Essential Cordwood Building

Essential Cordwood Building
Title Essential Cordwood Building PDF eBook
Author Rob Roy
Publisher New Society Publishers
Pages 138
Release 2017-12-05
Genre House & Home
ISBN 1550926470

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Cordwood construction - log-ends set in insulated mortar - is a versatile, economical, low-impact, and beautiful building method. Its durability and performance has been proven in beautiful, centuries-old buildings in North America and Europe. Yet until now, there has been no trusted, practical guide to cordwood construction using the material in a wide variety of construction projects. Distilling decades of experience and best practices, Essential Cordwood Building is the first fully illustrated, step-by-step guide to cordwood building. Ideal for the DIYer and professional designer and builder alike, it covers: Wood species selection, log-end length, and seasoning Cement, lime putty, and cob mortar options Wall cavity insulation options Budgeting and estimating Highly illustrated, step-by-step building techniques Window and door frame installation Pointing and chinking, finishing, and plastering Special designs and decorative features Code references, compliance, building science, and best practices Troubleshooting and maintenance

Cordwood Building

Cordwood Building
Title Cordwood Building PDF eBook
Author Rob Roy
Publisher New Society Publishers
Pages 257
Release 2010-06-30
Genre House & Home
ISBN 1550924672

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All you need to create beautiful buildings from sawmill left-overs--or even driftwood!

Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding

Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding
Title Complete Book of Cordwood Masonry Housebuilding PDF eBook
Author Robert L. Roy
Publisher Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated
Pages 255
Release 1992
Genre Technology & Engineering
ISBN 9780806985909

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Combining the techniques of the author's previous two classic books, CORDWOOD MASONRY HOMES and EARTHWOOD, plus a decade of new information, new lessons to avoid pitfalls, and new ideas, this book offers a complete update on this dynamic housebuilding method.

Stoneview

Stoneview
Title Stoneview PDF eBook
Author Rob Roy
Publisher New Society Publishers
Pages 229
Release 2009-03-01
Genre House & Home
ISBN 1550923595

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Step-by-step instructions for building an octagonal cordwood masonry guesthouse.

Small Homes

Small Homes
Title Small Homes PDF eBook
Author Lloyd Kahn
Publisher Shelter Publications
Pages 0
Release 2017
Genre ARCHITECTURE
ISBN 9780936070681

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"From the publishers of a popular series of building books comes Small Homes, which is highly relevant for these times. Getting smaller, rather than larger. Some 75 builders share their knowledge of building and design, with artistic, practical, and/or economical homes in the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, France, Germany, Spain, New Zealand and Lithuania. This is the seventh in a series of highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The series, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include Shelter, Shelter II (1978), Home Work (2004), Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008), Tiny Homes (2012), and Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Each of these books has over 1,000 photos, and each 2-page spread is carefully laid out with respect to balance of graphics and clarity of information. A running theme with them is that people have been inspired by one book to build their own home, and this will be included in a subsequent book. For example, many of the homes in Home Work were inspired by Shelter. And so on. The underlying theme with Shelter's books, which has continued for over 40 years, is that it's possible for you to create your own home with your own hands, using natural materials. Some of these homes are in the country, some in small towns, and some in large cities"--

Essential Rammed Earth Construction

Essential Rammed Earth Construction
Title Essential Rammed Earth Construction PDF eBook
Author Tim Krahn
Publisher New Society Publishers
Pages 385
Release 2019-01-01
Genre House & Home
ISBN 1771422467

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“All of the essential knowledge for completing a successful rammed earth project. Written by a geo-technical engineer with experience ramming earth.” —Kelly Hart, author, Essential Earthbag Construction Everything you need to know to build with rammed earth in warm and cold climates. Rammed earth—sand, gravel, and clay or lime/cement binder packed into forms—is a low-energy, high-performance building method, yielding beautiful, sustainable results. It’s thermally stable and can be insulated, can actively modulate humidity, provides a healthy indoor environment, and allows site materials to be used for major structural and building envelope elements. Essential Rammed Earth Construction covers design, building science, tools, and step-by-step building methods for any climate, with a special emphasis on building in cold climates of the northern US, Canada, and northern Europe. Coverage includes: Overview of earthen building Appropriate use of rammed earth walls Stabilized versus raw rammed earth Design considerations, including structural, insulation, and building envelope details Special considerations for cold and freeze-thaw climates Construction drawings, with step-by-step building instructions Tools and labor covering industrial methods, low-tech techniques, formwork options, mix design, budgets, and schedules Codes, inspections, and permits. This guide is an essential resource for experienced builders, DIY home owners, designers, engineers, and architects. “A much-needed and science-based update to a North American audience of designers, engineers and builders.” —Bruce King. P.E., author, The New Carbon Architecture “ A great book for anyone who wants to deepen their technical knowledge of rammed earth walls systems. It’s very helpful to have a book on rammed earth that is more focused on engineered rammed earth walls for cold climates.” —Clifton Schooley, Clifton Schooley & Associates, Rammed Earth Designers and Builders

Building Green

Building Green
Title Building Green PDF eBook
Author Clarke Snell
Publisher Lark Books
Pages 630
Release 2005
Genre Architecture
ISBN 9781579905323

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Clarke Snell & Timothy L. Callahan have returned with a photo-packed, amazingly complete, start-to-finish guide to "green" housebuilding.