Practical Pole Building Construction: With Plans for Barns, Cabins, & Outbuildings - Softcover

Seddon, Leigh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1648370608 ISBN 13: 9781648370601

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC., 2025

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Leigh Seddon is an engineer and veteran builder who recognized and has written about innovative building techniques that take advantage of local resources, are more sustainable, and help lower building costs. Throughout his career as a carpenter, contractor, and building consultant, he has been a strong advocate of owner-builders who take a hands-on approach.

Edition details

• Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC.
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1648370608
• ISBN 13: 9781648370601
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188