The Rammed Earth House: Revised Edition (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing; Revised edition (June 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1933392371
• ISBN-13: 978-1933392370
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #305,300 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, lacks some detail on construction, February 24, 1997

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This review is from: The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book) (Paperback)

In Venezuela, South America, there is some interest in reviving an old method of cobnstruction, called "tapial" in spanish (rammed earth). Many old building remain in South America from the time of the spaniards. The book illustrates how a modern enginee, David Easton, in California, has taken over the problem of building with rammed earth in country where there is very little "tradition", hence know how, on building with rammed earth. The book lacks detail on the rammed earth system employed by the authors. More drawings and pictures would be very useful to translate modern technology to underdevelopped countries. Best regards, Miguel A. Megias, Professor of Engineering Universidad de Carabobo Valencia, Venezuela e-mail [e-mail].v

23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "East Coaster" Looking to use Rammed Earth, April 5, 2000

By	JOHN K KURTZ (Lititz, Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book) (Paperback)

I purchased this book in order to find an optimistic source on the subject of rammed earth. David Easton does have a positive attitude about the subject. I enjoyed his enthusiasm. I enjoyed the 10 or so pages of color pictures and the many black and white pictures through the book. Like another reviewer, I felt the book lacked some good engineering sketches and some good pictoral illustrations of the forming systems. I was encouraged enough by his book to want to build a rammed earth house somewhere in the coming years. [e-mail].

15 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource!, January 22, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Rammed Earth House (Real Goods Independent Living Book) (Paperback)

I found this book, as other books by Real Goods, to be very informative and easy for the layperson to comprehend. David presents the information in a reader friendly style, and the photos greatly enhance the script.