The Owner-Built Adobe House

by Duane Newcomb and Duane G. Newcomb

Book Overview

First published in 1980, this book remains a useful guide that will help you build your own adobe house almost anywhere in the country, even in areas not usually considered "adobe country." Duane Newcomb takes you through every step of the process, from selecting a site, obtaining building permits, drawing plans, excavating, and making bricks to adding kitchen cabinets and finishing the interior. The Owner-Built Adobe House details every...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826323235
• ISBN13: 9780826323231
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 174 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Adobe House

Great book. It has excellent drawings and photographs. It is a good basic manual for adobe building.

a book for the novice

good book for the beginner, but very little in the book for those in need of advanced adobe info.

Good beginner book

If you are going to build you own adobe home, this is a great book for the first time adobe builder. Had details on all aspects of the house. From electrical to pouring bricks to septic. Details as in the formula for a perk test, and footing sizes for load weights.I have a lot of adobe books, this is second "good" one I have seen.Very good.