Small Barn Plans for Owner-Builders

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Summary: Offers cogent step-by-step advice
Review: Compiled and presented by Craig Wallin, Small Barn Plans For Owner-Builders is a practical and impressive reference that will enable any amateur or professional barn-builder to save both money and effort in the process of building a barn on their land. Included are the complete construction plans for twelve of the most popular barn designs. In addition to the in-depth design plans which make Small Barn Plans for Owner-Builders an ideal and economical resource for property owners in need of a barn, Wallin offers cogent step-by-step advice regarding legal codes and regulations, working with building inspectors and contractors, avoiding common construction and design pitfalls, and much, much more.

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Summary: Small Barn Plans for Owner-Builders
Review: I found this book to be an excellent source of information. It has greatly helped me do the planning for the construction of my barn.

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Summary: Small Barn Plans for Owner-Builders
Review: I found this book to be an excellent source of information. It has greatly helped me do the planning for the construction of my barn.

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Summary: If only I knew then
Review: If only I knew when I built my barn what the author shares in this book, my life would have been so much easier.

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Summary: If you're planning a small barn, you need this book.
Review: No one knows more about small barns than Craig Wallin. He builds beautiful little barns and country homes in Washington state. The structures that he designs for Homestead Design, Inc. have been built all across the US and Canada. Here, he gives you a step-by-step guide to planning and building the perfect storage barn, workshop, horse barn or country garage for your place. He gives good, practical, no-nonsense advice on determining the space you need, building and property plans, getting permits, finding good contractors at fair prices, and on do-it-yourself building. This book is packed with plans, details and great ideas. I learned a lot from this book. You will too!

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Summary: not necessarily what the cover says...
Review: The cover bills it as 'complete' plans for 12 different barns- actually, to get complete plans that would be needed to get building permit do construction or buy materials, you have to order a set form the authors website. The book has nice practical ideas about working with subcontactors, and the designs and sources are quite useful.

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Summary: Best barn book
Review: This is a great, thorough, from start-to-finish explanation of how to build a barn for your property. Beautiful, functional plans, expert easy-to-follow construction detail. Even how to manage the building permit process. Highly recommend it!

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Summary: Best barn book
Review: This is a great, thorough, from start-to-finish explanation of how to build a barn for your property. Beautiful, functional plans, expert easy-to-follow construction detail. Even how to manage the building permit process. Highly recommend it!

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Summary: Practical advice for your project
Review: This is a well-written, very practical guide to the entire process of building a barn (which, by the way, can also be applied to any building project). For people like me who have little experience in this area, it has great planning tools for managing the project while avoiding the common pitfalls of working with contractors and building material suppliers. You can use this book whether you are doing most or all of the building yourself ... or intelligently contracting the work out. Great tips for saving money and very useful planning forms. Also lots of resources for other information you may need to customize your barn for your specific needs. Easy-to-use format.

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Summary: Best barns
Review: We've sought advice on building structures for horses serveral times. This is the first book that covers design options, materials, project budgeting and handling a contractor for the do-it-yourself-er or the owner/supervisor. It is a terrific resource for horse owners.