Essential Earthbag Construction

The Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Kelly Hart (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

144 Seiten

2018
New Society Publishers (Verlag)
978-0-86571-864-7 (ISBN)

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Essential Earthbag Construction is an illustrated guide to building with earth-filled polypropylene bags, a low-impact, highly durable method of construction. It includes material specifications, installation, design guidance, foundations, wall plastering, basic utilities, seismic reinforcement, maintenance, and the variety of uses.

Build economical and resilient earthbag structures using simple tools and techniques.

Earthbag construction- building with polypropylene bags usually filled with earthen materials- is a versatile, easy-to-master, low-impact, and highly durable form of building, suitable for structures from houses to root cellars.

Containing over 75 photos and illustrations, Essential Earthbag Construction is a practical guide to this affordable method of building. Going well beyond the scope of other sources, this indispensable manual is packed with all the information you need to determine if it's the right choice for your project, and to start building. Distilling decades of experience, research, and best practices, it covers:

Material specifications, performance, and when and where to use it
Pros and cons of different fills from gravel, to earth and clay, to insulative perlite, rice hulls, and volcanic stone
Illustrated, step-by-step guidance for efficient bag filling and installation
Details for various designs, including domes and arches
Foundation options and seismic and stability considerations
Finishing and maintenance techniques
Tools and materials
Additional resources.

Essential Earthbag Construction presents the practical guidance and best practices for both the DIYer and professional to design and build high-quality earthbag structures.

Kelly Hart is 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 include Rolling Shelter: Vehicles We Have Called Home, Remodel Green: Make Your Home Serve Your Life, and Earthbag Architecture: Build Your Dream with Bags. Kelly lives in Silver City, New Mexico.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	25.04.2018
Reihe/Serie	Sustainable Building Essentials Series
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations
Verlagsort	Gabriola Island
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	415 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
Themenwelt	Technik ► Architektur
ISBN-10	0-86571-864-4 / 0865718644
ISBN-13	978-0-86571-864-7 / 9780865718647
Zustand	Neuware