Building Your Straw Bale Home{BBS} torrent

This practical guide is written especially for the owner-builder and provides step-by-step instructions supported by diagrams and photographs.

It covers the construction process from site preparation through to foundations, concrete slabs, strip footings and stumps. Special techniques for straw bale construction and the integration of these techniques with those of conventional house building are also covered, including floors, timber wall-frames, ceilings and roof framing. Advice is offered on plumbing and electrical work in a straw bale house.
Product Details

* Paperback: 280 pages
* Publisher: CSIRO Publishing (September 15, 2006)
* Language: English
* ISBN-10: 0643092420
* ISBN-13: 978-0643092426