Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (711 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0865715211 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 256 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-09 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Rob Roy is a former contractor with twelve previous books to his credit, including Cordwood Building and Timber Framing for the Rest of Us. An expert on underground building, he founded the Earthwood Building School in 1981 with his wife, Jaki, and is frequently a speaker at events throughout North America.
Extra benefits from adding an earth or other living roof option include greater longevity of the roof substrate, fine aesthetics, and environmental harmony.The book covers all of the various construction techniques involved including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation and drainage. null (2006-05-01)An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet.Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner-builder are a particular focus and include:pouring one's own footings
An earth-sheltered, earth-roofed home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet.Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. Extra benefits from adding an earth or other living roof option include greater longevity of the roof substrate, fine aesthetics, and environmental harmony.The book covers all of the various construction techniques involved, including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation, and drainage. An expert on underground building, he founded the Earthwood Building School in 1981 with his wife, Jaki, and is frequently a speaker at events throughout North America.. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner
Carolyn Minnich said Probably the best book out there for building your own earth-sheltered home. Probably the best book out there for building your own earth-sheltered home, but I felt it was lacking.I understand that the author offers private consulting to clients and runs a building school for earth-sheltered house design and construction, but I get the impression that the book purposely omitted some details for this reason. There were maybe three structural schematics in the book, none of which was complete. I get that the intent was to explain . Steven Watson said I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library. This book is well written and has a lot of nice glossy pictures to go along with the explainations. The book explains all the aspects of how to build an under ground house. Which is a great concept unless you live in California and have to deal with Title "I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library" according to Steven Watson. This book is well written and has a lot of nice glossy pictures to go along with the explainations. The book explains all the aspects of how to build an under ground house. Which is a great concept unless you live in California and have to deal with Title 2I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library Steven Watson This book is well written and has a lot of nice glossy pictures to go along with the explainations. The book explains all the aspects of how to build an under ground house. Which is a great concept unless you live in California and have to deal with Title 24 of the building codes which make this type of house just about impossible to build here. Nevertheless I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library for the chapters on foundations, timb. of the building codes which make this type of house just about impossible to build here. Nevertheless I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library for the chapters on foundations, timb. I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library Steven Watson This book is well written and has a lot of nice glossy pictures to go along with the explainations. The book explains all the aspects of how to build an under ground house. Which is a great concept unless you live in California and have to deal with Title 24 of the building codes which make this type of house just about impossible to build here. Nevertheless I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library for the chapters on foundations, timb. of the building codes which make this type of house just about impossible to build here. Nevertheless I would highly suggest this book for any buildiers library for the chapters on foundations, timb. Recommended reading material, even when you're not going underground! The majority of info in this book applies also to houses which are partly subterranean or even above grade. Lots of information about foundations, floors, walls, roof construction and green roofs. Note that the earth sheltered houses in this book are in general not tucked away in a hill side or something. They're integrated in the landscape, in the soil, but there's not a huge earth load on top of them.The calculations in the book are very helpful when