Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living Book 8)

Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Mother Earth News Books for Wiser Living Book 8)

by Kaki Hunter

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257 pages~4.3 hr readPublished by New Society Publishers, LimitedPublished 2004-01-01

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Perfect for you if...

  • You're priced out of traditional housing and want a practical, illustrated manual for building something affordable with your own hands.
  • You're interested in sustainable building materials and want detailed instructions on creating durable structures without waste.
  • You work in emergency relief, developing countries, or community building projects and need techniques that work anywhere with minimal resources.

Maybe not for you if...

  • You need quick answers without detailed explanation. This is a thorough technical guide, not a cheat sheet.
  • You live in a strict urban environment where experimental building techniques won't pass local codes, even if you wanted to try.
  • You prefer to hire professionals rather than learn construction yourself. This book assumes you're doing the building.

About this book

The only comprehensive, illustrated step-by-step guide to building with earthbags. Over seventy percent of Americans cannot afford code-enforced, contractor-built homes, leading to increased interest in natural building materials like straw, cob, and earth. These alternatives offer inexpensive construction that relies on labor rather than costly, environmentally damaging outsourced materials. Earthbag Building covers all tools, tricks, and techniques for constructing with earth-filled bags. The authors, introduced to sandbag construction by Nader Khalili in 1993, developed the "Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique" over the following decade. This method creates durable, tree-free structures suitable for homes, outbuildings, garden walls, and arched or domed designs in any region, developing countries, or emergency relief work. The guide addresses design considerations, foundations, walls, floors, electrical and plumbing systems, shelving, lintels, windows, doors, roofs, arches, domes, and exterior and interior plasters. Additional sections cover costs, making specialized tools, building code considerations, and a complete resources guide.

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