Owning your own home is something that many people dream about. When you are finally able to purchase your first home you will need to give some serious thought to the needs of you and your family. You want to be sure that you meet those with the home that you buy. [...]
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I’ve recently added a couple new pages that I think you might like: Structural Wall Sheathing is a look at some of the more common materials used for sheathing the exterior walls in a house (with common stud frame construction). And a tip on how to carry 4′x8′ sheets safely. How to Pick Good Lumber is [...] Ron Czecholinski over at www.diy-home-building.com has been working on re-tooling his site (no pun intended!). It’s starting to look really beautiful! He has categories like “Build Your House”, “Design Your House”, “Green Home Building”, “Home Building Kits”, “House Building Plans”, “Remodeling”, and “Resources”. Tuanton press has a wonderful website dedicated to green building practices and advice, Green Building Advisor. Lots of free information is accessible without needing a membership, unlike their Fine Homebuilding site. There are several running blogs by contributing editors. Topics include: * Building Science Another take on building a small house with [...] Michael Janzen has been putting in a lot of time working on his tiny free house plans. His design is intended to be put on a trailer, much like a Tumbleweed home, but you could build it on a permanent or semi-permanent foundation. The roof lines are very innovative with a standard gable [...] Many of you said you just didn’t know where to begin. So I’m setting down in a beginner’s book some great advice for where to start when you don’t have a clue, and then get you going in the right [...] Welcome to all you small house enthusiasts! My intention with this blog is to keep up to date about information that comes out in the media concerning the building of small houses. And if any of you come across some information that you’d like to see added here please drop me a line. |
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