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Mother Earth News Wiser Living Ser.: Earthbag Building : The Tools, Tricks and Techniques by Donald Kiffmeyer and Kaki Hunter (2004, Trade Paperback)

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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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Publisher
New Society Publishers, The Limited
ISBN-10
0865715076
ISBN-13
9780865715073
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30226665

Product Key Features

Book Title
Earthbag Building : the Tools, Tricks and Techniques
Author
Donald Kiffmeyer, Kaki Hunter
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Construction / General, Design & Construction, Sustainable Living, General, Sustainability & Green Design
Publication Year
2004
Book Series
Mother Earth News Wiser Living Ser.
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, House & Home, Architecture
Number of Pages
280 Pages

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Item Length
10 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
8 in
Item Weight
26.2 Oz

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Series Volume Number
8
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Foreword Introduction Chapter 1: The Merits of Earthbag Building Chapter 2: Basic Materials for Earthbag Building Chapter 3: Tools, Tricks and Terminology Chapter 4: Foundations Chapter 5: Structural Design Features for Earthbag Walls Chapter 6: Step-by-Step Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique, or How to Turn a Bag of Dirt into a Precision Wall Building System Chapter 7: Electrical, Plumbing, Shelving, and Intersecting Walls: Making the Connection Chapter 8: Lintel,Window, and Door Installation Chapter 9: Roof Systems Chapter 10: Arches: Putting the Arc Back into Architecture Chapter 11: Dynamics of a Dome Chapter 12: Illustrated Guide to Dome Construction Chapter 13: Roofing Options for Domes Chapter 14: Exterior Plasters Chapter 15: Interior Plasters Chapter 16: Floors Chapter 17: Designing for Your Climate Chapter 18: The Code Appendix A: Build Your Own Dirtbag Tools Appendix B: How to Figure Basic Earthbag Construction Costs, Labor, and Time Appendix C: Conversions and Calculations Appendix D: The Magic of a Circle Resource Guide Index About the Authors
Copyright Date
2004
Target Audience
Trade
Dewey Decimal
693/.22
Dewey Edition
22

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by L3zc4QsfQ66@Del...Aug 05, 2006
Build you own dome home
With the information in this book and minimal materials you can build your own home, very very cheaply. This is a hands on dirt filled book, as basic as the earth used in earthbag construction. There is a refreshing lack of poems to the earth mother and mystic references to the sun and a moon. This book is written for the physical tasks of earthbag building and not as an appeal to the mystical side of sustainable building. The books tips and tricks are obviously gleaned from the joint writers' experience. A picture tells a thousand words and this lavishly illustrated volume has relevant pictures to illustrate the necesary techniques of earth bag building. The writers are subtly present with their pleasant humour and zest woven throughout the text. You can also recognise them in the line drawings. Some of the earthbag building terms are new to this reviewer, and I was grateful for the illustrations showing how to hard ass and diddle earth bags. The book is not a slavish step by step instruction manual. The book is logically divided into the different features required for a building. Each one of the features is explained and different alternatives are offered. The user of the book has to decide which option they want to use. One makes the choice from foundation to weather vane. All the sections are great. The foundation and damp course sections make one feel an expert on these esoteric subjects. A great thing about the book is that the authors state what they have physically done and what they think is possible. I'm afraid that they have piqued my interest on earthbag vaulted ceilings and I am itching to try and design forms for a vault. This is a book for doers not talkers. Following their instructions I will be starting small with a retaining wall for my compost heap. So please excuse me. I have to go and spread a gravel foundation and also check my maths on the buttresses I have designed. Today a wall tomorrow a hall.Read full review
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by fFt6sit7QgO@Del...Apr 12, 2012
A "Do-It-Yourself" book written by folks who actually "Did-It-Themselves"!
I saw this book on an earthbag-builders website. It came highly recommended and he was right, the authors have "been there done that" so you don't have to make the mistakes they made. They also take great pains to fully describe the tools and techniques they have developed. If you are thinking of building with earth, or even if you aren't, its a worthwhile read just for their perspective on owner building. Highly recommended!
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by tombodet88Mar 06, 2018
Earthbag Building Book review
Have not read it. But have looked threw it pretty well. Have to say very proud to have gotten this book. Has a lot of very good info for beginners. This is just my opinion tho. I'm very new to earth building and have watched many YouTube videos and have been wanting more info and this book is a great starting point for me.
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by alejandro8046Apr 13, 2015
Awesome product ! Great value for the money !
I start to read this book and is very premature to say something about my first impression is astonishment I grew up watching this type of construction and never pay attention to it . No exactly the same construction with Earth bag techniques but it was close to it. Anyways I like it and I want to work with this kind of construction and I hope will be soon , first prepare the budget get the land and go forward. The tools is really good I never used simple tools like that and well I am impress. I won't regret myself ever to buy this priceless guide. Thanks
5 out of 5 stars
by azfastsellJun 01, 2016
Very informative
Great book, great pictures and very easy to understand
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