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Edition: Paperback
Format: full-color photographs, illustrations
Pages: 8 x 10, 288 pages
ISBN: 978-1-933392-37-0
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Release Date: 2007-06-07

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Table of Contents

CONTENTS


Foreword

Introduction

Chapter One: The Evolution of Earth building

Chapter Two: The Point of Beginning – How design and materials integrate

Chapter Three: The Architectural Plan

Chapter Four: In Preparation for Building

Chapter Five: Foundations

Chapter Six: The Essential Soil

Chapter Seven: The Art of Form building

Chapter Eight: Soil Preparation and Compaction

Chapter Nine: Doors, Windows, Niches and Fireplaces

Chapter Ten: Bond Beams and Basic Engineering Principles

Chapter Eleven: Electrical and Plumbing

Chapter Twelve: Roofs and Floors, Or After the Wall Chapter Thirteen: The House in the Garden