Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods
Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster Straw, Beer Cans Cordwood & Many Other Low Cost Materials
Published on 1. November 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-1-60138-245-0 (ISBN)
Description
Learn how to identify, locate, and effectively use alternative building materials, including cob, adobe, rammed earth, bamboo, cork, wool carpeting, and more. You will also learn about the structure, climate control, siting, foundations, and flooring options you gain when using these materials. Ultimately, you will come to understand that these materials are cheaper, easier to build with, stronger, more durable, and more fire resistant.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Ocala
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
colour & b/w photos
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
375 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-60138-245-0 (9781601382450)
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Additional editions
Jon Nunan
The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods
Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster, Straw, Beer Cans, Bottles, Cordwood, and Many Other Low Cost Materials
E-Book
10/2009
Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
€16.99
Available for download
Persons
Jon Nunan is a writer for the home improvement industry, and staunch supporter of learning by doing and letting that which does not matter truly slide. When not writing, he can be found identifying wild mushrooms, picking berries, and taking on small projects in and around the wood pile he currently calls home.