Earth-Sheltered Houses
, by Roy, Rob
- ISBN: 9780865715219 | 0865715211
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 6/30/2006
An Earth-Sheltered, Earth-Roofed Home has the least impact upon the land of all housing styles, leaving almost zero footprint on the planet and creating a dwelling in harmony with its environment. But early attempts at constructing underground houses ran into a host of problems that modern technology and more evolved experience with the technique have now solved.
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| Appendix A: Radon | 223 | (4) | |||
| Appendix B: Resources | 227 | (7) | |||
| Appendix C: Stress Load Calculations | 234 | (9) | |||
| Appendix D: Metric Conversion Tables | 243 | (1) | |||
| Annotated Bibliography | 244 | (5) | |||
| Index | 249 | (6) | |||
| About the Author | 255 |
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