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The owner-built home

Science & Math

Kern, Ken

Technology

Scribner

A comprehensive guide to the design and construction of innovative houses covering all stages and procedures from site selection to work completion

The Owner-Built Home

Encore Editions

Owner Built Homestead

Kern, Barbara

A thorough examination of the argument, held strongly by these advocates for owner-built homes, that the universal application of local building codes is both unnecessary and perhaps even destructive of good home-building. Written from the informed perspective of three widely acknowledged authors on the subject, each of whom has built his own home and struggled with code enforcement.

The Owner-Builder and the Code: Politics of Building Your Home

Owner-builder Publications

Presents illustrated instructions for the design and construction of home fireplaces, considering building materials, chimneys and various types of fireplaces with their particular requirements

Fireplaces

Macmillan Pub. Co.

Discusses the energy efficiency of masonry stoves and supplies complete instructions for the construction and operation of a variety of styles of masonry stoves

Ken Kern's Masonry Stove

Explains how to use tools, plan, build, and organize a shop, and master the techniques of welding and metalworking

Ken Kern's Homestead Workshop

Many Americans dream about building their own home. With this book you can make those dreams a reality. As innovative and original as it was when first published in 1972, Ken Kern's The Owner-Built Home is an aspiring DIY homebuilder's bible. Finally, after years of demand, it is back in print for the next generation of owner-builders. The product of years of research and experimentation with innumerable design and construction techniques around the world, The Owner-Built Home is full of practical tips. It describes in refreshing, straight-forward language, everything involved in making a home. Fully illustrated with drawings, photographs, and plans, The Owner-Built Home is an indispensable tool for anyone planning to build a house.

Owner Builder Pubns

The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built Home is a complete guide to the beauty and efficiency of underground living. This book examines many simple innovative and low cost designs and methods especially appropriate to the owner builder. Three successful earth sheltered homes are presented in detail, from the planning stage to planting the roof.

The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built Home

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

From simple stone walls to elaborate homes and studios, this is the ideal book for any DIY builder interested in working with stone. Thanks to its utility and cost-effectiveness, stone is an ideal construction resource for the astute owner-builder. Cheap and readily available, rock can be gathered from streambeds, abandoned quarries, and open fields with relative ease. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find a natural landscape devoid of building stone. In this book, beloved home-building expert Ken Kern teams up with fellow stone masons Steve Magers and Lou Penfield to present the ultimate guide to DIY stone masonry. THE OWNER-BUILDER'S GUIDE TO STONE MASONRY is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of building with stone. Everything from detailed information on sourcing, sorting, and selecting stones, to the various methods of building with stone. There are even chapters on building fireplaces, steps, floors, and arches.

The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry

Arts & Photography

Magers, Steve

Penfield, Lou

Architecture

Echo Point Books & Media

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Books by Kern, Ken

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The owner-built home

The Owner-Built Home

Owner Built Homestead

The Owner-Builder and the Code: Politics of Building Your Home

Fireplaces

Ken Kern's Masonry Stove

Ken Kern's Homestead Workshop

The Owner-Built Home

The Earth Sheltered Owner-Built Home

The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry