Building with Pumice

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Building with Pumice (GTZ, 1990, 86 p.)

1. (introduction...)
2. Acknowledgements
3. Preface
4. Introduction
   • House Construction and Related Problems
   • Turning Pumice into Building Material
5. General Information on Pumice
   • (introduction...)
   • What is Pumice?
   • Where is Pumice Found?
   • What Properties Does Pumice Have?
   • How Can Pumice Be Made into Building Members?
   • What Kind of Buildings Can Be Made of Pumice?
6. Precast Pumice-Concrete Building Members
   • (introduction...)
   • How is Pumice Processed?
   • What Can You Make with Pumice?
7. Instructions for Building Pumice-Concrete Houses
   • (introduction...)
   • House with In-situ Pumice-concrete Walls
   • House with Pumice-concrete Solid-block/brick Walls
   • House with Pumice-concrete Cavity-block Walls
   • House with Pumice-panel Walls
   • House with Wall-length Reinforced Pumice-concrete Hollow-core Planks as Self-supporting Wall Members
8. Building with Unbonded Pumice