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A delight and an important work for the aspiring nonprofessional stonemason. Highly recommended.--Alexander Hartmann, Bloomsburg Univ., PA"Library Journal" (01/01/1999)
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Writer Charles Long has a well-earned reputation as one of North America's self-sufficiency experts. More than 20 years ago, he and his wife, Elizabeth, fled city life and conventional employment for the country, and have flourished there ever since. Now back by popular demand Long's The Stonebuilder's Primer is a highly readable account of the couple's successful effort to build "a house that will outlast anything made of wood."
Developing a compromise method of stone construction that is both simpler and truer to the stonemason's art than the popular slipform method, the Longs built an aesthetically satisfying home of stone on a limited budget and no previous construction experience. In this classic how-to book, the author describes the complete building process in clear, easy-to-follow steps and, in so doing, dispels the myth of difficulty that surrounds stone construction.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Truly a "do it yourself" guide to building with stone.,
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This review is from: The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-by-Step Guide for Owner-Builders (Paperback)
I bought this book because of the author's review -- he described wanting to build a house from stone the easiest and cheapest way possible. He and his wife did the homework to learn how to do it -- first by research, then by doing -- so I bought the book, hoping it would give my family the information we needed to get started on our rock house. It did. The book provides easy to read narrative that takes you through each step of the process. It tells you what supplies you need, how to pick a site, how to pick the best stones, where to find stones, and what hardships you will encounter while working. It also explains away the mysteries of stone building and provides techniques for handling details such as windows and doors. The best thing the book gave us was the confidence to get started on our project to build our rock house. We had talked about it for months. Now, since we've read this book, we've cleared our site and have started our first wall!
18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
This book promoted many a daydream...,
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This review is from: The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-by-Step Guide for Owner-Builders (Paperback)
In pursuit of my pipe dream of building a stone house, I picked up this book. Dangerously, it fed into my (previously-thought) unrealistic plans. The book is well-balanced between science and art; it doesn't stray too far from the "how-to," or science of building a stone house, but it does provide a good measure of humor & pictures. It's quite readable and supportive of the whole daydreaming process, but I get the feeling that if I ever get around to building the stone house, it would also be an excellent reference.
3.0 out of 5 stars
good book... but could be clearer,
By mikkip "mikkip" (london) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Stonebuilder's Primer: A Step-by-Step Guide for Owner-Builders (Paperback)
This is a good book and covers all aspects of building your own stone house. However, being a primer and written for the non-professional I believe it needs even more diagrams than it already has and that the explanations should be even more explicit and detailed.
I found that I couldn't understand some of the written descriptions, for example I don't understand a sentence such as: "the abutting side bricks will have to be cut on a double bevel". When there are many sentences like that in quick succession I quickly get lost. Probably the more experienced builder-minded people out there know exactly what a "double bevel" is, but I am a complete novice (I thought that's who this book is for) and I would prefer it if every single term was explained... Obviously this is my inadequacy as much as the book's... but if you read stuff like "Although it is possible to build smoothly parged ducts right into the stonework, you may find it easier to form the ducts from sheet metal" and you have suddenly a good understanding of how to add the ducts that will lead from the heat exchanger to your room in the prefab fireplace, then that's great: you certainly understand this stuff better than me. Personally I need pictures and a glossary!
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