Essential Light Straw Clay Construction

144 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h48min.
Featured in: Permaculture Magazine NA , features offered to: Green Builder, Fine Home Building, Excerpts offered to GRIT, The Family Handyman, Mother Earth News, GRIT, Acres USA, Resilience.org, Natural Building Networks Advertising in Mother Earth News, Permaculture NA Promoted with microwebsite on Green Builder Magazine with chapter excerpts and blog Promoted as part of the Sustainable Building Essentials series Promotion on author's website www.theflyinghammer.com Galley available on Edelweiss Promotion to natural building associations through in-house targeted list Publicity and promotion in conjunction with the author's speaking engagements Promotion via New Society Publishers social media platforms. The author helped to legitimize straw bale construction in the Pacific Northwest by constructing Portland's first permitted straw bale addition and Portland's first permitted straw bale residence. Flying Hammer Productions is her natural building construction company focused on pushing the boundaries of affordable and energy-efficient housing T his is the first non-proprietary how-to manual on light straw clay building, for residential, commercial, small-scale, and large scale buildings. Essential Light Straw Clay Construction will walk the beginner or interested experienced builder through the variety of ways to build using a Light Straw Clay wall system Essential Light Straw Clay Construction highlights a variety of wall systems including timber frame, pole frame, stud frame, existing framing, Larsen trusses, conventional framing This is the fourth book in the Sustainable Building Essentials series Includes drawings and photos detailing the various tools, techniques, and wall sections for light straw clay infill wall systems, making this a great general resource for anyone interested in building with light straw clay. Code compliant with its own building code addendum for New Mexico, enabling its adoption across in the US The first highly illustrated, comprehensive guide to light straw clay - a high performance, low-impact, durable building material Light straw clay - straw mixed with clay slip - is a versatile, easy-to-use wall building material. Also called "slip-straw", its durability has been proven in beautiful, centuries-old buildings across Northern Europe and in modern high-performance buildings in North America. Building code compliant in the US and using "waste" materials with high insulation value and excellent moisture handling qualities, it's both high-performance and low-impact. Yet until now, there has been no practical guide to using the material in a wide variety of construction and renovation projects. Distilling decades of experience, Essential Light Straw Clay Construction is a fully illustrated step-by-step guide, ideal for both the DIYer and professional designer and builder alike. It covers: Material specifications, performance, and when and where to use it Estimating quantities, costs, and sourcing Illustrated, step-by-step guidance for mixing and installation, including "slip-chip" variations Detail drawings for various wall systems including stud, timber, and pole framing, Larsen trusses, I-joists, plus retrofits Code references, compliance, and best practice Finishing and maintenance techniques Additional resources. Lydia Doleman , a licenced contractor, taught carpentry and natural building at Solar Energy International in Colorado and was lead ecological builder for Portland's City Repair project. She's created beautiful, high-performance, low-impact buildings across the Northwest, from Portland's first permitted straw bale home and The Rebuilding Center's cob entryway, to a 3,300-sq. f light clay straw brewery. She's written for The Last Straw Journal and Permaculture Activist and appeared on NBC News and HGTV's Off Beat America . Lydia lives in southern Oregon. Acknowledgments Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Rationale Chapter 3: Appropriate Use Chapter 4: Building Science Notes Chapter 5 : Material Specifications Chapter 6: Design Options: Framing Systems and Form Options Chapter 7: Design Notes, Details, and Budgeting Chapter 8: Construction Procedures Chapter 9: Finishes Chapter 10: Maintenance and Renovation Chapter 11: Building Codes Chapter 12: Tools Appendix 1: APPENDIX R – Light Straw Clay Construction, from 2015 IRC Index About the Author