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Building
Resources and construction product information
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| Home Building Search
Engine - a good place to find a product or research a topic
such as "bamboo flooring" or "landscape lighting" |
Home Expo Directory |
| Home Remodeling Site
- Interesting well done building resource. The linked page has short
instructional videos. Only one of the many helpful links here. |
Remodeling
Site |
| Home Improvement website
directory. Much information about products for use in house construction |
Build.com |
| Building for Health
- An interesting site with healthy and alternative building products
such as bamboo stakes for strawbale construction. |
Building
for Health |
| A great set of links to
books on architecture, Building, Feng Shui, healthy
building, solar and sustainable building. |
Sustainable
building |
| Green building
information and a great library of specific product
information. High quality articles on all kinds of energy and
resource efficient products. |
Oikos
Green Library |
| A vast information
site with a good built-in search engine. Just what the name
implies - Do it Yourself. |
doityourself.com |
| Residential Building
code manual. Here's the code most jurisdicitons use (call
them first to check). |
2000
International Residential Building Code |
| Building links and articles
about various construction phases. Much info about Building
codes. |
Code
check links |
| B4UBUILD.COM does a good job
of reviewing Web sites concerned with building,
buying, and remodeling a home. |
B4UBuild
Links |
| Home Remodeling and
construction resource information. Advice and links from an
experienced Home Inspector. |
Sound
Home Resource Center |
| Owner Builder
Financing? Sometimes the local banker turns up his nose.
These folks are experienced with both the finance and building side of
the process. Use their on-line application form. |
Owner-builder
loans |
| Ask an expert
will answer your home repair questions in three areas: carpentry,
electrical and plumbing. |
Ask
an Expert |
| Building
Books & Videos: |
| Time-tested advice on buying and building on country property. This classic book now on-line. Also good links to other resources |
The Back Road Home |
| Practical books for building.
Ken Kern books |
www.dirtcheapbuilder.com |
| Building with Awareness DVD -
a great video on the construction of a small alternative house in the
desert Southwest. See full reveiw and discussion here.
Much Info available nowhere else. |
Building
with Awareness |
| Real
Estate and Land Links: |
| Rural Property Bulletin -- The
National Marketplace for Rural Property Since 1980 |
Rural
Property |
| Creative Farm and Home Realty
- offering farms, acreages, hunting land, etc. in SE Iowa and NE
Missouri. Reasonable prices |
Creative
Farm |
| Rural land magazine with
listings for all states. Some pretty high priced. Many dealers ads. |
Land
Journal |
| Real estate
brokers by state. You can then click through to
brokers site and listings. |
Brokers
on-line |
| The RuralEstate Network. An
on-line Catalog of Rural Land, Farms, Country Homes, Rural
Businesses, and Recreational Real Estate |
RuralEstate
Network |
| Property in the San Luis
Valley area of Colorado. |
Colorado
Mountain Land |
| Many listings for Park,
Summit, & Grand counties (high country) |
Central
CO listings |
| Soil characteristics of your
land will determine much about what and where you can build. Not all
states have this information. Search results. |
Soil
Maps - State Search |
| Plans and
How-to-build Information: |
| Ross Chapin is a talented
architect who has designed some fine small homes and cottages. Good
plans and good ideas. |
Ross
Chapin Plans |
| Homeplaninfo.com is a fine
site for looking at home plans and home plan companies. They have short
reviews. |
Small
Home Plan Reviews |
| A good site with information
on log homes |
Log
Home Links |
| A good selection of barn plans
in many sizes and styles. |
Barn
Plans |
| A site with good information
on building small cabins |
The
Minicabin site |
| A source of barn and small
home plans. Old friend of mine. |
Homestead
Design |
| A large database of stock
plans. You can specify house size and width and narrow the search to
only those you are interested in. They show both the floorplan and
exterior sketch. Here is an example of a 22'
wide one-bedroom cottage. |
Global
House Plans |
| A large site with searchable
plans for larger cottage and country home plans |
1st-4-house-plans
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| Recycled
Building Materials: |
Second Use Building Materials
7953 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA 98108, 206-763-0436 |
Second
Use |
Duluth Timber Co.
125 Stewart St., Seattle, WA 98101, 206-448-1982 |
Duluth
Timber |
| Tools: |
| Here's the best on-line tool
store around. Everything for the wood butcher art. A great gift spot
too. |
Rockler.com |
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