Jay builds a house

Our neighbor offered to sell us her yurt. It includes the yurt platform, which is a significant expense. We have to move it. It's 30...

I went to the county building department for information on applying for a building permit. I have to apply for an address and a "road ...

Long ago someone platted  out the neighborhood as 270' x 270' blocks, with 60'-wide roads and an alley through the middle of eac...

It has been a while since I updated this blog. I don't have much new to say, but here is the latest design. Things that have changed: ...

I've been stuck on two problems. Later I'll write about the footing details, but right now I want to look at the mapping difficultie...

I signed up with Habitat for Humanity , as a way to learn more about house building, on someone else's house . It seems like a good trad...

I worked on the "ferry" floor plan a lot, but couldn't ever get something I liked. It solved some of the problems in the ...