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| Title: | Earth-Sheltered Houses
: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home |
| Author: | Rob Roy |
| ISBN: | 0865715211 : 9780865715219 |
| Illustrations: | colour & b/w photos |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 190x230mm |
| Pages: | 256 |
| Weight: | .562 Kg. |
| Published: | New Society Publishers - July 2006 |
| List Price: | 18.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Management of land & natural resources: Building skills: Housing & property for the individual |
Earth-Sheltered Houses is a practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at moderate cost. It covers all of the various construction techniques involved including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation and drainage. Specific methods appropriate for the inexperienced owner-builder are a particular focus and include: pouring one's own footings and/or floor the use of dry-stacked (surface-bonded) concrete block walls post-and-beam framing plank-and-beam roofing, and drainage methods and self-adhesive waterproofing membranes. The time-tested, easy-to-learn construction techniques described in Earth-Sheltered Houses will enable readers to embark upon their own building projects with confidence, backed up by a comprehensive resources section that lists all the latest products such as waterproofing membranes, types of rigid insulation and drainage products that will protect the building against water damage and heat loss.
Introduction; Earth-Sheltered Design Principles; Siting and Excavation; Foundations; The Floor; External Walls; Timber Framing; Waterproofing, Insulation, & Drainage; The Living Roof; Finishing the Exterior; Interior Considerations; Performance; Our Earth-Sheltered Home: A Case Study; Index.
