[Strawbale] Got permit

[Denise Ohio]

Snohomish County, Western Washington. Just north of King County, where 
Seattle is. We live about 40 miles from the Space Needless.

The county was great, as is our P.U.D., which has done alternative energy 
demos for years and has tried to extend rebate and other programs across 
the county. Part of our five-year-plan includes solar hot water/pre-heating 
and PV and wind with grid intertie, so I talk to them every now and then as 
well.



At 10:51 AM 3/1/2007, you wrote:
>Denise,
>
>where are you located again? it took us 11 months to do the same
>here in California earthquakeland!
>
>On Mar 1, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Denise Ohio wrote:
>
>>Just a quick announcement to share the joy...
>>
>>I picked up our building permit yesterday. Took about 6 weeks
>>(building
>>department is really busy gearing up for the spring season), but no
>>callbacks, questions, or doubts. In fact, when I dropped off our
>>packet and
>>told the guy we were doing loadbearing SB, the guy at the desk
>>said, "Have
>>you ever done cob?"
>>
>>Our application packet included engineering done by a neighbor who
>>has a
>>great rep as a structural engineer and I think that helped a lot. The
>>structure is 32'x64', one story with hipped roof and clerestory,
>>loadbearing SB on a rubble trench foundation. We'll be starting the
>>ground
>>work in a few weeks, once I clean up the slash from the trees we
>>took down
>>and milled for the interior finish work.
>>
>>Habib John Gonzalez will be helping with bale and stucco work. Such
>>a nice
>>fellow and worth every penny, Canadian or U.S.
>>
>>
>>
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