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Vacation Homes and Log Cabins

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Complete plans for 16 low-cost permanent and vacation homes and cabins. Wood-frame, A-frame, pole-frame, concrete masonry, and log cabin ranging from 10' by 14' one-room cabin to two-bedroom tenant house. Sketches, floor plans, hints on construction, materials, location, installments, more.

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Genres: Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 690.8 — Technology Construction of buildings Construction of buildings Residential and related buildings
LCC: TH4835 .U54 — Technology Building construction Building construction Buildings: Construction with reference to use
BISAC: HOM HOUSE & HOME Do-It-Yourself General

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Published: 1978
Genres: Nonfiction, Home & Garden, Art & Design, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 690.8
LCC: TH4835 .U54

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