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Earth-Sheltered Houses: How to Build an Affordable Underground Home (Paperback)
$25.15 - Save $11.97 32% off - RRP $37.12 Free delivery worldwide (to United States and
all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Earth-Sheltered HousesA practical guide for those who want to build their own underground home at a moderate cost. This book covers the various easy-to-learn construction techniques involved including details on planning, excavation, footings, floor, walls, framing, roofing, waterproofing, insulation and drainage.
Full description- Publisher: New Society Publishers
- Published: 01 July 2006
- Format: Paperback 256 pages
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- Categories: Building Construction & Materials | Home Renovation & Extension
- ISBN 13: 9780865715219 ISBN 10: 0865715211
- Sales rank: 116,465
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Full description for Earth-Sheltered Houses
"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.
