Build Your Own: Use what you have to create what you need

Build Your Own is a book that teaches how to build your own home with available materials, demystifying practical techniques such as plastering, moving earth, basic demolition, installing insulation, building internal walls, and attaching cladding. It is a must-have tool for anyone who plans to build, is curious about the idea, or is dealing with construction workers, as it empowers them to shape and craft their own living space.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 07 April 2022
Publisher: Gill

Making, maintaining, and mending our own homes is an integral part of what makes us human. It was a skill that was alive and well until just two or three generations ago. Harrison Gardner is a man on a mission to help us rediscover the lost art of building our own while leaving a more harmonious mark on the environment.

Build Your Own explores the principles of construction and outlines a multitude of practices and methods that enable you to build a home with the materials available to you. Practical techniques, such as plastering, moving earth, basic demolition, installing insulation, building internal walls, and attaching cladding, are demystified and made easy. Whether you plan to build your own structure, are curious about the idea, or are dealing with construction workers, Build Your Own is an essential tool that shows that anyone can learn to build—and perhaps everyone should.

‘A revolutionary book … within it is the knowledge to empower you to shape and craft your own living space. Manchán Magan

Weight: 1192g
Dimension: 257 x 217 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780717192649