Seddon has given his book the extra dimension of original plans for a lean-to barn, horse barn, hillside house, garage/wood shed, mountain pole cabin, and a coastal house. Pole building construction saves money, time, labour, and materials because it involves limited grading, no excavation, flexibility on site, and few materials.
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The best pole building book I have found.,
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Of all the pole building books I have seen, this is the best. Seddon covers the logic of pole building and then gives straightforward instruction on how to do it, with lots of clear drawings and photographs. Included are design, materials, calculating loads, foundations, framing and jointry, roofing and siding, windows and doors, building plans, and an appendix that shows how to calculate sun angles, snow loads, compares insulations, gives recommended nailing schedules, and several other useful items. Plans include a lake house, hillside house, cabin, garage, horse stable, and lean-to animal shelter. If you have never built anything before, it is likely that you will be able to build any or all of these with no more instruction than this book, plus plumbing and electrical help.
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This book has clear and complete info on pole buildings.,
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This pole construction book has become our favorite of all other pole books. It answered those important questions such as weight per pole, soil content, span distances, and extra bracing. It also helped us to figure weight loads (live and dead). This book gave us all the information needed to build a pole house.
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I finally found a well organized book that shows the information and process required to Build a Pole Building. This book does an excellent job of walking the "Do It Yourselfer" through all the steps required to build a pole or Post and Beam building. After reading this book all you need is a blue print, building permit and materials and you are good to go.
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Pole building, one of the world's oldest building techniques, has endured through the ages because of its simplicity, economy, and strength. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
floor girts, rafter girts, sill girt, shim shingles, pole cabin, pole foundation, pole building, top jamb, exterior casings, sun chart, platform framing, pole house, side jambs, fiberglass batts, rough opening, drip edge, hillside house Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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Pole building, one of the world's oldest building techniques, has endured through the ages because of its simplicity, economy, and strength. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
floor girts, rafter girts, sill girt, shim shingles, pole cabin, pole foundation, pole building, top jamb, exterior casings, sun chart, platform framing, pole house, side jambs, fiberglass batts, rough opening, drip edge, hillside house Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
National Forest Products Association, United States, Row Middle, Tip Size, Wood Structural Design Data New!
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- Wood Handbook: Wood As an Engineering Material by Forest Products Laboratory in Back Matter
- Wood-Frame House Construction: Complete "How-To" Information on Constructing Wood-Frame Houses by L. O. Anderson in Back Matter
- Architectural Graphic Standards, Tenth Edition by John Ray Hoke Jr. in Back Matter
- Modern Carpentry by Willis H. Wagner in Back Matter
- Engineering Soil Classification for Residential Development by Federal Housing Administration in Back Matter
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- The Encyclopedia of Country Living: An Old Fashioned Recipe Book by Carla Emery on page 559
- Fine Home Building Index, Issues 1-85 (Taunton's Fine Homebuilding Index) by Fine Homebuilding on page 140
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