{"product_id":"9780865715073","title":"Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques","description":"\u003cp\u003eOver 70 percent of Americans cannot afford to own a code-enforced, contractor-built home. This has led to widespread interest in using natural materials—straw, cob, and earth—for building homes and other buildings that are inexpensive, and that rely largely on labor rather than expensive and often environmentally-damaging outsourced materials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eEarthbag Building\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive guide to all the tools, tricks, and techniques for building with bags filled with earth—or earthbags. Having been introduced to sandbag construction by the renowned Nader Khalili in 1993, the authors developed this \"Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique\" over the last decade. A reliable method for constructing homes, outbuildings, garden walls and much more, this enduring, tree-free architecture can also be used to create arched and domed structures of great beauty—in any region, and at home, in developing countries, or in emergency relief work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis profusely illustrated guide first discusses the many merits of earthbag construction, and then leads the reader through the key elements of an earthbag building:\u003cbr\u003e Special design considerations\u003cbr\u003e Foundations, walls and floors\u003cbr\u003e Electrical, plumbing and shelving\u003cbr\u003e Lintels, windows and door installations\u003cbr\u003e Roofs, arches and domes\u003cbr\u003e Exterior and interior plasters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith dedicated sections on costs, making your own specialized tools, and building code considerations, as well as a complete resources guide, \u003ci\u003eEarthbag Building\u003c\/i\u003e is the long-awaited, definitive guide to this uniquely pleasing construction style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKaki Hunter and Donald Kiffmeyer have been involved in the construction industry for the last 20 years, specializing in affordable, low-tech, low-impact building methods that are as natural as possible. They developed the \"Flexible Form Rammed Earth Technique\" of building affordably with earthbags and have taught the subject and contributed their expertise to several books and journals on natural building.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"New Society Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47032841175280,"sku":"9780865715073","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780865715073_p0.jpg?v=1763825662","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780865715073","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}