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A small "underground home" built in the style of Oehler, as only a simple, non-waterproofed hole in ground with simple planks and a plastic sheet to a wall, despite using free labour (ignoring the opportunity costs of not having time to go to work) and recycled materials, e.g. windows and planks for the wall, is estimated to be 30% cheaper to ...
On top of the tire walls are either "can and concrete bond beams" made of reused cans joined by concrete, or wooden bond beams with wooden shoes. These are attached to the tire walls using concrete anchors, poured blocks of concrete inside the top tires. Wooden shimming blocks placed on top of the wooden bond beam make up the wooden shoes.
A dormer window (also called dormer) is a form of roof window. Dormers are commonly used to increase the usable space in a loft and to create window openings in a roof plane. [2] A dormer is often one of the primary elements of a loft conversion. As a prominent element of many buildings, different types of dormer have evolved to complement ...
An average storm cellar for a single family is built close enough to the home to allow instant access in an emergency, but not so close that the house could tumble on the door during a storm, trapping the occupants inside. This is also the reason the main door on most storm cellars is mounted at an angle rather than perpendicular with the ground.
Thomas Lee House, East Lyme, Connecticut. A saltbox house is a gable-roofed residential structure that is typically two stories in the front and one in the rear. It is a traditional New England style of home, originally timber framed, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept.
There are nevertheless a number of definitions of zero carbon housing, particularly concerning the scope of emissions in the housing lifecycle (eg construction vs operation or refurb), and whether it is acceptable to count off-site emissions reduction (eg due to renewable energy export) or other external reductions against any residual emissions from the house to make it a Net Zero Home.
This is a list of building materials.. Many types of building materials are used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures.These categories of materials and products are used by architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects.
The Garreteer's Petition by Turner, 1809 Carl Spitzweg, The Poor Poet (Der arme Poet), 1839, depicting a garret room Place Saint-Georges in Paris, showing top-floor garret windows A garret is a habitable attic , a living space at the top of a house or larger residential building, traditionally small with sloping ceilings.