Low Cost Pole Building Construction: The Complete How-To Book (Paperback)

~ Ralph Wolfe (Author), Evelyn Loveday "Would you hang your house between telephone poles?..." (more)
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Product Description

278,000 copies in print.

From the Back Cover

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

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Product Details

• Paperback: 182 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC; Revised & enlarged edition (January 8, 1975)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882660764
• ISBN-13: 978-0882661704
• ASIN: 0882661701
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #55,236 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

72 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pole construction - a wonderful alternative for great value., December 9, 1999

By	James T Hacker (West coast Florida) - See all my reviews

I gave the book five stars because there was a total lack of books on the subject when I read it months ago. Thanks to Amazon, there is now more available. I am a developer of lots. I have seen what the family faces with home buying. The pole house will only be for the stout-hearted, brave and good humored. But for those few souls it will be a wonderful experience. This book takes you from day one - walking onto your lot - to the finished product. And it tells you everything in between like, how to get your friends to gleefully help you plant your poles to having an old "barn raising". It's good stuff. It's dated, but if you're an ol' fashion American pioneer like me, you'll love the challenge.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars READ ME! How to build a house cheaply, November 14, 2006

By	Andrea Jackson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I thought this was a great book, I picked this up at the library and this was a wonderful read from front to back.

PROS:
1. Learn how to build at a low cost.
2. Provide shelter/housing one weekend at a time.

CONS:
N/A

I also purchased a real estate book on how to get land cheaply:

Investing Without Losing (ISBN: 0978834607 NOT on amazn, on other stores)