Build Your House of Earth

A clearly written, comprehensive manual on pisé (rammed earth) and adobe (mud brick) construction, this book serves to acquaint both amateur and professional builders with the many advantages possessed by earth wall houses, and with the methods employed in their construction.

For owner-builders it is especially useful, since it explains all the processes of house construction in terms that can be readily understood, even by those with little previous knowledge or experience.

As a building material, earth is superior to many other materials in common use. It presents an attractive appearance, costs nothing, has great durability, and is resistant to damage by fire, rot and termites.

Illustrated with diagrams and photographs, Build Your House of Earth shows that it is well within the capacity of the ordinary person to build for himself an inexpensive pisé or adobe house to his own design.