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Posted by Raider Bill on October 23, 2006, 9:31 pm
Well cheap is a relevent term. I guess I'd ratherr put my $$$ into
worthwhile parts of the building process. Today I thought, as long as
I'm thinking of a 4' crawl space and a 3 course block wall [knee wall]
why not go ahead and build a 10' ceiling garage under the house? My way
of thinking is that I will have to build a shop sometime, about 30X40
min. if the house is already close to that I would be saving money by
consoladating the garge house instead of building a 2.5 car attached
then a shop detached.
I do like the post and beam look. But still up in the air that's why
the Hybrid seemed along my lines.
I only want to do this once so I would rather do iut right this time.
That was my mantra when I built this place. Everything was done right
and to last. Too bad I will be elsewhere living to enjoy it thanks to
the extreme cost of property insurance here in florida!
Bob Morrison wrote:
> In a previous post Raider Bill wrote...
> > I checked out some sips, I want a metal roof, seems like they would
> > kill a couple birds with one stone. If I had metal on the upside with
> > insulation inthe middle do they have any that are faced with a log or
> > tongue and groove facing?
>
> You could probably pre-install some sort of paneling that gives the look
> you want.
>
> > Does anyone know of a guy that specilizes in planning and drawing a
> > hybrid post and beam house complete to cut list and assembly plans?
> > Did I mention cheap?
> >
>
> Post & beam construction that looks good is not cheap. If you want cheap,
> then build a conventional frame house. There is a reason that tract homes
> are built using conventional wood framing. Compared to other forms of
> construction it is inexpensive to put up.
>
> --
> Bob Morrison, PE, SE
> R L Morrison Engineering Co
> Structural & Civil Engineering
> Poulsbo WA
> bob at rlmorrisonengr dot com
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