What makes your home a Green or Healthy Home?
Straw cement stucco walls allow for the walls to breath so there is no trapping of air or in-gassing, but rather a slow natural exchange of air through the walls, unlike fiberglass insulated homes. Low energy usage leaves a smaller energy footprint on the environment.Property Description
The house is a 3800 sq. ft. Santa Fe style Post and beam strawbale construction and includes a seperate 1800 sq. ft guest house for a total of 5600 sq. ft. , with interior and exterior hand trawled cement and stucco finish. Nine foot ceilings throughout. Italian style ceramic flooring in the kitchen and 3 1/2 baths. This house has 3 master bedrooms with a master bedroom on the first floor and two master bedrooms with connected bathrooms upstairs. There are two full size bedrooms upstairs in addition to the master bedrooms. The Kitchen is large and there is an office off the kitchen.
The guest house is an 1800 sq. ft. ranch with three bedrooms two baths and a seperate 400 sq. ft studio. The main house has 3800 sq ft includeing a 600 sq ft dry basement 200 sq ft of which is a tornado shelter/safe room which was contractor built to cement bridge construction standards, including an 8" thick rebar reinforced ceiling. The straw walls are approximately 2 ft thick which gives it the super insulated R-VALUE of R-55. The ceiling is insulated with fiberglass to a depth of 3 ft for an R-VALUE of R-100. This is what is known as a super insulated home and is extremely energy efficient. All windows are vinyl double pain argon gas filled to protect from ultra-violet damage and have low E tinting for energy efficiency. The house is built on an elevated slab foundation with six" water proof styrofoam insulation. This results in floors that are comfortable to the bare feet on a year round basis. Floor joists are 12" pre-enginered I beam on 12" centers. All water pipes are copper tubing.
The house features a fully automated standby power system with solar energy. The system includes solar electric panels and storage batteries which provide up to 1/3 of the electricity. A Trace sine wave 4048 inverter and a World Power Easy-wire center control and coordinate power usage and distribution to the house. ie. the more solar power available the less grid power used. In the event of grid power loss the solar batteries come on automatically and power the house for up to 12 hours after which if grid power is still not available the Trace inverter will automatically start the Caterpillar Olympian standby 15 Kilowatt generator and take over powering the house while simultaneously recharging the batteries. The generator is propane fueled thus no black smoke. The generator meets EPA residential noise standards and has an ES1 level silencer system rated 10dB(A). Very quiet.
This house and guest house are quiet and secluded on a total of 50 acres. located on one of the highest hills in Marshall Cty. at an elevation of 1280 ft. Just 10 miles outside of Lewisburg TN.
Neighborhood Description
Rural. Lots of deer and wild turkey and an occasional lost ostrich.Market Area
Rural. Located 10 miles outside of Lewisburg TN for convenient shopping.School District
Location of Home or Land
Rural
Air Quality
| Agriculture in Area | yes |
| Industry in Area | yes |
| Air Pollution in Area | no |
| Pesticide Free | no |
| Fragrance Free | no |
| Cleaned with Green Products | no |
Interior Environment
| Heating System | Wood Stove |
| Cooling System | Conventional Forced Air - A/C |
| Ventilation System | Part of Cooling System |
| Whole House Filtration | Other |
| Whole House Vacuum | no |
Energy & Water
| Energy System | Photovoltaic (PV) |
| Water System | Rain Water Collection |
| Wastewater System | Septic System |
Construction Information
| Construction Type | Straw bale |
| Exterior Finish | Masonry Stucco |
| Interior Finish | Cement Plaster |
| Interior Paint | Other |
| Floor Material | Carpet |
| Roof Material | Metal |
| Window Material | Vinyl or Vinyl Clad |
| Insulation Material | Fiberglass |
Garage / Car Port
| Garage / Carport | no |
| Garage Type | attached |
| Number of Cars | 1 |
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