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How to build a 12x20 cabin on a budget
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15 Jul ’13 - 9:47 am
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not sure if I would be comfortable with that framing with our snow load up here, would be good in a warmer area though

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Not bad at all; however, I am with you. Too much snow where I want to build for that.

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agreed, I guess it could be beefed up some or increase the roof pitch, but then the reason for building it is lost

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Are the support beams really just 4x4's buried in the ground? No concrete at all?

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he doesn't mention using any at all, so I'm not sure

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We just had the Amish build basically that same thing out back of the house. At that size, it's legal to build it on large blocks on top of the ground, which is what they did. We may want to move it later so it fit the plans. I don't normally get your snow load here so no issue there. It's currently being fitted as my canning/dairy kitchen. :-)

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very nice hff

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