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Product Description
Internal space Most of us fill our homes with clutter, and yet we are often aware of the advantages that a less cluttered house would bring, not least that it would look more attractive. What are some of the ways in which we can make the best use of the space in our homes? We can for instance make the most efficient use of circulation space-passageways, landings and hallways-by giving this space a second use or merging it with another area. We can also ensure that every room we have is being used to the maximum extent compatible with the functions or activities of that room. Often, using the same space, we can double up activities which complement each other such as a study-bedroom or a kitchen-dining room. We can also look at the internal arrangements within each room. In some cases there may only be one way of arranging the furniture, but in most there is the possibility of improving the layout to enable better use to be made of the space within. Our living spaces can become more adaptable, as they used to be in the past.
Product Details
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Format:
Paperback
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Number of pages:
256
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Publisher:
Green Books
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Language:
English
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ISBN:
1870098528
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Binding:
Glue
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Full Title:
Eco-renovation - Ecological Home Improvement Guide
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This Edition Published:
Friday 09 March, 2001
- Dimension: 234*156 mm
- Weight: 0.500 kg
Product ReviewsAverage Customer Review:  5 of 5 Stars!
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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!], Monday 02 July, 2001
Reviewer: brian whalley from Aberystwyth, Wales, United Kindgom - Mainland
There are many books on the renovation, extension or adaptation of residential buildings, but no other that I have found with such a broad coverage of the ecological aspects of home improvement. The flavour of this book is gained immediately from the foreword written by the chairman of the Ecology Building Society, Gus Smith, and from the author's own Introduction. Throughout the book there is an emphasis on the importance of living a healthier life, of saving energy as a contribution to conserving the earth's resources, and of using "environmentally friendly materials" for the sake of ourselves and for the sake of the globe on which we live.
Having acquired a partly-modernised former shepherd's cottage a thousand feet up a Welsh hillside, I needed practical advice, and I bought Eco-Renovation after borrowing an earlier version from my local library, for despite its inherent idealism this is in fact a very practical book. I had already spent several months considering a range of renovation problems and possible solutions, but Edward Harland's book prompted me to consider problems that I'd missed and to modify my views on appropriate ways of solving the problems I had identified. Divided into five sections, the book covers Space, Energy, Health and Materials, with a final part, Further Information, containing not only an excellent guide to all aspects of surveying one's home (or prospective home) but also useful references to other sources of advice. It is a pity, though, that the author fails to give the Website addresses of the numerous organisations listed.
A major fault to my mind is the absence of a full analysis of the problems of water penetration, except in the "Assessing your home" section at the end where the reader is alerted to a number of potential problems but with no recommendation for action. The index carries no entries for terms such as rising damp, damp proof course, leaks, flashing, gutters. Nor is there anything on drainage, despite the fact that many people buying rural properties for conversion or improvement will need to consider the installation of a septic tank or the possible alternative of reed beds (the only index entry for reeds relates to thatch and matting).
However, the book scores heavily for the refreshing way in which the author links to the practical elements of home improvement such realities of modern life as the finite life of fossil fuels, our tendency to "fill our homes with clutter," the benefits of growing our own food, the importance of recycling in its many forms, the value of natural light, the hazards of toxic materials, and the ways in which we can live more healthily in our homes by using plants to absorb pollutants and by eating organic produce.
This is an ecological guide in very many different ways, and well worth its modest price.
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