Stone House: A Guide To Self-Building with Slipforms, Revised Edition
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| Rating | : | 4.52 (662 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0473148218 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 214 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Worth Buying I purchased this book after landing into a project to build a commercial kitchen using slipform masonry. I purchased it as an ebook online. It is definitely comprehensive and gave me a lot of ideas on what to do and pitfalls. There were enough diagrams to assist as well. I trained as a Civil Engineer and so wasn't going to be fooled by a second rate attempt to describe building techniqu. "A decent primer on slipforms" according to B. Yetter. There are a handful of books written on slipforms. This is one of the most professional. The author devotes a fair amount of the book to tangents about energy conservation and his own personal architectural philosophies, but that aside, he gives very clear advice on the process. There is a decent amount of diagrams, and the writing is clear and straightforward.. / said Wish I could do this .. Detailed, hands-on, illustrated, conversational, and downright inspiring. Slipform casting really seems like as-easy-as-possible way to build a stone house. Smart little piggy !
Tomm Stanley is an American who has been living in New Zealand since 1995. He is the author of Stone House: A Guide to Building with Slipforms, now in its second edition, Going Solar: Understanding and Using the Warmth in Sunlight and the children's book The Big Tree at George and Charlotte's House.. On his rural New Zealand property Tomm has cre
Stone House focuses on the story of Tomm Stanley s own experience of building his house with the slipform method. This book is certainly not your average how-to offering; it is more like a tapestry of information and entertainment interwoven with technical advice, diagrams and pictures, tales of the owner builder experience and as the title implies, plenty of guidance on how to build your own stone house using the slipform method of construction. It makes great reading for those that are on the way to becoming self-builders as well as the rest of us that dream of such adventures.. Have you ever dreamed of building or at least living in a beautiful stone house? For mo
On his rural New Zealand property Tomm has created an environmentally friendly, off-the-grid lifestyle that provides a balance to his professional life as an international management consultant. About the AuthorTomm Stanley is an American who has been living in New Zealand since 1995. He is the author of Stone House: A Guide to Building with Slipforms, now in its second edition, Going Solar: Understanding and Using the Warmth in Sunlight and the children's book The Big Tree at George and Charlotte's House.