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Originally Posted by bosspsd
If you are in Ohio do not even consider a straw bale house. The humid summers will rot it out from the inside. You should be able to come in under 125 pretty easy. The SIP's and ICF's are both great options for your area.
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When properly constructed, humidity is not a factor (with the exception of too low of humidity causing cracks in external plaster). Many have been successfully built in Oregon alone, which has a somewhat wetter climate than Ohio.
Just a quick check shows there are at least 40 straw bale homes in the Buckeye state. About a quarter of them are scattered across the northern half of the state, and another dozen are located in the southwestern part of the state. The remaining 20 are concentrated in the southeastern counties of Athens, Hocking and Meigs.
The majority of these homes are five to 10 years old, and there have been no reports of moisture or other problems associated with the straw bale wall systems. One of the first straw bale homes built was in the northwest corner of the state in the early 1990s.
As to longevity, there are many poorly constructed straw bale homes in Nebraska still standing after 100 years.
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