Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber and Beam House

By William H. Stephens

Revised

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970107625
• ISBN13: 9780970107626
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Authors Book Nook
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"

Customer Reviews

A self-help guide to creating one's own shelter

Build Your Own Low-cost Timber And Beam House by wooden timber and beam construction expert William Stephens is a practical, step-by-step, "user friendly", do-it-yourself guide to constructing a sturdy shelter for practical use. From selecting the right materials, to basic carpentry and assemblage instructions, Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber And Beam House is an economical, practical, and straightforward, self-help guide to creating one's own shelter. Indeed, William Stephens' own hand-built house only cost him an estimated a capital investment of $22,000. Highly recommended reading for anyone contemplating constructing their own timber or beam based dwelling, the text for Build Your Own Low-Cost Timber And Beam House is enhanced with black/withe photography and line drawn illustrations.