Mike 50 underground house book pdf download
In the second part of this two-hour DVD, Mike takes you on a personal tour of the four underground or earth sheltered houses on his land. The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book has pages with nearly illustrations, photos, diagrams, lists, charts and drawings.
It contains all the information you need to struggle free from the pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, waxed, E-coli laden, genetically modified and irradiated supermarket produce.
It promotes organic food grown in the closest local spot of all, your backyard. It does all this and saves you a bundle of money too! The Earth-Sheltered Solar Greenhouse Book details the benefits of both passive solar energy and earth sheltering in greenhouse design. This combination results in greenhouses which need no heating. The captured sun's energy and that which is stored in the earth is enough for successful year round harvest. Gone are costly heating bills. Gone is the squander of nonrenewable energy resources and the resultant atmospheric harm.
Book ships free. Both books ship free. His family will continue this website and sales of his popular books and training materials, and a memoir just completed by Mike of his days in the vanguard of the hippy movement of the s and '70s will be released soon as well. Order online Secure PayPal form. Order by phone: Major credit cards accepted Please allow business days for shipping on all orders. Beyond 5 Stars--Inspirational, Valuable, Practical This book is phenomenally wise, useful, easy to read, and plain inspiing.
I picked it up this morning intending to get back to it tonight and ended up not putting it down at all The book ends by discreetly recommending a DVD series on design as the key element for success, and one that professional architects generally overlook as we are all learning, the "experts" in finance and other areas are really "credentialed" but NOT experts.
As an afterthought, it is recommended by just about every major alternative living, green energy, and sanity outpost Vermont, Oregon, Washington State reviewer.
This book is a "good deal" and inspiring to boot Robert D. Steele - September 27, Amazon 5 out of 5 Stars. Great Ideas Brilliant Research I enjoyed this book very much and used it as a basis for designing an underground building for my plantation resort in India I haven't seen anything else out there as good as this for underground building Excellent book to start planning your new home In my opinion, this book is awesome!
The designs blew me away. Just remember, if you want the nuts and bolts to building your new underground home, you need the DVD set Jason Jacobs - June 13, Amazon 5 out of 5 Stars. The earth berm concept is so painfully smart am left wondering why more people don't practice this? A must buy right now due to the need for sustainable living!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lana Lambert, Amazon 5 out of 5 Stars. The book covers the theory, design, and construction of the greenhouse using Mike's low-cost PSP post, shoring, polyethylene technique : glazing, insulation and ventilation; beneficial critters and those that aren't so; solar energy input: the cold sink system; earth-tempering; and thoughts on how to use the completed structure. BackHome Magazine. The author gives the reader the benefit of many years of trial and error and some well-presented design elements that are not well treated in many other greenhouse books ….
He got into greenhouse design choices and did a very nice job …. I liked the book. It was a pleasant read and the pearls of wisdom ….
Build a home that is: Wonderfully affordable Easy to build In tune with nature Solar heatable Light, airy, sun and view filled Blissfully quiet.
The secret is a layer of plastic which protects the wood from the damp of the earth. The original structure built by this method as an experiment in is still in service. Instructor Mike Oehler invented it, built it and lives in it today. The second part of the construction DVD is a slide presentation showing construction and completion of a number of underground homes built by this method.
Not in Library. Edition Notes Bibliography: p. Erratum slip inserted. Other Titles Fifty dollar and up underground house book. E27 O33 The Physical Object Pagination p. Community Reviews 0 Feedback? Lists containing this Book Prepping from Brian Hutchison.
Loading Related Books. October 21, June 30, August 11, Now in its seventh edition, it has sold more than 90, copies and has received enthusiastic reviews from Mother Earth News , National Public Radio and many others. Many consider it the classic in its field. The book discusses in detail more than 50 different topics related to underground construction. The design theory is well based in experience and appears to work well.
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