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Essential Earthbag Construction: The Complete Step-By-Step Guide: Sustainable Building Essentials Series

Autor Kelly Hart
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 16 mai 2018

Build economical and resilient earthbag structures using simple tools and techniques.

EARTHBAG CONSTRUCTION ¿ building with polypropylene bags usually filled with earthen materials ¿ is a versatile, easy-to-master, low-impact, and highly durable form of building, suitable for structures from houses to root cellars.Essential Earthbag Constructionis a fully illustrated, practical guide to this affordable method of building. Going well beyond the scope of other sources, this indispensable manual is packed with all the information you need to determine if it's the right choice for your project, and to start building.

Distilling decades of experience, research, and best practices, it covers:

  • Material specifications, performance, and when and where to use it
  • Pros and cons of different fills from gravel, to earth and clay, to insulative perlite, rice hulls, and volcanic stone Illustrated, step-by-step guidance for efficient bag filling and installation
  • Details for various designs, including domes and arches
  • Foundation options and seismic and stability considerations
  • Finishing and maintenance techniques
  • Tools and materials
  • Additional resources.

Essential Earthbag Constructionpresents the practical guidance and best practices for both the DIYer and professional to design and build high-quality earthbag structures.

Kelly Hartis an earthbag builder, author, and filmmaker, and hosts the widely visited websites greenhomebuilding.com and earthbagbuilding.com. His multi-dome earthbag Colorado residence is chronicled in the video Building with Bags: How We Made Our Experimental Earthbag/Papercrete House. Kelly lives in Silver City, New Mexico.

New Society's Sustainable Building Essentials Series aims to provide the highest quality information on sustainable building methods and materials. Editors Chris Magwood and Jen Feigin have scoured the world of sustainable building to bring you the techniques and systems that deliver measureable benefits in terms of greater energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact. Written by the world's leading sustainable builders, designers, and engineers, these succinct, user-friendly handbooks are indispensable tools for any project.

"Distilling both his own hard-won experience and the combined wisdom of the rapidly-expanding worldwide earthbag network, Hart delivers a thorough, detailed and readable guidebook that tells you everything you need to know for success with this potent technique."
- Michael G. Smith, co-editor,The Art of Natural Buildingand co-author,The Hand-Sculpted House

"A must-have book¿with practical and essential information on this user-friendly method of construction."
- Will Beemer, author,Learn to Timber Frame

"Hart demonstrates that anyone can build a home, so use this book and give it a go!"
- Penny Pickerill author,Eco-Homes: People, Place and Politics

"I wouldn't even attempt it without studying this book thoroughly and referring to it throughout the building process."
- Rob Roy, author,Essential Cordwood BuildingandCordwood Building

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780865718647
ISBN-10: 0865718644
Pagini: 144
Dimensiuni: 213 x 277 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: New Society Publishers
Seria Sustainable Building Essentials Series


Cuprins

Acknowledgments
Foreword

Chapter 1: A Brief History of Earthbag Building
Chapter 2: Appropriate Uses for Earthbags
Chapter 3: Building Science Notes
Chapter 4: Material Specifications
 Bags
 Fill materia
 Barbed wire and other types of reinforcement
 Plaster
Chapter 5: Tools
Chapter 6: Foundations
Chapter 7: Building Walls
 Locate source of fill material
 Filling bags
 Placing barbed wire and twine
 Laying bags in a pattern
 Closing the top of the bag
 Using a metal slider
 Tamping the bags
 Placing vertical reinforcement rods
 Building domes
Chapter 8: Design Considerations and Constraints
 Vertical walls
 Domes
 Vaults
 Buttresses
 Bond beams
 Door and window openings
 Door and window bucks
 Arches and other shapes
 Spacing openings
 Vertical reinforcement for openings
 Lintels
 Wall thickness
 More than one story
Below-grade construction
Chapter 9: Plastering the Walls
Chapter 10: Floor and Roof Options
 Slab on grade
 Masonry floors
 Adobe floors
 Suspended floors
 Roofs
Chapter 11: How to Include Utilities
 Plumbing
 Electrical
 Heating
 Ventilation
 Cabinetry
Chapter 12: Strategies for Seismic Reinforcement
Chapter 13: General Budgeting Information
Chapter 14: Maintenance and Renovation
Chapter 15: Building Codes
Chapter 16: Other Uses for Earthbags
 Retaining walls
 Cisterns
 Dams
 Root cellars and pantries
 Sculpture and art
Resources
 Author's websites
 Other websites
 Books
 DVDs
 Workshops
Bag supplies online

Index
About the Author
A Note About the Publisher


Notă biografică

Kelly Hartis a pioneering earthbag builder, author, and filmmaker. The building of his multi-dome earthbag Colorado residence is chronicled in the video Building with Bags: How We Made Our Experimental Earthbag/Papercrete House. Kelly also founded and hosts the widely visited natural and green building websites greenhomebuilding.com, devoted to all aspects of sustainable architecture and natural building, dreamgreenhomes.com, which features a wide range of ecological home plans for sale by various architects and designers, and earthbagbuilding.com which explores in depth the many possibilities for building with earthbags. Kelly's other publications includeRolling Shelter: Vehicles We Have Called Home, Remodel Green: Make Your Home Serve Your Life, andEarthbag Architecture: Build Your Dream with Bags. Kelly lives in Silver City, New Mexico.


Descriere

Essential Earthbag Construction is an illustrated guide to building with earth-filled polypropylene bags, a low-impact, highly durable method of construction. It includes material specifications, installation, design guidance, foundations, wall plastering, basic utilities, seismic reinforcement, maintenance, and the variety of uses.