Stone house construction / Sarah Gunn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gunn, Sarah.

Contributor:

CSIRO.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stone buildings--Australia.

Stone buildings.

Building, Stone--Australia.

Building, Stone.

Stone industry and trade--Australia.

Stone industry and trade.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (233 p.)

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub., c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book covers aspects of local stone building, from quarrying on site to building arches over openings for upper storey walls, and is a sourcebook of examples and methods to help the reader to carry on a tradition of building in local stone.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Stone house design; Thermal comfort; The basics of passive solar house design; Room layout; Daylighting; Construction considerations; Thinking outside the square; Cost-effective house design; Perimeter proportions; 2 Geology of building stones; Building stone; Igneous rock; Sedimentary rock; Metamorphic rock; Qualities of building stone; Stone for heritage work; 3 Siting and stone availability; The choice of stone; The site; Variety in stone or other materials; Where to quarry; The characteristics of a stone; 4 Small-scale quarrying

Machine quarryingQuarrying with hand tools; Quarrying with explosives; Granite; Basalt; Sandstone and other sedimentary stone; Slate; Limestone; Loading and unloading; 5 Shaping stone; 6 Techniques of wall building; Footings; Differential loading - doors and windows; Damp-proofing; Weatherproofing window openings; Setting out; Laying the stone; Rubble walls; Measuring; Ashlar; Mortar; External walls; Cavity stonework; Stone veneer; Formed masonry; Flagg's mosaic rubble; Framed formwork; Slipforms; One-sided formwork; Services; Finishing joints; Cleaning; 7 Upper wall construction

Wall thicknessScaffolding; Lintels; Flat arches; Arches; Arch stones; Windows; Dormer windows; Wall flashings and drip moulds; Arched windows; Arch centring; Vaults and domes; Roof fixing; Parapets and upper walls; 8 Stone in the landscape; Quarry reclamation; Water and rock; Symbolism; The stone barbecue; Garden spaces; Garden walls; The landscape as structure; Natural landscape; 9 Fireplaces and chimneys; Proportions; Dampers; Construction; Storing heated air in a rock bed; Chimneys; 10 Floors and steps; Floors; Heating and insulation; Steps; 11 Drawings and specifications; Sketch plans

Working drawingsSpecifications; Appendix 1: Stone footings; Appendix 2: Retaining walls; Appendix 3: Arches; Glossary of masonry terms; Endnotes; References; About the photographs; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786613582621

9780643106864

0643106863

9781280487392

1280487399

9780643106857

0643106855

OCLC:

794328264