Living More with Less Item#: 9780836119305
Presents a pattern for living with less and contains a wealth of practical suggestions for living a simpler life that puts less stress on the environment.
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Build Your Own Low-Cost Log Home Item#: 9780882663999
While basic construction techniques are presented the text leads you into more complex multi-floor dwellings as well. You will learn: How to shape logs, make corners, erect walls, fit joists, add decks and porches, plus more.
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Cob Builders Handbook Item#: 9780965908207
Exactly what you'd want from a book on building with cob (a building material made of mud, straw, and sand, with a long and global history). Accessible, folksy, simple, step-by-step, and loaded with clear black and white illustrations and diagrams.
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Barns & Outbuildings Item#: 9781585741182
Gather family and friends together and build dog houses, barns, cattle stalls, a corncrib or whatever you may need around the place. Maybe make a bonfire from the wood scrqps and have a cookout.
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Timber Framers Workshop Item#: 9781889269009
Timber framing is destined to remain as one of buildings most enduring forms, not only because of its intrinsic beauty, but because it is a pure and strong structural system.
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Natural House Item#: 9781890132576
A tour of the construction, costs, pros and cons of fourteen building methods. Straw bale, rammed earth, cob, cordwood, adobe, earthbags, papercrete, Earthships....
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Circle Houses Speak to the Soul Item#: 9781890132866
This book contains basic instructions for designing and constructing your own 21st century yurt, tipi or bent-frame tent. Circle homes are remarkable for their economy, resilience and portability.
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Natural Home Heating Item#: 9781931498227
Find practical information on stoves, fireplaces, furnaces and boilers that use wood, pellets, corn and grain.
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Solar House Item#: 9781931498128
Learn how to select a cost effective, energy efficient back-up system; how to preserve air quality in an air-tight home; ways to employ "green" building materials in a naturally conditioned home.
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ElderHouse: Planning Your Best Home Ever Item#: 9781931498111
ElderHouse: Planning Your Best Home Ever. Adelaide Altman has created a practical and timely guide to help prevent accidents, ensure comfort, and maintain an independent, sustainable lifestyle in your own home as you age.
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Log Home: Care & Maintenance Item#: 9781592283385
Maintenance is a valuable reference that will help you save time and money, and avoid frustration-- while ensuring that you get all the benefits and pleasure of living in a beautiful, solid, and satisfying home.
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Good House Book Item#: 9781579902810
Build an eco-friendly, energy efficient, and sustainable "good House" that's also warm, welcoming, and uniquely your own, environmentally conscious focus, and is packed with solid, up-to-date information on making the switch to alternative building
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Complete Yurt Handbook Item#: 9781899233083
the yurt has evolved into the ultimate portable dwelling. These virtues have been recognized in the West and now we find yurts used for many purposes - offices, summer houses, meditation spaces, spare rooms, or just satisfying spaces to be in.
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Independent Energy Guide Item#: 9780964411203
You'll understand how a power system works, be able to talk intelligently with equipment suppliers about your needs, and have the necessary tools to make and manage you own electricity.
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Independent Builder Item#: 9780930031855
The most complete and easy-to-use housebuilding handbook available anywhere. This comprehensive manual of design, planning, and building methods provides readers with the tools to build a home that will be beautiful and comfortable.
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New Ecological Home Item#: 9781931498166
Shelter, like many elements of human existence, comes at an extraordinary cost to our planet and its inhabitants.the staggering amounts of electricity, water, and nonrenewable products consumed in the day-to-day operation of the modern household
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Freewheeling Homes Item#: 9781931498036
From families who have made their homes in converted buses, restored show folk's vans, and hand-crafted gypsy wagons; individuals who have re-learnt ancient and traditional wagon building arts, or restored vintage caravans and the vehicles totow them
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Treehouses SB Item#: 9781890132859
Build your treehouse in the way that is best for the tree and the forest, make building your treehouse as much fun as living in it. Treehouses gives you both the information and motivation to build your own treetop home
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Womans Hands On Home Repair Item#: 9780882669731
Fix appliances, from washers and dryers to disposals and ice makers; Fuses, switches, outlets, and lighting fixtures; Dripping faucets and clogged drains; Broken windows, stuck doors, and faulty latches; Holes in walls and creaky or worn floors.
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Bungalows, Camps, & Mountain Houses Item#: 9781602390072
This unrivalled classic reveals the designs of thirty-two American architects, including descriptions of materials, siting, sanitation, color, furnishings, and an entire chapter devoted to camps, lodges, and log cabins.
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Passive Solar House, Rev Item#: 9781933392035
The new edition of this best-selling guide includes CSOL passive solar design software, making it easier than ever to heat your home with the power of the sun.
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Making Rag Rugs Item#: 9781580174558
original designs includes patterns and color schemes for the contemporary home, as well as inspiration for creating your own unique designs. A detailed tools and materials list and a resource list for finding and ordering supplies
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Quick Fixes for the Home Handywoman Item#: 9781844004751
Quick Fixes for the Home Handywoman by Bridget Bodoano. Packed with tips, useful facts, and quick fixes, it's the ultimate guide to DIY projects.
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Quick Fixes Valu-Pak Item#: VP-5
Quick Fixes Valu-Pak by Bridget Bodoano. The ultimate guide to every home improvement job. And earth-friendly cleaning solutions for every room in the house.
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Building Green Item#: 9781579905323
Building Green by Clarke Snell & Tim Callahan. A Complete How-To Guide to Alternative Building Methods Earth Plaster * Straw Bale * Cordwood * Cob * Living Roofs.
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