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Author:   Kelly Hart
Publisher:   New Society Publishers
Imprint:   New Society Publishers
Volume:   8
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   0.415kg
ISBN:  

9780865718647

ISBN 10:   0865718644
Pages:   144
Publication Date:   01 May 2018
Recommended Age:   From 16 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Temporarily unavailable  
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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