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Earthbag Building - The Tool, Tricks and Techniques (Paperback, New)
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Earthbag Building - The Tool, Tricks and Techniques (Paperback, New)
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Over 70 percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced,
contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using
natural materials-straw, cob, and earth-for building homes and
other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on
labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging
outsourced materials. Earthbag Building is the first comprehensive
guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for building with
bags filled with earth-or earthbags. Having been introduced to
sandbag construction by the renowned Nader Khalili in 1993, the
authors developed this "Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique" over
the last decade. A reliable method for constructing homes,
outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free
architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures
of great beauty-in any region, and at home, in developing
countries, or in emergency relief work. This profusely illustrated
guide first discusses the many merits of earthbag construction, and
then leads the reader through the key elements of an earthbag
building: Special design considerations Foundations, walls and
floors Electrical, plumbing and shelving Lintels, windows and door
installations Roofs, arches and domes Exterior and interior
plasters. With dedicated sections on costs, making your own
specialized tools, and building code considerations, as well as a
complete resources guide, Earthbag Building is the long-awaited,
definitive guide to this uniquely pleasing construction style. Kaki
Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer have been involved in the construction
industry for the last 20 years, specializing in affordable,
low-tech, low-impact building methods that are as natural as
possible. They developed the "Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique"
of building affordably with earthbags and have taught the subject
and contributed their expertise to several books and journals on
natural building.
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