A couple new pages

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 [...]

DIY Home Building

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”.

Green Building Advisor

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
* Business Advisor
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Another Take on the Pallet House

Another take on building a small house with [...]

Tiny Free House Plans

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 [...]

Build Your Own House

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

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.