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 Tuesday, February 9, 2010
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Building an Underground House

Question?

Hello! I am working to locate an architect to help me with an underground house (earth shelter). The problem I am having is finding a reliable and honest one. Can you please give me some pointers and/or suggestions?

Scott from San Francisco

Answer!

Sure, there was actually a book done on this very topic by Dennis Weaver of Gunsmoke. He talks about making homes out of recycled materials and covered with adobe. I would go to www.buildersbooksource.com to look up this and many other books on the same topic.

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