Stone House: A Guide to Self-Building With Slipforms - Softcover

Stanley, Tomm

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0473099705 ISBN 13: 9780473099701

Publisher: Stonefield Pub, 2004

Synopsis

You won't need to be an expert stonemason or even have much construction experience to build your own house with one of the world's most traditional building materials--stone. Stone House: A Guide to Self-Building with Slipforms contains all the information you'll need to successfully build a stone home for yourself, from clearing the building site to topping the stone walls in preparation for roof framing.

While providing a wealth of information on a range of relevant subjects, Tomm Stanley uses an instructional narrative to lead readers through the process of building with stone and slipforms. This is the first book dedicated to slipform stone masonry in many years. Topics include:* Traditional stonemasonry and slipforming,* Basic geology and where to source suitable stone,* Passive solar principles,* Concrete making and techniques for molding and casting concrete, and * Methods for restoring recycled wooden windows and doors. There's even a section on the usage of metric measurement written especially for Americans from the view of an American now living in a metric country.

About this title

About the Author

Tomm Stanley was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Since 1991 he has been working oversees and is now a corporate trainer and management consultant. Tomm has worked as a home and commercial buildings maintenance contractor and was a materials supervisor with the U.S. Antarctic program at both McMurdo and South Pole Stations. He now resides near Christchurch, New Zealand.

Edition details

• Publisher: Stonefield Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0473099705
• ISBN 13: 9780473099701
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208