RAIN RAIN's office is at 2270 N.W. Irving, RAIN STAFF Phil Conti Pauline Deppen Yale Lansky Tad Mutersbaugh Del Greenfield Debra Whitelaw Layout Jill Stapleton CONTRIBUTORS Tom Bender Steven Ames Lane deMoll Steve Johnson Jeff Paine HOW YOU SAVE AS AN OWNER-BUILDER 58~o savIngs 65~o savings CONTRACTOR OWNER OWNER OWNER B(JtL T CONTRACTED fiNISHED BOILT The Owner-Builder Center 1824 Fourth St. Berkeley, CA 94710 ~ BUILDING I 415/848-5950 This group was highly recommended by Owner-Builders Since the Learning By Doing access Mary Schmidt of the Farallones Instiarticlc (May 1979 RAIN) we have tute. Night courses are offered in remodcling, housebuilding and design. lcarn<.;d of other organizations which help individuals build or renovate their A three summer course in energyefficient house building combines houses. hands-on and classroom. In addition to B. Allan Mackie School of Log Building classes, consulting services are available to assist individual owner-builders. and Environmental Center -PC Box 1205 Prince George, BC, V2L 4V3 Plumbing, Time-Life Books, 1976, CANADA $7.95 from: 604/964-6935 Time-Life Books Instruction and hands-on work in log Time-Life Bldg h<,>use construction skills including Rockefeller Center structure of wood, considerations af New York, NY 10020 fecting wllod usc, rimhl'r acquisition We'll probably never find a book that and timber joinery. Participants should docs for plumbing what Richter's provide their own tools. Sessions are Wiring Simplified does for clectrical 8 weeks long. Next class starts October work- tell what and why as well as 8. Write for registration materials. how. The variability of plumbing codes makes that unlikely, though every state or municipality should have a simplified Northern Owner Builder homeowner's code guide. Given all that, Rd. 1 this is by far the best plumbing book Plainfield, VT 05667 I've seen. It contains a wealth of "tricks 8021454-7808 of the trade" for emergency pipe repairs, A resource center offering courses and etc., as well as very clear and detailed workshops on designing your own instructions for adding on to existing house, solar heating, greenhouses and systems, installing new piping, repairing renovating older houses. Emphasis is fixtures and fixing leaks and clogs. on energy conservation, design-forEven how to build a greywater seepage climate reducing building costs and a pit! Along with a lot of "why" things variety of construction methods. happen. Surprisingly good. - TB Courses arc given in the spring and fall. 35~o 72% savings a OWNER B(JtLT RECYCLED MATERIALS CODE NON-CODE Insulation Manual-Homes, Apartments, second edition, 1979, 148 pp., $10.00 from: NAHB Research Foundation 627 Southlawn Lane P.O. Box 1627 ? This book, produced by an organization which conducts technological research and dcvelopment for government and industry, contains a wealth of detailed information on insulation. Topics cov' ered include the installation, use, economics and benefits of insulation, structural matcrials, and vapor barriers. Numerous tables and charts offer all the facts you will ever need for increasing your home's energy efficiency. - JP Earth Sheltered Housing Design, Underground Space Center, University of Minnesota, 1979, $9.95 from: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. 135 W. 50th St. New York, NY 10020 If you're into becoming a mole, this should go on your shclf right next to Malcolm Wells' Undergroul1d Designs. A good coverage of energy. structural, waterproofing, insulation and policy issues of underground housing, along with case studies of cold and warm climate underground houses, details on energy calculations, and an extensive bibliography. Its approach is downstream engineering (because walls may sweat, add a dehumidifier-instead of rethinking the design so they won't sweat), but solid and thorough. Good discussion of alternative designing for heat loss/gain/balancing with surrounding earth. Focused on Minnesota, but valuable anywhere. -TB Portland, OR 97210. Ph: (503) 227-5110. Copyright © 1979 RAIN Umbrella Inc. Printing: Times LithO Typesetting: Irish Setter
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