Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction

 

Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction
Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction
by Authors: Paul Graham McHenry
Released: October, 1989
ISBN: 0816511241
Paperback

Sales Rank: 52,364
List price: $27.95
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Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction > Customer Review #1:
How to Build Your Own Adobe Home

This book is for the individual who wants to and is able to build his/her own home. The details are geared towards someone who is already familiar with building techniques and jargon. If youre planning to design your own adobe home but have a contractor do the actually building of it, you probably dont need to know this much and will be overwhelmed by the information provided.

Adobe and Rammed Earth Buildings: Design and Construction > Customer Review #2:
Excellent first book on adobe and rammed earth buildings.

This book is easy to read and understand when the author explains adobe and rammed earth buildings. The book seems to be a bit more focused on the details of adobe brick making which is great if that is what you want. The rammed earth sections are very informative but lack some of the construction details. I would have liked to have seen more detailed decriptions with better drawings of forms, for example. The author also has several table having containg soil composition that was a bit too technical for practical use. Overall,I believe this book is well worth the money for an introduction to adobe and rammed earth buildings. Additional books would be needed to learn enough to build one yourself though.

 
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