A HouseFraming System for LowCost Construction Classic Reprint

Excerpt from A House-Framing System for Low-Cost ConstructionA house was built in the fall of 1964 b the method described in this report (fig. Pace in the house can be arranged in many ways; the floor plan of the prototype is shown in figure 2.The idea of using poles for both the foundation and the primary frame of a structure is not new. Some of the first structures built were of this type. The pole construction techniques have been neglected mainly because of the short life of wood set in damp soil. If the early settlers could have preserved wood products, as is possible now with a variety of chemicals, pole construction probably would have evolved as the primary building method for houses in this country.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.