Building a Low Impact Roundhouse

TONY WRENCH

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Permanent Publications
01 November 2023

Environmentally-friendly architecture & design; Self-sufficiency; DIY: general

This fourth edition is fully updated with photo's and construction illustrations for one of the UK's most unique homes.

Tony shares his many years of experience, skills and techniques used to build this unique and affordable low impact home. Always witty and inspiring, the author explains the process of visualising and designing a house through to the practical side of lifting the living roof, infilling the walls, laying out rooms and adding renewable, autonomous technology.

Building A Low Impact Roundhouse has become a classic text sold all over the world. Tony's home and lifestyle have attracted much media interest and he and his partner continue to inspire many individuals and communities to seek out ways of living more sustainably. Now in its third edition, with a fascinating 10 year update including a major new section on the couple's marvellous strawbale den, Tony also includes sections on the physical design and he writes about the lifestyle required for living in a roundhouse. He offers advice on roofs, floors, walls, compost toilets, wood stoves, kitchens, windows and on planning permission. There are additional photographs of life in and around the dwelling and illustrations from the construction plans for one of the UK's most unique of homes.

This true and captivating story covers the realising of a lifetime's dream as well as being a practical 'how to' manual for anyone who loves the idea of low impact living and wants to self-build an affordable, organic home.

AUTHOR: Tony Wrench has spent many years designing and implementing both renewable energy and building projects. He lives with his mate Jane Faith in the community at Brithdir Mawr, in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Their principles are sustainability, simplicity and spirit. Tony lives luxuriously, well below the poverty line, working on things permacultural and wooden. He makes his living from wood turning, singing and playing musical instruments (some homemade) with the local circle dance and Ceilidh band, Rasalila.

Full colour illustrations throughout

By: TONY WRENCH
Imprint: Permanent Publications
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 4th Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 210mm, Width: 148mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 272g
ISBN: 9781856231749
ISBN 10: 1856231747
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 01 November 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Unspecified

Author Website: http://www.thatroundhouse.info

In 1993, Tony Wrench evolved the concept of 'permaculture land', a low impact sustainable way of life which included self-build with local materials, appropriate technology and food growing. In 1997, he and his partner built and moved into a low impact roundhouse.

Reviews for Building a Low Impact Roundhouse

This book is a description of the fascinating process that would lead through the design of the structure, the detailing, the construction and the fitting out. It is not a technical treatise in any sense, though the basic sketches could be used to build a similar structure. There are many good photos to back up the text, and they give a better sense of scale than the line illustrations. The book is well written with a good deal of wit and logical explanation, by a permie who is obviously in tune with living sustainably and willing to eschew much of the baggage we take for granted, but is still able to live simply and luxuriously. Highly recommended. Micheal Guerra, author of Compact Living