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

by Leigh Seddon

Book Overview

Leigh Seddon has worked with illustrator David Sylvester to give his book the extra dimension of original plans.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0913589160
• ISBN13: 9780913589168
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Williamson Publishing Company
• Length: 183 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.4" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Great practical book.

This is a very complete book that doesn't leave the reader asking for details like so many others. It's written so beginners can understand it and it contains all the design criteria, load tables, joint details, and so forth that an experienced builder needs to get a building permit and construct a building. Seddon inlcudes practical "how to" answers beginning with construction of a temporary frame to lift tall poles into holes in the ground without killing yourself trying. Framing and jointing details, connections, siding, windows and finish are all here. I built many stick frame homes over several years and was looking for information on construction of a pole frame home. I found it very useful and practical.

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This book is very good. The information is presented in great detail in a very useable way. I found myself wanting to build with poles! Highly recomended. Sincerly, Adelbert M. Vinal Jr.

The best pole building book I have found.

Of all the pole building books I have seen, this is the best. Seddon covers the logic of pole building and then gives straightforward instruction on how to do it, with lots of clear drawings and photographs. Included are design, materials, calculating loads, foundations, framing and jointry, roofing and siding, windows and doors, building plans, and an appendix that shows how to calculate sun angles, snow loads, compares insulations, gives recommended nailing schedules, and several other useful items. Plans include a lake house, hillside house, cabin, garage, horse stable, and lean-to animal shelter. If you have never built anything before, it is likely that you will be able to build any or all of these with no more instruction than this book, plus plumbing and electrical help.

Great "How To" Book

I finally found a well organized book that shows the information and process required to Build a Pole Building. This book does an excellent job of walking the "Do It Yourselfer" through all the steps required to build a pole or Post and Beam building. After reading this book all you need is a blue print, building permit and materials and you are good to go.

This book has clear and complete info on pole buildings.

This pole construction book has become our favorite of all other pole books. It answered those important questions such as weight per pole, soil content, span distances, and extra bracing. It also helped us to figure weight loads (live and dead). This book gave us all the information needed to build a pole house.