We are proud to say that Temp-Cast masonry heaters have been chosen as the primary heating source in almost every type of mainstream and alternative energy-efficient home throughout North America. One of the most interesting and viable of the energy-efficent styles is the straw bale home. We would like to help promote these homes because they are one of the best examples of sustainable and energy-efficient home construction - the perfect home for a Temp-Cast heater. With this page we hope to provide an important source of information for those who will be dealing with appraisers, lenders and insurers for their straw bale home.
Straw bale construction is still an unknown to most appraisers, lenders and insurers in North America. With this in mind, we expect that there are many homeowners who have already overcome reluctance by these kinds of companies during the planning and building of their straw bale homes. We invite those people to send us the details of their successful campaigns and we will post them on this page. Someone else trying to obtain fair appraisals, financing or insurance can provide the reluctant official with the details of their competitors who have already researched and approved funding etc. for these kinds of homes.
If you have been successful obtaining appraisal, financing or insurance for your straw bale home, please send us the following information:
Your Name (optional)
Your City and State or Province
The name of the company you dealt with
The name of the person you dealt with
Where the company is located
Phone number or e-mail address of the contact
Whether or not you want to be contacted directly
Comments on any aspect of the project you would like to pass on - building pitfalls, "what-you-would -have-done-differently-if-you-had-only-known-then-what-you-know-now," what living in the home has taught you, etc. (Brief and to the point would be greatly appreciated - but we will likely have to do some editing.)
Please e-mail this information to: staywarm@tempcast.com- someone will surely be eternally grateful for your help.
[Note: we will not make any other use of the information provided here - it will not go to a mailing list of any kind. We may reply to your submission but you will receive no further mail from us unless you request it.]
To access information on lenders for straw bale homes, click here.
To access information on insurers for straw bale homes, click here.
Other Strawbale Links
There are several references to Straw Bale and other energy-efficient forms of housing on the web today. Open these links in a new viewing window on your browser so that you can easily return to this page after visiting these other sites.
Strawbale:
Sustainable Energy - General:
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