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earth-sheltered houses: how to build an affordable underground home earth-sheltered houses: how to build an affordable underground home
Rob Roy

"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. 256pp

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the earth-sheltered house: an architect's sketchbook the earth-sheltered house: an architect's sketchbook
Malcolm Wells

This book demonstrates a principle so simple and so logical that it has nearly disappeared from architectural radar screen. Animals ans humand know the best way to keep warm in winter and cool in summer, is to surround the living space with the insulating power of the earth. Combine the thermal properties of earthern walls with simple principles of passive solar energy, and you have a foundation for unbeatable energy effeciency.
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the earth sheltered solar greenhouse book: how to build an energy free year-round greenhouse the earth sheltered solar greenhouse book: how to build an energy free year-round greenhouse
Mike Oehler

This book teaches how to design and build the perfect greenhouse for any need in any climate without spending a penny more than necessary. It enables readers to learn how to capture and store the sun's heat, cut greenhouse heating bills by 75 percent. The author of the successful "50$ and Up Underground House" moves into the garden and shows us how to build the ultimate energy saving greenhouse.


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