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Adobe: Build It Yourself, Revised Edition
by Paul Grham McHenry Jr.
Product Group: Book
Publisher: University of Arizona Press (1985-08-01)
ISBN: 0816509484
EAN: 9780816509485
Dewey Decimal #: 972.1060924
Paperback: 158 pages
Edition: Rev Sub
SKU: 080519005
Condition: New
Comments: 0816509484 New, never read, may have minor wear on cover.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
This book explores the depths of adobe and enables the reader to build their own home intelligently and realistically. With an emphasis on adobe construction, McHenry discusses the planning of every aspect of one's home from the financing to the foundation, the floors to the fireplaces. The prospective builder must be prepared for a long period of frustration, doubt, worry, and plain hard work, but the helpful ideas found on the pages of this book will encourage readers to build despite the challenges. McHenry describes this process as a tremendous puzzle, for which one must create and arrange all the pieces, and then live with the result.
McHenry begins with a brief history of adobe and then moves on to the planning of the home, emphasizing the influence of individual ideas. The intention of this book is to help bridge the gap between architects, builders, craftsmen, and the unskilled but determined individual who wants to build their own home. This book outlines the technical aspects of adobe construction with several pictures and figures to simplify production.
The creation of a home, from the earliest design concepts to successful completion, is one of the most rewarding experiences one can ever have. McHenry's Adobe offers a realistic and straightforward guide to "doing it yourself." His advice regarding adobe is useful for professionals and amateurs alike.
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Customer Reviews
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good overview
Rating  (3)
Date: 2000-02-20
73 out of 74 customers found this reveiw helpful
Full of good basic information. You quickly realize that unless you are a builder, you will not be able to build it yourself but that you will at least have some knowledge to help you make decisions about the process, and to oversee and talk with your builder intelligently. Very few pictures, no house plans. Does include basic information to help you draw your own plan.
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