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The Solar Home
How to Design and Build a House You Heat with the Sun
Mark Freeman
Page iv Copyright 1994 by Mark Freeman Published by STACKPOLE BOOKS - photo 2
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Copyright 1994 by Mark Freeman
Published by
STACKPOLE BOOKS
5067 Ritter Road
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055
All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. All inquiries should be addressed to Stackpole Books, 5067 Ritter Road, Mechanicsburg, PA 17055.
Printed in the United States of America
10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3
First edition
Cover design by Kathleen D. Peters
Line drawings by Lisa Falconer-Otey
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Freeman, Mark, 1927
The solar home: how to design and build a house you heat with the
sun / by Mark Freeman. 1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-8117-2446-8
1. Solar housesDesign and constructionAmateurs' manuals.
I. Title.
TH7414.F74 1993
690'.8370472dc20Picture 3 93-43602
CIP
Page v
To Frank Trerise
Without Frank, there would have been no
Fiddlers Green, and without Fiddlers Green,
there would have been no book.
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
ix
Introduction
xi
Part One: Design
1
Chapter 1: Design Considerations for Any Dwelling
2
Chapter 2: Special Design Considerations for Passive Solar Construction
7
Chapter 3: Site Selection
20
Chapter 4: Designing Foundation, Basement, Garage, and Stonemasonry
25
Chapter 5: Designing Kitchen, Bathrooms, and Laundry
32
Chapter 6: Designing Other Rooms
38
Chapter 7: Designing a Sunspace or Greenhouse
41
Part Two: Construction
47
Chapter 8: Why You Can and Should Do It Yourself
48
Chapter 9: Parts of the Job to Be Contracted Out
52
Chapter 10: Secrets You'll Never Learn Anywhere but Here (and Mistakes We Made That You Can Avoid)
59
Chapter 11: Labor, Materials, and Tools
65
Chapter 12: Framing the Floor
72
Chapter 13: Framing the Walls
87
Chapter 14: Framing the Roof
102
Chapter 15: Finish Roofing
111
Chapter 16: Windows and Exterior Doors
119
Chapter 17: Roughing-in Wiring
125
Chapter 18: Finish Wiring
137
Chapter 19: Roughing-in Plumbing
147
Chapter 20: Finish Plumbing
160

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Chapter 21: Insulation and Vapor Barrier
164
Chapter 22: Exterior Finish
169
Chapter 23: Interior Finish
176
Part Three: Solar Living
193
Chapter 24: Condensation and Ventilation
194
Chapter 25: A Short Course in Woodburning
199
Chapter 26: Shutters and Drapes
208
Chapter 27: A Solar Home Calendar
214
Appendix
219

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