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18%OFFWilliam Stanwix - The Hempcrete Book: Designing and building with hemp-lime - 9780857842244 - V9780857842244
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The Hempcrete Book: Designing and building with hemp-lime

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Description for The Hempcrete Book: Designing and building with hemp-lime Hardback. The first UK book on building with hemp by people who make their living doing it; including background information, a practical instruction manual with full illustration, and discussion about the hemp building industry. Series: Sustainable Building. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 diagrames, 280 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 261 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1514.
A comprehensive practical manual for professionals and self-builders, this innovative book explains the many benefits of building with hempcrete. Hempcrete is a building material with excellent, environmentally friendly properties. It’s made from lime and hemp shivs (a waste product from hemp fibre growing) and can be used for walks, floor and roof insulation. Hempcrete is breathable, absorbing and emitting moisture; this helps regulate internal humidity, avoiding trapped moisture and mould growth, and creating healthier buildings. It provides excellent acoustic and thermal insulation, and it is lightweight, which reduces construction costs. Whether you’re working on a new ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Series
Sustainable Building
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857842244
SKU
V9780857842244
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-5

About William Stanwix
Alex Sparrow works for one of only a handful of companies working with hempcrete in the UK and the only one to work with self-builders. Alex works on the strategic development of the company but still regularly takes the opportunity to get his hands dirty on the building sites. Beyond the day-job, he is also a freelance writer on natural ... Read more

Reviews for The Hempcrete Book: Designing and building with hemp-lime
This book provides clear guidance through its photos, text and sketches on all aspects of building with this ‘deep green’ material and takes our early work forward into the mainstream. It is a must-have for anyone planning to build with hempcrete, whether in renovation or new build projects.
Ralph Carpenter and Richard Scales, MODECE ARCHITECTS, Suffolk The book contains ... Read more

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