Table of Contents

Foreword: Where My Interest Began. Introduction: Local Owners/Builders. From Mud Bricks to Stone. What's a Stone House. Slipforms. Passive Solar Principles. House Planning. House Site Excavation. Concrete, Cement, and Mortar. Building Layout and Foundation Excavation. Stone. Stonelaying. Moulds and Casting. Windows and Doors. Lintels and Arches. Roof Bearing Assemblies and Interior Plastering. Reflections. Questions & Answers.

About the Author

Tomm Stanley is an American who has been living in New Zealand since 1995. On his rural New Zealand property Tomm has created an environmentally friendly, off-the-grid lifestyle that provides a balance to his professional life as an international management consultant. His web-based business, www.heartbeatnursery.co.nz, assists in funding his personal mission of restoring the former hillside farm, now infested with an imported plant weed, to its natural, forested state.