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

by Ralph Wolfe

Overview

Cost-effective and adaptable, pole buildings are the perfect solution for tool sheds, barns, or even summer homes. Low-Cost Pole Building Construction focuses on designs that provide good wind resistance with minimal grading and no need to excavate for a foundation. With full plans for a number of sample buildings that include a solar cottage, garage, and woodshed, you’ll be able to quickly and effectively build the structure you need while saving both money and time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780882661704
Publisher:	Storey Publishing, LLC
Publication date:	01/05/1980
Edition description:	REVISED
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	462,584
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 11.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Ralph Wolfe has written Storey's Low-Cost Pole Building Construction with the expert advice of Doug Merrilees and Evelyn Loveday. It has received acclaim from Countryside & Small Stock Journal: "The definitive book on the subject, Low-Cost Pole Building Construction, is cheap enough and sufficiently valuable to belong in every homestead library." Ralph has since passed away.

Table of Contents

Introduction

I. Pole Construction

1 History of Pole Construction

2 Attackers of Wood

3 Preservative Treatments

4 Buying Poles

5 Choosing a Site

6 Choosing a Design

7 The Fastenings to Use

8 The Process of Construction

9 Plumbing and Electricity

10 Heating and Cooling

Tables

II. Examples of Pole Building

Pawley's Island House

Steen House

Hull House

Richardson House

Kent House

Vickers House

Westbrook House

Lebov House

Sketch of a Pole House

Surfside House

Nine Square House

Craddock House

Ritz House

MacDonald House

Betsy Ross Nursery School

Pennsylvania House

Korean Church

California House

Hexagon House

III. Pole Building Plans

Small Barn

Double Garage and Tool Shed

Storage Shed

Vacation Cottage

Year-Round House

Split-Level House

Camp Cabin 1

Camp Cabin 2

Solar Cottage

Woodshed

Appendix 1

Suggested Tools for Pole Building

Appendix 2

Bibliography

Appendix 3

Maximum Wind Speeds

Maximum Snow Load