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Item Details
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BUILDING WITH STRAW BALES
A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE |
| By: |
Barbara Jones |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£19.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0857842307 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780857842305 |
| Publisher: |
GREEN BOOKS |
| Pub. date: |
29 May, 2015 |
| Edition: |
Full colour edition |
| Series: |
Sustainable Building 6 |
| Pages: |
240 |
| Description: |
In this full colour, fully updated new edition of the book Grand Designs described as "the essential guide to straw-bale building"; Barbara Jones uses her 20 years of experience in natural building methods to guide self-builders and architects through using straw as a sustainable material for a diverse range of comfortable and environmentally friendly buildings. |
| Synopsis: |
This book explains in straightforward terms the principles of straw-bale building for self-builders, architects and construction industry professionals.Straw-bale buildings are cost-effective, easy to build and are highly energy efficient, enabling you to design and build beautiful, environmentally friendly buildings. Written with non-experts in mind, this practical book takes you through everything you need to know in an easy, accessible way:? The benefits of building with straw bales? Design principles? Building with straw bales? Finishes: lime and clay plasters? Planning and permission? Building regulationsThis revised and expanded third edition brings the book up to date and includes lots of stunning full-colour photographs throughout to illustrate the design and build process.Supporting materials for the third edition of Building with Straw Bales are available on the Green Books website. |
| Illustrations: |
Diagrams; Illustrations, color |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Green Books |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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