Which is good book on building a home?

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fpena445@yahoo.com - 20 Jul 2008 20:18 GMT

I am playing around in my mind with the idea of buying some land and
building a home from scratch. I'm very handy and I have developing a
few commercial products for home owners. Just wondering which would
be the best book or resource for one wanting to build a home from
scratch.

thanks.

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Ann - 20 Jul 2008 20:14 GMT

On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:18:55 -0700, fpena445 wrote:

> I am playing around in my mind with the idea of buying some land and
> building a home from scratch. I'm very handy and I have developing a few
> commercial products for home owners. Just wondering which would be the
> best book or resource for one wanting to build a home from scratch.
>
> thanks.

The building code your local government will require you to meet.

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A Veteran - 30 Jul 2008 20:27 GMT

> On Sun, 20 Jul 2008 12:18:55 -0700, fpena445 wrote:
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> The building code your local government will require you to meet.

you might try to find the bible on this.
Ken Kern's "The Owner Builder and the Code" out of print but you can
find it. It's good .

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Dean Hoffman - 21 Jul 2008 00:19 GMT

> I am playing around in my mind with the idea of buying some land and
> building a home from scratch. I'm very handy and I have developing a
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> thanks.

You might also read the thread here about spacing trips to town in
addition to the building codes Ann suggested.
Try the alt.energy.homepower group and the alt.home.repair.group
This link is to the University of Nebraska. There are publications
here about rural related subjects. > http://tinyurl.com/unvrl
There might be some info there about building in the country. Think
about how you're going to heat and cool the place.

Dean

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Mr.Smartypants - 21 Jul 2008 12:15 GMT

On Jul 21, 5:18 am, fpena...@yahoo.com wrote:

> I am playing around in my mind with the idea of buying some land and
> building a home from scratch. I'm very handy and I have developing a
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> thanks.

Build it out of a mix of clay, sand, straw. It's called a "cob" house.

Warm in winter and cool in summer.

Google "cob homes".

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Which is good book on building a home?