Synopses & Reviews
Pole Building Construction
* If you want to save money
* If you want to build it yourself, but lack experience.
* For small buildings, barns, cottages and camps, even homes.
This one-of-a-kind book will save you money, labor, time, and materials in building a small home, barn, or other structure.
Involves limited grading, no excavation for a foundation, use of sites unsuited for other types of buildings, good wind resistance, and fewer materials.
You can build it yourself with this book, illustrated with plans, drawings, and photographs.
Construction techniques are carefully explained.
This book will make pole building construction THE answer to your building needs.
Plans for
* Year-round houses
* Vacation homes
* Garage and tool shed
* Woodshed
* Solar cottage
* Small pole barn
* Storage shed
Synopsis
Cost-effective and adaptable, pole buildings are the perfect solution for tool sheds, barns, or even summer homes. Low-Cost Pole Building Construction focuses on designs that provide good wind resistance with minimal grading and no need to excavate for a foundation. With full plans for a number of sample buildings that include a solar cottage, garage, and woodshed, you ll be able to quickly and effectively build the structure you need while saving both money and time."
Synopsis
278,000 copies in print.
About the Author
Ralph Wolfe has written Storey's Low-Cost Pole Building Construction with the expert advice of Doug Merrilees and Evelyn Loveday. It has received acclaim from Countryside and Small Stock Journal: "The definitive book on the subject, Low-Cost Pole Building Construction, is cheap enough and sufficiently valuable to belong in every homestead library." Ralph has since passed away.
Table of Contents
Introduction
I. Pole Construction
1 History of Pole Construction
2 Attackers of Wood
3 Preservative Treatments
4 Buying Poles
5 Choosing a Site
6 Choosing a Design
7 The Fastenings to Use
8 The Process of Construction
9 Plumbing and Electricity
10 Heating and Cooling
Tables
II. Examples of Pole Building
Pawley's Island House
Steen House
Hull House
Richardson House
Kent House
Vickers House
Westbrook House
Lebov House
Sketch of a Pole House
Surfside House
Nine Square House
Craddock House
Ritz House
MacDonald House
Betsy Ross Nursery School
Pennsylvania House
Korean Church
California House
Hexagon House
III. Pole Building Plans
Small Barn
Double Garage and Tool Shed
Storage Shed
Vacation Cottage
Year-Round House
Split-Level House
Camp Cabin 1
Camp Cabin 2
Solar Cottage
Woodshed
Appendix 1
Suggested Tools for Pole Building
Appendix 2
Bibliography
Appendix 3
Maximum Wind Speeds
Maximum Snow Load