Full Service Natural Builders. Foundation to finish and everything in between.
Straw Bale Homes
Natural Building is our passion at Rooted Earth Construction. We specialize in building energy efficient straw bale homes with passive solar design. These homes are unique, beautiful, and environmentally friendly. The houses are built with a post and beam structural system that is capped with a standard roof. Wheat straw bales are stacked, and compressed. They are then covered with earth and lime plasters. The result is an energy efficient house that uses the sun, earth and smart design to do the bulk of the work of heating and cooling the home. Straw bale homes have lower embodied energy in their construction than most modern construction methods.
Eco Friendly Remodels
Many American houses were not built with energy efficiency in mind. If you are concerned about the cost of heating and cooling your home for environmental and financial reasons, then you might want to consider a remodel. We will evaluate your home, and look for ways to create more energy efficiency. Things like replacing single pained windows and adding more insulation to your walls and roof. We then refinish the interiors and exterior of your home by using natural plasters, and paints or oiled wood finishes. We love to use reclaimed lumber, and we can also source regionally harvested new lumber. We will also make additions to your home using these practices.
Outdoor Living Spaces
We love to spend time outside. We can customize your outdoor living space in proximity to your home. We build covered and uncovered porches, patios, purgulas, firepits, decks and privacy walls.
Natural Plasters
We love to play with mud. We can do interior or exterior earth and lime plaster jobs of all shapes and sizes. We’ll even let you play with us if you want to learn how.
Natural Building Education
We believe in experiential education and environmental stewardship. We offer workshop facilitation and owner builder coaching. Rooted Earth crew members have experienced natural building education as both students and teachers. We can customize services to your learning needs. Inquires are welcome. We love this stuff.