Owner-Built Pole Frame House

by Barbara Kern

Explains the theory of building houses with pole frame construction, describes the structural advantages, and gives tips on house construction and solar heating

179 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1981

Reviews

[Shira and Ari Evergreen]

This book feels rather dated - it's all gung-ho about saving the environment and building something healthy, and yet it uses pressed and treated plywood and poles with carcinogenic chemicals soaked into them. It's fiercely opposed to the tyranny of building codes and has a lot of ideas about material efficiency, good ones and ones that would likely cause problems for a builder trying to get something approved, but it's honest about where it deviates from the norm. Interesting and worth a read just for the great description and diagrams showing how to pick a site and how to take advantage of passive solar heating.