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Title: The Natural Plaster Book: Earth, Lime and Gypsum Plasters for Natural Homes (Natural Building Series) by Cedar Rose Guelberth, Dan Chiras ISBN: 0-86571-449-5 Publisher: New Society Publishers Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: The Bible on Natural Plasters
Comment: This book was late in coming, but the wait was well worth it! There's nothing like this book on the market today...not even close!
I especially like how thorough this book is. I really appreciated the clear and detailed explanations of all aspects of plastering -- from the design of homes (so they will be suitable for natural plasters) to wall preparation to testing, mixing, and applying plasters.
The authors skillfully walk the reader through all of the steps required to plaster a natural home, anticipating mistakes you might make -- and telling you how to avoid them. Although the book focuses on plastering strawbale buildings, there's lots of good advice for plastering numerous other natural homes.
This book attempts to develop a deep understanding of plasters. To do so, the authors begin by describing the components of plasters -- and what each one does. Knowing that subsoils are different at each building site, the authors give general guidelines for making plasters. They tell you how to test your soils and potential plaster mixes. No, you won't find recipes for plasters...that would be fruitless due to the variability of subsoils. But you will find some examples you can start with and good, solid explanations of the steps you have to take to make plasters using the dirt you have at your site!
I was also very impressed by the extensive coverage of finish plasters and alises as well as the detailed resource guide and the excellent photos and drawings, although some were a bit small. Sometimes the text seemed a bit repetitive, but in retrospect that helped me memorize the details.
Rating: 3
Summary: Almost Worth the Wait
Comment: I had been waiting for this book from the publisher for over half a year. While it has many helpful details on the nature of additives and why they would be used, and the application of plasters to different substrates, with emphasis on covering straw bale homes, there are no recipes. This really disappointed me, as I believe I could have figured out how to hold a hawk and trowel, and really, anyone building all or part of their house will likely have passed the point of getting useful information out of the first 84 pages by the time they get to need some eductation on plasters. Hopefully, a saving grace will be the resource guide in the back, but access to that could have been obtained by borrowing it from the library.
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Title: Serious Straw Bale: A Home Construction Guide for All Climates (Real Goods Solar Living Book.) by Paul Lacinski, Michel Bergeron ISBN: 1890132640 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: The Hand-Sculpted House: A Philosophical and Practical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage (The Real Goods Solar Living Book) by Ianto Evans, Michael G. Smith, Linda Smiley, Deanne Bednar ISBN: 1890132349 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: The New Strawbale Home by Catherine Wanek ISBN: 1586852035 Publisher: Gibbs Smith Publishers Pub. Date: 01 August, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Straw Bale Details: A Manual for Designers and Builders (Natural Building Series) by Chris Magwood ISBN: 0865714762 Publisher: New Society Publishers Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $32.95 |
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Title: Create an Oasis With Greywater: Your Complete Guide to Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systems by Art Ludwig ISBN: 0964343304 Publisher: Oasis Design Pub. Date: 01 February, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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