitchen/bath cabinets
- Insulation Type:
- Ceiling
Internal and external walls
Floor
- Ceiling Type:
- Insulated (Greenstuff R4) EC08 Plasterboard
- Floor Type:
- polystyrene insulated concrete slab
- Internal / External Walls Type:
- timber framed strawbale, insulated stud walls clad with recycled timber, interior lime rendered stuffed straw stud walls
- Renewable energy used:
- Solar PV grid connect
- House Size
- 220
- Window and Door Types
- Double glazing
Clerestory windows
- Window and Door Types
- Tilt and turn windows
- Number of bedrooms
- 3
- Number of bathrooms
- 2
- Garden / Outdoors
- Drip irrigation
Water wise plants
Edible garden
Organic
Composting
Native plants
- Healthy home features
- Non toxic lime paints (Bauwerk, Porters), Savon Noir for cleaning/waxing concrete floor.
- Housing Type:
- Standalone House
- Project Type:
- New Build
- Builder
- Owner-builder (2010-2013)
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