Main entry:

University of Manitoba. Northern Housing Committee.

Title & Author:

Stackwall : how to build it / prepared by the Northern Housing Committee of the University of Manitoba.

Publication:

[Winnipeg] : Northern Housing Committee, U.M.S.U. Print Shop, ©1977.

Description:

88 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves : illustrations ; 28cm.

Notes:
Cover title.
Includes bibliographical references.
1. Background and general information -- 2. Tools -- 3. Materials -- 4. Site location and layout -- 5. Levelling -- 6. Trenching -- 7. Foundations in general -- Concrete beam foundations -- Railway tie foundations -- 8. Bearing plates -- 9. Filler boards -- 10. Windows and doors -- Building window and door frames -- 11. Corners -- 12. Walls -- 13. Installing the door frame -- 14. Installing the window frame -- 15. Lintels -- 16. Top plates -- 17. Floor -- Underfloor -- Sub-floor -- 18. Roof trusses -- 19. Roof Sheathing -- 20. Shingling -- 21. Ceiling construction and attic insulation -- 22. Gable ends -- 23. Sealing non-operating windows -- 24. Notes on finishing -- 25. Termites -- Water consumption and disposal -- Plumbing -- Water supply -- Waste disposal -- Waterless toilets -- 27. Compost piles -- 28. Heating -- Gas, oil and electricity -- Solar heating -- Wood heat -- Heat pumps -- Integrated heating systems.

Summary:

Step-by-step guide to construction of a Stackwall shell, including sections on water supply and disposal, composting waste materials, and heating.

Subject:

Log-end houses Design and construction.
Wooden-frame houses.
Habitations Construction.
Maisons en bois.
Cabanes de bois rond.

Holdings:

Location: Library main canada 282677
Call No.: TH4890 .S73 1977
Status: Available