Home Building Kits

Description

From buying land and drawing floor plans to choosing log styles and joinery, every phase of construction is covered in over 800 photos and drawings with complete how-to instructions. From the experts at Popular Science. “Whether you need to know about slab walls or building that first fire in your new home’s fireplace, the Guide covers it.”—Country Journal.

Features

• Planning and Preliminaries: Planning, The Land, Tools and Labor
• Logs, Foundations and Building Sites: Timbers and Materials, The New Homestead, Building the Foundation
• House Raising and Finish Work: First Logs, Walls, Second Stories, Roof Framing, Roofing, Doors and Windows, Stairs, Finishing the Interior, Cabinetmaking and Millwork, Decks, Porches and Balconies
• Extraordinary Log Styles: Hewed and Square-Milled Log, Other Log Styles
• Heat and Utilities: Solar Heated Log Houses, Water and Septic Systems, Plumbing, Wiring and Lighting, Be Your Own Power Company, Heating with Wood

Description

"This thorough book on traditional hand-hewn log construction has a warm, friendly text and 192 pages of full-color photos of work at some amazing home sites" ("Washington Post"). "A unique and valuable guide".--"Country Living Magazine". 210 color photos. 41 drawings. This book is considered to be THE source for information about how to build a rustic, Alaska-style cabin home.

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• ISBN13: 9780979047039
• Condition: USED - Very Good
• Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

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Chapters cover the reality of log homes, preparing logs, designing your log home, estimating construction costs, your building site, gathering materials and labor, excavating and laying your foundation, building floors and decks, preparing for log construction, building log walls, installing windows and doors, adding a second story, installing rafters and trusses, roofing your log home, finishing and maintaining your log home. Includes a comprehensive list of log home kit manufacturers. Books purchased through Amazon.com and MulliganPress.com are autographed by the author.

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The Log Construction Manual tells you what you need to know to build your own handcrafted log home shell. This is a comprehensive and thorough guide to how to scribe-fit logs to each other, cut notches, and build roof support systems of large, round, naturally-shaped logs. The Log Construction Manual is packed with information that is available nowhere else — including the Log Selection Rules, Chambers' brilliant and simple method for choosing which log to use next; detailed instructions for building handcrafted log roof trusses; step-by-step directions for laying out sill logs for any design or floor plan; how to cut state-of-the-art compression-fit saddle notches; methods to keep notches and grooves tight over time; allowing for settling and shrinkage of log walls; scribing tips that pro's use; and much more.

Features

• ISBN13: 9780881791310
• Condition: New
• Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed