William Stanwix, Alex Sparrow

The Hempcrete Book (eBook, ePUB)

Designing and building with hemp-lime

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Hempcrete Book is a detailed practical manual for architects, surveyors, professional builders and self-builders. It explains how to source and mix hempcrete and how to use it in new builds and restoration. In colour throughout, fully illustrated with beautiful photographs, this book provides a full explanation of construction techniques, highlighting potential pitfalls and how to avoid them. It includes a comprehensive resources section and examples of completed builds, with design notes. Hempcrete is a building material with excellent properties. It's made from lime and hemp shivs (a waste product from hemp fibre growing) and can be used for walls, floors, and for 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 thermal mass. It's light-weight, reducing construction costs, and it's environmentally friendly: it locks up CO2 for the life of the building, and the hemp doesn't require agrochemicals or insecticides in its cultivation. The Hempcrete Book is a valuable tool for any eco-builder.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857841223
• Artikelnr.: 41500484

Autorenporträt

William Stanwix is a qualified building surveyor and founder of a growing UK company which specialises in new build and restoration with hempcrete and other natural building materials. Along with ongoing construction projects, Will provides consultancy, technical design and training for people interested in building with hempcrete and other natural building materials.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Professor Tom Woolley
Introduction
Part One: Principles of building with hempcrete
History and uses of hemp
Hemp in construction
An introduction to lime
Key concepts in sustainable building
Getting the basics right
Variations on the hemp-lime mix
Performance of hempcrete in a building
Tools and equipment
Health and safety
Planning the build
Focus on self-build 1: Agan Chy
Part Two: Hempcrete construction
The hempcrete wall: an overview
Foundations and plinth
The structural frame
Shuttering
Mixing hempcrete
Placing hempcrete
Floors, ceilings and roof insulation
Finishes for hempcrete
Practicalities on a hempcrete build
Restoration and retrofit
Focus on self-build 2: Hemp Lime House
Part Three: Designing a hempcrete building
Design fundamentals
Indicative detailing
Focus on self-build 3: Bridge End Cottage
A look to the future
Resources