MORE Straw Bale Building: How to Plan, Design and Build with Straw By Chris Magwood, Peter Mack and Tina Therrien Straw bale houses are easy to build, affordable, super energy efficient, environmentally friendly, attractive, and can be designed to match the builder's personal space needs, esthetics, and budget. Despite mushrooming interest in the technique, however, most straw bale books focus on "selling" the dream of straw-bale building, but don't adequately address the most critical issues faced by bale house builders. Moreover, since many developments in this field are recent, few books are completely up to date with the latest techniques. More Straw Bale Building is designed to fill this gap. A completely rewritten edition of the 20,000-copy best-selling original, it leads the potential builder through the entire process of building a bale structure, tackling all the practical issues: finding and choosing bales; developing sound building plans; roofing; electrical, plumbing, and heating systems; building code compliance; and special concerns for builders in northern climates. New material includes: • more extensive sections on electric wiring and plumbing • updated sections on bale finishes and finishing • a section on prefabricated straw bale walls • a wider selection of case studies, photographs and illustrations • a section on common mistakes • budgeting for low-, medium- and high-cost projects, and • new testing data that is in no other straw bale book. Down-to earth and complete, More Straw Bale Building makes the remarkable benefits of straw bale building available in the most comprehensive and practical book on the subject to date. A Mother Earth News Book for Wiser Living About the Contributors: Chris Magwood and Peter Mack are professional straw bale builders and consultants who have constructed over 40 straw bale buildings, consulting on many more. They have taught workshops and seminars across the continent and overseas, and are authors of one of the first straw bale how-to books, Straw Bale Building which has sold 20,000 copies. Chris Magwood has been editor of The Last Straw Journal, an international quarterly devoted to straw-bale building, since 2001. Paperback - 288 pages Width: 8 Inches x Height: 9 Inches Weight: 800 Grams HOUSE & HOME / Design & Construction ISBN-10 0865715181 Pub. Date 2005-03-20 Straw Bale Building: How to Design, Plan and Build with Straw by Magwood and Mack - THIS BOOK OUT OF PRINT- the book shown here replaces it. Alternate straw option: Timberframe or stick frame structures with light straw clay or woodchip clay/sawdust clay wall infill material can provide a beautiful, breathable wall home-with less bale footprint, and easier to get through permits. Finish with a warm clay plaster or pure lime plaster and create an enduring home for generations. See the Dirtcheapbuilder Guide on CD -#1001-$7.00 for building details on Light Straw and Wood Chip Clay- built by non-professionals. sheetrock, fiberglass batts, and VOC paints.) ALSO There are NEW DVDS on complete straw bale building, and plastering, with currrent detailing tips and construction guides. View : DVD-A Comprehensive Guide to Building with Straw Bales -$36. and the NEW Building with Awareness DVD & Book- on this page, and the Videos page. |