Sketching out a single-room cabin (around 12x12, with bed, stove and deck) to build this summer. Where can I find good house plans off which I can base the fundamental design?
Sketching out a single-room cabin (around 12x12, with bed, stove and deck) to build this summer. Where can I find good house plans off which I can base the fundamental design?
Here is cabin plan from Menard's
You don't need house plans.
You need to look at framing plans. It's a box. It's not that complicated. Just get the window and door openings framed correctly.
Go with a shed roof, they're way easier/safer to build.
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Get a shopping list, even if napkin math, and price it out online.
A good plan is the first step.
I mean, it all depends. Without doing the math, because I'm at work? $4k. Somewhere around there.
A better guesstimate would math out the number of timbers and price it all out. Spreadsheet for the win.
advanced framing.... 24" OC.... 12' wall is 7 studs, top and bottom plate for 9 2x6 studs, times 4 for 36 total. At around $6 per is $216.
guesstimate half again as much for floor and roof... another $108...
12' walls, is roughly 3 piece of ply per wall for sheathing, is roughly $20/sheet, so around $60/wall for around $240 for sheathing.
You need around 5 pieces of subfloor for at around $30 per, or around $150 in subflooring....
You need around 5 more sheets at $20 per for the roof, so another $100.
metal roofing is around 36" wide coverage, so you'll need... oh, assuming some overhangs... dunno... 7 odd of those, at aroudn $30 per, is another $210.
So we're around a grand....
We need a sheet of tyvek and roofing felt, flashing, doors, windows, electrical, plumbing, insulation, drywall, mud, paint, nice flooring, shower, sink, cabinets, loft, etc...
Price it all out. Get your google sheets on.
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www.simplyhomecommunity.org.
i built The Rustic. I've built sheds and the like before too (back when I didn't know what the fuck I was doing. Gotta learn somehow. :D )
A standard rule of thumb in NZ is $2000/m2 for a fully finished house built by a builder. Half that for just building materials. And you can make additional savings on that if you buy second hand materials/items.
I got my little hut (fully finished in native timbers, furnished, and complete) down to ~$700/m2 by building it myself, and sourcing second hand materials where I could (though I bought all the structural timber new).
I have no idea how expensive construction is in the USA (it probably varies quite a bit depending on where you are), but if they're similar, then just multiply my numbers by 0.7 (the conversion rate).
Www.sheldondesigns.com
I've always liked his stuff
Are you looking to self build or are you hiring out?
self build (with friends)
I'm not sure of your experience level, but read up on this page (under the 300 section) to get a good work practice manual. It's habitat for humanity and even if you know hat you're doing it's a good reference for you're less experienced friends:
https://www.habitatmetrodenver.org/get-involved/volunteer/construction/construction-support-program/standard-work-practices/
Have you tried searching google?
He probably has and just wants recommendations from those experienced
no, whats that?
ask your phone
The USDA use to offer a bunch of old cabin plans for free. They weren't the best (all in imperial, hand drawn), however they were structurely good.
Sorry, I don't have a link but some googleing will get you there.
https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/extension-aben/buildingplans/housing
well... that'll be handy. thank you.
woah finding some really cool stuff - thanks
No worries.
I really love their A frame plans. One day, when I have a permanent job and some land, I will build one. One day.
That A-frame was very cool. Just like you, some day....
Any idea who I should contact to get a price estimate on a build out of one of these plans? Would a general contractor be able to do this?
This would be a good place to share the links.