Minneapolis couple building Uptown straw house
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A home that’s being built in Minneapolis is unconventional because of what the owners are putting in its walls.
Peter Schmitt and his wife, Katie, are building a home with straw inside the walls. They even call it the "Uptown Straw House."
The walls are about 20 inches thick.
Schmitt says it costs more to build a house like this but they’ll save cash in heating and cooling bills along with cutting their carbon footprint.
"It’s mainly one using a waste product helping push the climate fight forward and using innovative building styles and also getting a really comfortable home as an end result," Schmitt said. "It looks very much built like a barn and we’re using straw bales as the insulation for that structure. So the straw bales are not supporting any weight. They are functioning solely as insulation and sound dampening."
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The couple hopes to move into the home next spring.