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“It is a rarity of the first order when the dean of an architectural college takes it upon himself to build houses comprised of woven split bamboo placed between two layers of treated clay. These readily available materials were artfully used by Professor Stein in his creation of two demonstration low-cost homes.”

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Ken Kern

The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“Cooling by evaporation of water or by fans and warming by heaters and fireplaces are artificial aids… From a practical, economic, or aesthetic point of view it makes much more sense to develop, where possible, constructional features for warming or cooling the owner-built home.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“Grafting is, in effect, the healing of two common wounds. Commercial nurseries charge high prices for grafted stock, and the public bears the cost…”

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p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“A mixture of damp peat moss and loamy soil spread around the roots is far better than fertilizer in any form. Do not saturate the hole in which a tree is to be planted with water.”

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p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“For every serious attempt to achieve integration of house to site you will find a thousand houses peppering the landscape and clearly demonstrating the builder's total disregard for even the most basic considerations of sun, wind, and view.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“No critic as yet comprehends entirely why our houses are so poorly constructed, why they look so abominable, why they cost so much for construction and for maintenance, and why they are so uncomfortable.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“Pit Greenhouses… greenhouse plants… need additional sources of carbon dioxide.”

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p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“In course sand it may be better to drive a well. Driven wells are usually 2 inches in diameter and less than 30 feet deep. If driving conditions are good, you can drive a 4-inch casing as deep as 50 feet. A driving tool consists of a drive point connected to the lower end of sections or pipe.”

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p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“A trailer can virtually double the loading capacity of a sturdy truck—another good reason for beefing up the power train.”

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p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“A totally new concept of building design evolves from the application of basic aerodynamic phenomenon. Vetillation by installation of windows becomes obsolete… Air can be brought into the building from the roof or from under the floor. Wind scoops can be designed to assist the flow of air from practically any angle.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“A wind of only 15 mph may increase the heat loss from a window surface by 47 percent or from a concrete wall by 34 percent. Therefore, heating plans have a critical relationship with windbreaks and with wind baffles.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“Every house needs a warming spot where persons coming in from the outside chill can, if for no other reason, warm hands and hearts.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“The most noteworthy development of the open fireplace took place in 1796, when Englishman Count Rumford published his comprehensive essay, "Chimney Fireplaces."… the inclined fireback… increased fireplace efficiency by providing an area of greater radiation. For the purpose of breaking up the current of smoke in the event of chimney down draft, the back smoke shelf of Rumford's improved fireplace ended abruptly—a practice strictly adhered to by fireplace masons to this day.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“An important feature of our barrel stove was its simplicity. We designed it so that any homesteader, even one only partially skilled in metalworking, could build the entire unit in a welder-equipped workshop. Our stove's low cost and multiuse features contributed to its modest success.”

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p, 125
Ken Kern's Masonry Stove (1983)

“The concrete shell of this stove would surely crack if its strength were not reinforced with steel rod, wire fabric, or barbed wire. The latter is our choice. We laid continuous strands of barbed wire between the rows of slip form masonry. The thermal expansion rate of concrete is the same as steel up to a temperature comparable to boiling water… Beyond that, steel expands at a faster rate than concrete. At a temperature of about 500 degrees F., the bond between the concrete and steel is destroyed… The type of aggregate in the mix is primarily responsible for this kind of failure.”

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p, 125
Ken Kern's Masonry Stove (1983)

“About one-fifth of all the heat that enters the average house comes through windows. …external shading is by far the most efficient method for controlling interior heat build-up. The air-wash between the shading screen and the window is also very effective. The screen should have a light-colored finish… Insulation boards placed next to the window pane at night, will help prevent heat losses through glazed openings. Overhangs and horizontal sunshades placed above south-facing windows serve effectively as heat reducers.”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“In cold climates it will cost only half as much to heat a well insulated building as it will cost to heat a poorly insulated one. … the annual fuel saving will amortize in two years the addition cost expense of the insulation!”

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The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

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