• Design and installation techniques, tips, and shortcuts used by professionals• Provides step-by-step instructions, timeframe for completing plus skills and materials lists
• "Wisdom of the Aisles" on every page guarantees success
• Details how to design, layout, maintain, and work with a variety of materials in building patios and walkways
• Features walkways using soft set paths, hard bed paths, brick and paver patterns, and boardwalks
The best-selling and highly regarded reference to sustainable construction gets an update! It’s refreshed with a completely revised introduction, a bright new cover, and extensive online resource tie-ins. Plus, it’s now printed on recycled paper with agri-based inks, so it’s greener than ever!
This groundbreaking book doesn’t just tell you about ?green” house-building techniques: it actually shows you, with more than 1,200 step-by-step photographs that follow the actual erection of an alternative building from site selection to final-touch interior details. Readers will get a clear sense of the real world challenges as Snell and Callahan create a lovely country cottage using four methods: straw bale, cob, cordwood, and modified stick-frame.
Along with sidebars throughout, there’s a thorough discussion of the fundamentals of building construction, alternative approaches, and designing a beautiful yet environmentally responsible home. Building Green was the first book of its kind?and it remains heads and shoulders above other titles in this field.
• Design and installation techniques, tips, and shortcuts used by professionals• Provides step-by-step instructions, timeframe for completing plus skills and materials lists
• "Wisdom of the Aisles" on every page guarantees success
• Details how to design, layout, maintain, and work with a variety of materials in building patios and walkways
• Features walkways using soft set paths, hard bed paths, brick and paver patterns, and boardwalks
Price: $24.95
