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One of the most beautiful additions to any home is a deck. Not only does it add beauty, a deck also adds value to your home.

But there is much to think of when preparing to build a deck. A poorly built deck can be a disaster. Following are 10 things to consider before you build your deck.

1. Purpose

First of all, what is going to be the primary purpose of your deck? Entertaining guests — you’ll need to consider how many guests you want the deck to hold, because more guests equal more weight. A play area for small children — safety is essential. Whatever your intended purpose, think it all the way through before starting to build.
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If you love barns, you absolutely would want to provide a good barn door. They are a pair of vertical framed material. They are also visible, and usually made but not limited to wood. They commonly have gambrel type of roofing, but of course, the barn doors’ construction is the crucial part as they must be wide enough to house a lot of feeds and other farm equipment.

With other forms of do it yourself instructions, here are the most basic instruction to install your beloved sliding barn doors. Larger sturdy doors can also be used on larger barns, but the usual thickness is of 1 3/4″ and 3/4″tongue and groove.

With the materials needed, here are the most common tools you should have. You don’t need to be too exact with them; anything equal to them can also be usable. Also, the bolts and nuts included in the door, you will need the following items: Continue reading →

Framing–the Backbone of your Log Cabin

Framing is the structural skeleton of your house. The drawing at
the top indicates the important framing members of any of the
cottages. The most important elements are the sill, header,
joists, girders, sole, flooring, studs, plate, and rafters.
Let’s take a look at these parts.

Except in the case of concrete slab construction, the sill is
the first wood member to rest on the foundations and will be the
first wood member you will put down. The sill is usually a
2-by-4-inch piece. In pier construction you will note that I
have occasionally used a 2-by-6-inch member. This is because the
header is made up of two pieces 2 inches thick, instead of one,
as shown in the illustration.

Sills form a bearing surface for the undersides of joists. They
should be bolted to the slab or wall foundations. If you are
using pier foundations, it is important that you first put down
the sill around the building, then spike the inner header to the
sill from the underside. After this is done, lay out the joists
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Luxury house plans are very tempting - who hasn’t dreamed of a palatial home as seen in movies and wealthy neighborhoods. A lot of factors make luxury homes more expensive, such as their large square footage, swimming pools, large porches, large plots of land, etc. One factor that is easily overlooked in the initial considerations for a new luxury house is the cost of interior design and finishes.

It’s hard to imagine it just from the house plan itself, but a large portion of the total cost to build a luxury home goes into finishes and details. Features ranging from the basics such as materials for flooring or walls all the way to appliances, kitchen counters, a fireplace, etc. can add a lot of money to your total costs. Continue reading →

Most pole barn kits utilize the simple construction technique of post and beam construction, which anyone can do on their own with a little basic carpentry experience. Don’t have the expertise? Then hire a carpenter by the hour to help you plan and build your project. Simple pole building projects can be constructed over a weekend if you have pre-arranged all of your basic building materials and have several friends or family members available to help you with the heavy lifting. There are 3 basic steps to constructing your own pole barn:

STEP 1 - POLE BARNS PLANNING. You’ll need to decide how big your pole building will need to be, and then adjust your overall measurements slightly to be a multiple of standard buidling material supply lengths. This design tip alone will save you hundreds of saw cuts and carpentry time. You’ll also need to decide if your pole barn will require concrete slab foundation inside, or if a dirt floor is all you need. If you plan to construct your own pole barn we highly recommend you spend the $10 to purchase a decent pole barn plan - this will save you many headaches and dramatically speed up your construction time.

STEP 2 - POLE BUILDING SUPPLIES. All of the necessary supplies for a basic pole barn can be sourced from your local building supply store. You’ll need some concrete mix for the post footings, and more if you decide to pour a concrete floor slab. You’ll also need treated posts, your preferred siding material, 2 x 4’s, nails, fasteners, and your preferred roofing material. To speed things up you can pre-order roof trusses, or buy gusset fasteners to build your own.

STEP 3 - RAISING THE BARN! Once the concrete has set in the footings you are ready to begin framing the post skeleton of your building plan. This is a very simple process that is simply repeated until all the post framing is completed. Once the frame is in place you can attach the outer siding to the frame. From there you can move to the roofing truss installation, roof framing and roof finishing. Popular choices for both siding and roofing are metal because its light, durable, cheap, and won’t rot or rust over its lifetime.

There you have it! Within a weekend you can construct and raise your very own pole barn. For those of you that might need a little more direction or help we strongly suggest you follow a plan for building pole barns, or even consider ordering a pre-cut pole barn kit. Continue reading →

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Brick making machine videos

The Doubell Jumbo MKII Block-maker shows how easy bricks & blocks can be made - a very good opportunity if building units are in shortage or too expensive

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How to build a kitchen was the hardest book I read. In 2002, when housing prices were starting to rise, I proposed to my husband that, with our forth kid on the way, that we look for a bigger house. He agreed to LOOK. We looked at several areas but wanted to move to a part of town that was closer to the freeways and shopping. When we walked into this house, you would have said, like we said, how odd. It was a 5 bedroom, 4 bath house with over 3,300 square feet of living space. The master was downstairs with four rooms and a HUGE loft upstairs. The kitchen was average with little room for a kitchen table.
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I wasn’t sure what a Pole barn was at first. I think it’s a utilitarian way of getting a barn to live in cheap. You need a lot of insulation as the roof is steel. Thats if you want to live in it of course and I do. You can get off the shelf p0le barn house designs quite cheaply, but the bespoke ones cost more.

Make sure you put the barn on a concrete slab. I looked at the ranch style barn which was quite good.The walls are not made from boards like in a regular house, but from 6 inch poles and so uses less lumber and is cheaper.

Make sure the design of the barn is State certified and meets all lega requirements. You can self build the barn although best to get specialists in a do it properly. I worked on one barn with a solar powered drill, it’s good that the barn has a low carbon emmision or footprint or whatever.