Non-log design/build

Living Homes by Elpel

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Stone Masonry, Log, and Strawbale ConstructionBuilding Your High-Efficiency Dream Home on a Shoestring Budget

The house of your Dreams does not have to be expensive. The key is all in the planning. How much a house costs, how it looks, how comfortable it is, how energy-efficient it is--all these things occur on paper before you pick up even one tool.

Book-Independent Builder

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This is a comprehensive manual of design and building methods for owner-builders as well as professional builders and their clients.
 

Homeowner's Complete Guide to the Chainsaw

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A Chainsaw Pro shows you how to safely and confidently handle everything from trimming branches and felling trees to splitting and stacking wood.

Colonial Home Building

Home Building and Woodworking in Colonial America
by C. Keith Wilbur

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This illustrated sourcebook of seventeenth and eighteenth century construction reveals the expertise and foresight of Colonial builder who created structures that could withstand decades, even centuries, of wear and weather.