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Building Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters

by Monte Burch

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Publisher Comments:

Extend your working, living and storage areas with low-cost barns, sheds and animal shelters. Building Small Barns, Sheds and Shelters provides basic, easy-to-follow construction methods for attractive outbuildings. Here's complete information on tools and materials; foundations and floors; framing, sheathing and roofing; windows and doors; wiring and plumbing; and finishing details. Specific plans and how-to-build instructions for popular home and family-farm structures include:

-- Multi-purpose barns

-- Woodshed, toolshed and carport plans

-- Combination small barn/studio

-- Barn-style garage

-- Underground root cellar

-- Smokehouse

-- Housing for poultry, rabbits, hogs

-- Various fencing designs

Synopsis:

Readers can extend their living and storage areas with low-cost barns, sheds, and animal shelters. Monte Burch provides basic, easy construction methods for building attractive outbuildings. Includes everything readers need to know about tools, materials, framing, floors, foundations, sheathing, roofing, windows, doors, wiring, plumbing, and finishing details. Burch also provides specific plans and instructions for popular home and family-farm structures, such as a multi-purpose barn, a barn-studio, a smokehouse, a carport, a woodshed, an underground root cellar, fencing, and housing for poultry, rabbits, and hogs. A Selection of the Equestrian Edge Book Club.

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Covers tools, materials, foundations, framing, sheathing, wiring, plumbing, and finish work for barns, woodsheds, garages, fencing, and animal housing. 264,000 copies in print.
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Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Planning

Chapter 2 Materials, Tools and Power Equipment

Chapter 3 Footings and Foundations

Chapter 4 Wood Framing

Chapter 5Siding 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

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780882662459
Editor:
Stetson, Fred
Author:
Stetson, Fred
Author:
Burch, Monte
Publisher:
Storey Publishing
Location:
Charlotte, Vt. :
Subject:
Design & Construction
Subject:
Construction & Construction Trades
Subject:
Building
Subject:
Dwellings
Subject:
Vocational education and industrial arts
Subject:
House construction
Subject:
Farm buildings
Subject:
Vccatacnal educatacn and andustraal arts
Subject:
Farm buildings -- Design and construction -- Amateurs' manuals.
Subject:
Dwellings -- Amateurs' manuals.
Subject:
Sheds.
Subject:
Sheds -- Design and construction -- Amateurs' manuals.
Subject:
Construction - General
Subject:
HOUSE and HOME / Design and Construction
Subject:
Building -- Amateurs' manuals.
Subject:
Farm buildings -- Design and construction.
Edition Description:
paperback
Series Volume:
34
Publication Date:
January 1982
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
8 1/2 x 11
Pages:
248
Dimensions:
10.90x8.40x.65 in. 1.52 lbs.
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