Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings
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Discover the Strength, Economy, and Durability of Building with Poles Building with poles can save you time, money, and effort. Creating strong, durable structures this way requires only limited grading and essentially no excavation on site, allows for plenty of design flexibility, and utilizes fewer materials than other building techniques. In his classic do-it-yourself guide Practical Pole Building Construction , author and builder Leigh Seddon covers everything you need to know about all stages of the process from initial designing and planning to the actual construction and building stage. With an emphasis on practicality and economy, this essential reference manual includes helpful, easy-to-follow yet detailed information about how to choose between kiln-dried vs. green poles; architectural and structural specifications; site selection; construction-site preparation; design principles; aesthetics; pole setting; sustainability considerations; and ways to insulate and ventilate. It also features original design plans for multiple building and outbuilding types, including lean-to barn, horse stable, hillside house, garage/woodshed, mountain pole cabin, and coastal/lake house. In addition to the many photographs within, illustrator David Sylvester provides plentiful architectural drawings to accompany the clear, informative text. Engineer and veteran builder Leigh Seddon is also the author of Low-Cost Green Lumber Construction (also available from Echo Point Books)' another time-honored reference book for resourceful, do-it-yourself builders looking to save costs and work sustainably. Review: good book. - i own a few books on out building construction. this is by far my fav. most of the books i own are just floor plans with no real building tips. i find this one to be a valuable referance guide to actual construction. if you have a general idea of what you want to build. buy this book it can help you with the planing. if you are looking for a floor plans type book i would pass it by. one of the reveiws i read made coments as to this book being dated. due to the fact it didn't talk of cemet pillar construction. this is a pole building book. the word pole should be highlighted. there are charts on loads and pole size. i am not sure if the info is current with code in all areas or not. if not, it doesn't matter in regards to the fact that this is a good referance guide. if you planing on building a pole type building yourself. i would recomend this book. Review: The best pole building book I have found. - 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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A**R
good book.
i own a few books on out building construction. this is by far my fav. most of the books i own are just floor plans with no real building tips. i find this one to be a valuable referance guide to actual construction. if you have a general idea of what you want to build. buy this book it can help you with the planing. if you are looking for a floor plans type book i would pass it by. one of the reveiws i read made coments as to this book being dated. due to the fact it didn't talk of cemet pillar construction. this is a pole building book. the word pole should be highlighted. there are charts on loads and pole size. i am not sure if the info is current with code in all areas or not. if not, it doesn't matter in regards to the fact that this is a good referance guide. if you planing on building a pole type building yourself. i would recomend this book.
K**R
The best pole building book I have found.
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.
A**R
No Kidding Practical
Practical Pole Building Construction is very well named. Not only is the basic theory of pole building discussed, but there are plans for several practical buildings, and all the necessary tables and calculations for designing your own basic buildings. I would caution against using pole building for structures intended to be permanent. Even with the best preservatives we have, the poles will rot in the ground in 50 years or so, so don't count on handing that pole built cabin on down to the kids. There are plenty of construction details well outlined in the book that can be applied to traditional framing as well, so it's a worthy read no matter what kind of building you're dreaming of building.
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B**.
Very basic book
This book covers very basic construction methods. If you are new to construction it may be useful but if you have built other buildings this book is probably not for you.
T**R
Great practical book.
This is a very complete book that doesn't leave the reader asking for details like so many others. It's written so beginners can understand it and it contains all the design criteria, load tables, joint details, and so forth that an experienced builder needs to get a building permit and construct a building. Seddon inlcudes practical "how to" answers beginning with construction of a temporary frame to lift tall poles into holes in the ground without killing yourself trying. Framing and jointing details, connections, siding, windows and finish are all here. I built many stick frame homes over several years and was looking for information on construction of a pole frame home. I found it very useful and practical.
H**1
Old not a good book
I'm disappointed in this book, its old and out dated. It doesn't really show how a pole building should be constructed and the materials needed to build one now, its based on the 80's. This book shows the use of timbers and older styles of building. If you're looking for a book to show you the way to build a pole building, what type of materials, and how to go about the set up of the concrete flooring this book is not what you're looking for.
L**F
learned something
This book is very education.
N**K
Excellent and useful, practical guide
An excellent practical guide. Well written, well structured and useful. The plans are really great, too. I also own "Low Cost Pole Building Construction" by Ralphe Wolfe, which compliments this book well. Both worth buying in their own right.
D**K
Pole buildings
Its ok I was looking for more examples on pole barns, however it covers numerous projects from sheds to building houses, good book to get started - easy to follow.
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