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Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber and Beam House

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I am in the process of building my own post and beam home with lumber we are pioneering from our own property.

I've gathered far more than the information contained in this book using great on-line resources and discussion forums on wood milling and my partner and I are both skilled enough to complete significantly better designs and plans than this author.

The book appears to be a self-published. It would have maybe been worth a 99 cent download of an e-book, but hardly worth the nearly $17 when I would have rather spent it on some more prefessional books here on Amazon.

Great if you know nothing about construction and cannot figure out how to use the A9 or Google searches to get the same information. Save your money. Buy a post and beam construction book that has real information and photos in it.

Build Your Own Low-cost Timber And Beam House by wooden timber and beam construction expert William Stephens is a practical, step-by-step, "user friendly", do-it-yourself guide to constructing a sturdy shelter for practical use. From selecting the right materials, to basic carpentry and assemblage instructions, Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber And Beam House is an economical, practical, and straightforward, self-help guide to creating one's own shelter. Indeed, William Stephens' own hand-built house only cost him an estimated a capital investment of $22,000. Highly recommended reading for anyone contemplating constructing their own timber or beam based dwelling, the text for Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber And Beam House is enhanced with black/withe photography and line drawn illustrations.