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Modern Pise Building:House building with compressed or rammed earthAuthor(s): Inez and Karl Ellington Old Booklet from the 1920's If you are curious about earthen and adobe building this is a good, inexpensive resource to start with. Modern Pise Building:House building with compressed or rammed earth - A revelation for the Farmer and Settler-1923 by Karl & Inez Ellington, 105 page booklet, 5"x7" size, xerographic. It is amazing to realize that Ellington traveled all over Europe and the USA promoting the rammed earth method. He stipulates that each man or "settler" should take advantage of the soil beneath his feet and build a "cozy little home". He describes the foundation, selecting soil; mixing, formworks and a variety of lime washes. (This is the earliest reference to cooked wheat paste described.) Dozens of photos of houses in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, France, New Mexico & English cob. Covers walls with cross section diagrams showing construction methods, roof design, attachment. Gives recipes for finish coating walls - limewash and plasters. Black and white diagrams throughout. You also get a real sense of life in the 1920s, a most charming booklet. (There is a photo of an odd earth block ram press which can only be described as a 'contraption'-levers and gears everywhere) Inez and Karl Ellington answered letters from all over the world about building with rammed earth. |
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