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Title: The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-By-Step Guide for Owner-Builders by Charles K. Long ISBN: 1-55209-298-4 Publisher: Firefly Books Pub. Date: October, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An unusually good book for beginners
Comment: A VERY good book which tells you not only the 'hows', but the 'whys' too. Long does a very good job of anticipating the nuts-and-bolts questions, he even describes some of the newbie problems HE had. He's somebody who has walked the walk, having made many of the mistakes for you in advance.
Rating: 4
Summary: A good start - lots of photos and basic instructions.
Comment:
There's a Polish saying that to be a man one has to plant a tree, raise a son, and build his own house. Well, I've got the tree part down, and I'll settle for raising a male beagle, but at some point I'm going to get out of apartment dwelling and build a house. When I do it'll be made of stone, so I picked up this book. Reading it was a bit of fantasy for me, but from what I can tell it's quite instructional with many great photographs to back up the text.
It details how to make a correct foundation, how to build archways, and also has nice tips about how much mortar to make and how to control the logistics of construction and supplies. It also has dashes of humor.
If you're going to make a stone house, or need info on the process for a book or project, I suggest this title to help you out.
-- JJ Timmins
Rating: 4
Summary: The Stonebuilder's PRimer
Comment: Good practical help on building a home structurally with stone. Never shows the house as a final product! Needed more "celebration" photos to take the book to the next level. A good guidebook. Details and text on fireplaces are especially good.
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Title: Building With Stone by Charles McRaven, Chandis Ingenthron ISBN: 0882665502 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: August, 1989 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Stonework: Techniques and Projects by Charles McRaven, Elizabeth McHale ISBN: 0882669761 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Building Stone Walls by John Vivian ISBN: 0882660748 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: September, 1986 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Art of the Stonemason by Ian Cramb ISBN: 1558702253 Publisher: Betterway Pubns Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Living Homes: Thomas J. Elpel's Field Guide to Integrated Design and Construction by Thomas J. Elpel ISBN: 1892784092 Publisher: HOPS Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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