Wall block for a strawbale house, and strawbale-house construction method using the same

Abstract

The present invention relates to a wall block for a strawbale house. More specifically, it relates to a wall block for a strawbale house comprising a predetermined frame in which at least two facing sides are not blocked, and a bundle of straw which is positioned within the frame and both ends of which are finished with loess. In the present invention, straw bales which will be comprised in the walls of a strawbale house are preformed into blocks in order to allow the strawbale house to be constructed easily and reduce the construction time and effort. This has the advantage of allowing houses to be built both easily and directly with little cost or time, and has many environmental advantages in terms of environmentally friendly use of materials, reduced construction waste, energy savings and the like.

1 . A wall block  100  for a straw bale house, comprising:
 a frame  1  having a polyhedral structure which is open on a pair of facing ends thereof, and of which other side surfaces other than surfaces of the ends are connected to each other by planar clamps  13 , with a plurality of connection holes  11  formed in the frame  1 ; 
 a straw bale  2  located in the frame  1  such that cut ends of the straw bale  2  form opposite ends of the wall block, with loess  3  applied and dried between pieces of straw of the straw bale  2 , the opposite ends of the straw bale  2  being finished off with loess  3 ; and 
 a fastener  12  vertically coupled between the opposite side surfaces of the frame  1  which form the open ends of the frame  1 . 
 
     
     
         2 . The wall block as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein the open ends of the polyhedral structure have a triangular, rectangular, hexagonal or octagonal shape. 
     
     
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         5 . A method of constructing a straw bale house, comprising:
 forming a wall using wall blocks  100  in a masonry style manner, each of the wall blocks  100  comprising: a frame  1  having a polyhedral structure which is open on a pair of facing ends thereof, and other side surfaces of which other than surfaces of the ends are connected to each other by planar clamps  13 , with a plurality of connection holes  11  formed in the frame  1 ; a straw bale  2  located in the frame  1  such that cut ends of the straw bale  2  form opposite ends of the wall block, with loess  3  applied and dried between straws of the straw bale  2 , the opposite ends of the straw bale  2  being finished off with loess  3 ; and a fastener  12  vertically coupled between the opposite side surfaces of the frame  1  which form the open ends of the frame  1 ,   wherein the open ends of the wall blocks  100  form inner and outer surfaces of the wall, a connector connects the adjacent wall blocks  100  to each other in such a way that the connector is inserted through the connection holes  11  of the frames  1  of the adjacent wall blocks  100 , and the inner and outer surfaces of the wall are plastered with loess.   
     
     
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