Building the Sun Cottage Part V: The Structural Frame

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January/February 1984
By Angus W. Macdonald, M. Arch. 
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Offset press plates, which are often available for little or nothing from printing shops, are easily worked sheets of high-quality aluminum alloy. Keep one around the barn or workshop, advises Bob Paris of Blanchard, Oklahoma, and it won't be long before you find a place where it'll come in handy. The plates can be used as covers for beehives or birdhouses, gutter flashing, or even roofing patches!

EDITOR'S NOTE: For our example in this series of articles, we've chosen the two-bedroom Sun Cottage, an expandable, earth-sheltered, passive solar plan with 1,023 square feet and an estimated building cost of $24,000 (assuming some owner assistance in construction). Angus W. Macdonald has drawn this plan according to HUD's Minimum Property Standards and the Building Officials and Code Administrators' (BOCA) building codes. Complete architectural drawings, specifications, and cost analysis may be purchased from Survival Consultants, Dept. TMEN, P.O. Box 21, Rapidan, Virginia 22733. You can also receive Angus' catalog of 12 low-cost, passive solar, earthtempered homes by sending $5.00 to Survival Consultants.

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