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Exterior of a straw bale home featuring traditionally built post and beam timber frame

Interior of a strawbale home showcasing the exposed heavy timber framing that supports the roof and building structure

Interior of a straw bale home featuring Cypress Pine exposed timber framing

Interior photo of a bedroom with large dimension exposed timber framing. Interior framing is in Cypress pine with golden-blonde colouring and plenty of natural character

Exterior of the straw bale home showing the post and beam timber framing supporting the roof overhang over the verandah

Black and white image of a truss and wall frame being assembled at the TTF yard

Traditional carpentry on display with a variety of handcrafted joints interlocking various components to create a post and beam timber frame

Award Winning Staw Bale Home with Traditional Frame

LOCATION:	Austinmer, NSW – Australia
FRAME TYPE:	Traditional Post and Beam
FRAME STYLE:	Traditional + Traditional Australian
TIMBER SPECIES:	Cypress Pine + Spotted Gum
COMPLETED:	2018

This fantastic home was built by our friends at Viva Living Homes and won multiple awards from the Master Builders Association in 2018. The home is built with a full structural timber frame with raised floor and raked ceilings throughout. We completed almost all the carpentry work on this build from the frame to the roof battens, hardwood fascias, and the spotted gum deck framing.

The walls are all straw bale and the deck opens high into the trees and looks out over Austinmer beach in the distance. A fantastic home and a real pleasure for us to have made such a great contribution to. The timber frame here was Cypress Pine internally, with BAL 29 Compliant Spotted Gum Hardwood externally due to the bushfire risk.