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Essential Rammed Earth Construction covers design, building science, tools, and step-by-step building methods for building with rammed earth - and, gravel, and clay or lime/cement binder packed into forms - in any climate with an emphasis on cold climates.

Title Essential rammed earth construction : the complete step-by-step guide / Tim Krahn and Meror Krayenhoff.
Publisher Gabriola Island, BC : New Society Publishers
Creation Date [2018]
Content Front Cover -- Praise -- Title Page -- New Society Sustainable Building Essentials Series -- Rights Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Rationale and Appropriate Use -- Chapter 3: Building Science Notes -- Chapter 4: Materials -- Color Section -- Chapter 5: Wall System Examples and Structural Design Considerations -- Chapter 6: Tools and Mixing -- Chapter 7: Construction Methods -- Chapter 8: Cost Estimates Based on a Cement-Stabilized Rammed Earth Project -- Chapter 9: Wall Surfaces, Openings, and Embedments -- Chapter 10: Building Code Developments -- Appendix A: Sample Engineering Specification -- Appendix B: Alternative Solutions Proposal -- Definitions -- Resources and Material Suppliers -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author -- A Note About the Publisher -- A Guide to Responsible Digital Reading.
Series Sustainable Building Essentials Series
v.9
Extent 1 online resource (170 pages)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2019
National Library system number 997010705144905171
MARC RECORDS

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