Synopses & Reviews
Here is everything you need to know to build your own outbuildings, including toolsheds, woodsheds, barns, underground root cellars, smokehouses, animal shelters, and fences. Monte Burch provides easy-to-follow instructions along with complete information on tools and materials, foundations, floors, framing, sheathing, roofing, wiring, plumbing, adding doors and windows, finishing details, and more.
Review
"Many questions arose as I read...in the end not a one remained unanswered." - Dan Woodcock, Eugene Oregon
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Build your own outbuildings and enjoy the space to do more of what you love. From simple toolsheds and animal shelters to smokehouses and low-cost barns, Monte Burch guides you through everything you need to know to make your small building projects a reality. Detailed blueprints, easy-to-follow instructions, and expert advice are suited to even the first-time builder. Discover how easy it is to create your own customized spaces that will allow your passions to grow.
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
Synopsis
Extend your working, living,
About the Author
A recognized authority on building and woodworking, Monte Burch has worked as a contractor, editor, freelance writer, photographer and former assistant editor of Workbench Magazine. He is the author of more than sixty books with over a million copies in print, including Monte Burch's Pole Building Projects, Building Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters, and 64 Yard and Garden Projects You Can Build Yourself, which has sold over 250,000 copies. He has also written How to Build Small Barns and Outbuildings, which was the first-place book winner in the 1993 Stanley National Home and Workshop Writers Association writing contest. Many of Monte's articles have been featured in various outdoor and how-to publications, and he is a member of Outdoor Writers Association of America, Great Lakes Outdoor Writers, Southeast Outdoor Writers Association, and National Association of Home and Workshop Writers. Together with his wife, Joan, Monte owns and operates a book publishing house called Outdoor World Press, Inc. He lives in Humansville, Missouri.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1 Planning
Chapter 2 Materials, Tools, and Power Equipment
Chapter 3 Footings and Foundations
Chapter 4 Wood Framing
Chapter 5 Siding and Roofing
Chapter 6 Windows, Doors, and Finishing Details
Chapter 7 Wiring
Chapter 8 Plumbing
Chapter 9 Barns
Chapter 10 Root Cellar and Storm Shelter
Chapter 11 Carports and Sheds
Chapter 12 Poultry Housing
Chapter 13 Rabbit Housing
Chapter 14 Hog Housing
Chapter 15 Smokehouse
Chapter 16 Fencing
Appendices
Index