Homestead mailing list

[Keith B <bartermn AT epix.net>]

Don Bowen wrote:
> What is the considered opinion of the group on the easiest solo building 
> method?


Easiest, cheapest or quickest. Don? As one who has taken (ahem) several 
years to build a log house, I can't recommend it as either easy or 
quickly done, but other than the trusses, which could have been added as 
single rafters instead, it has been a one man project mostly and total 
costs so far under 25 thousand.

> Many construction methods appear to be labor intensive, cob, strawbale, 
> rammed earth, stick frame, etc.  Looking at building from the viewpoint of 
> a single person with all normal building skills, tools, and machinery what 
> would be a viable method and what tools would be needed?


Easiest would seem to be buy a place and remodel it. :)