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The Mother Earth News "This REMARKABLE AND SIMPLE-TO-UNDERSTAND GUIDE will show you how to get light, air, and good views; how to cut your material costs up to 90%; how to build greenhouses into your home; how to construct build-in root cellars, wine cellars, and fallout shelters; how to use solar energy effectively; how to build into hillsides and solve drainage problems; plus how to handle zoning and building codes. IF YOU’RE THINKING OF BUILDING YOUR OWN LIVABLE, PLEASANT, LIGHT AND AIRY AND TUNED-INTO-NATURE HOME, THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU." The Next Whole Earth Catalog "A comprehensive how-to guide for the do-it-yourselfer. Oehler flatly doesn’t like concrete, and the structural core of his sub-surface dwellings is what he calls the "PSP system" (post-shoring-polyethylene)… it sounds like THE VERY BEST LOW-COST… HOME GOING. Even if you’re holding out for a guide on concrete underground construction, Oehler’s book provides many times its cost in perceptive tips on sub-surface design, philosophy, living, and underground building in general." Solar Energy Digest "DETAILED INFORMATION ON HOW TO BUILD AN UNDERGROUND HOUSE TO SUIT ALMOST ANY TERRAIN AND POCKETBOOK… "A very readable book… pulls no punches. You’ll like it whether you plan to build an underground house or not." American Library Association’s Booklist "Underground houses are few, mostly variations on earth-berm or downhill-facing designs. This seven-year pioneer experience with an uphill-facing hobbit house is A REVELATION… plenty of natural light. No dark basement this. Appended designs incorporate electricity, plumbing, french drains, clerestories, and greenhouses." San Francisco Review of Books "ONE POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVE TO THE OUTRAGEOUS COST OF COMMERCIAL HOUSING IS TO ADOPT THE UNDERGROUND DESIGN VISION OF MIKE OEHLER. The author is an authority on the subject, having lectured at Berkeley, Harvard, and elsewhere, and more importantly, having lived underground in a self-designed home for the past [twenty-nine] years. One should not assume that life in an inexpensive underground home is either dank or cryptlike. Oehler guarantees builders of subterranean dwellings such amenities as light, fresh air, and views." NewAge magazine "Shares his wisdom and experience… Oehler and friends have developed homes – ‘hobbit houses,’ as he calls them – that are light, well ventilated, multileveled, and highly energy-efficient. The architectural possibilities are numerous; such homes can accommodate one person living simply or a large family… profusely illustrated… authored by a seasoned homesteader… Oehler’s years of experience and SIMPLE, BUT FULL EXPLANATIONS make this inexpensive mode of home construction BOTH COMPREHENSIBLE AND TANTALIZING." Daniel Lusk, National Public Radio "… He has written A WONDERFULLY UNSOPHISTICATED MANUAL and filled it with design ideas and even plans for building in different ways and on different kinds of terrain… IMPRESSIVE… entertaining, sometimes philosophical… A VALUABLE DOCUMENT." Workbench "THE AUTHOR SHOULD BE GIVEN AN AWARD for proving that an energy-efficient house is only as expensive as you want it to be… could save you dollars too… a joy to read… practical… presents a new view into the evergrowing field of underground housing. IF YOU ARE PLAYING WITH THE IDEA OF AN UNDERGROUND STURCTURE, PICK UP A COPY OF THIS BOOK." |
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