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871. Posted: 29 Dec 2011 19:04 - Cabin Construction / Best building method?
A big advantage to stick building is that it is quicker than every other thing I can think of. Tto do a proper job with timber frame or logs you should likely take a course, not just read a book or a website. Straw b...
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872. Posted: 26 Dec 2011 19:30 - Cabin Construction / Kits are a joke, and a rip off.
Borrego, I pray to start soon. I have septic approval. Need building permit and have $1500 in cash to start.
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873. Posted: 26 Dec 2011 19:23 - Properties / Brand New(bie)
Welcome! Well, getting a permit depends on many things... will your neighbors turn you in for building a larger place? Are you planning on reselling the place one day? Are you prepared to deal with the extra expenses and hassles that the local municipality will create...
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874. Posted: 26 Dec 2011 19:07 - Properties / Brand New(bie)
... again I haven't met your neighbors. Some basic challenges with getting a permit are the cost, the effort, and constraints to what you want to do. They may require you to get a well in, and septic system permitted prior to the building permit. If you have the time, patience, money, and are willing to live with what they pe...
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875. Posted: 26 Dec 2011 19:06 - Properties / Brand New(bie)
Check with the local zoning and building permit officials. I imagine there will be rules similar to the locations in the USA that I am familiar with. They will be the ones with all the details on what reuir...
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876. Posted: 14 Dec 2011 22:26 - Member's Projects and Photos / Newbie Planning A 16x20 Building
...am newly registered on the site, but like many others, I have been lurking here reading for a while now. My family and I (well really mostly me) are in the planning stages of our little off the grid building. Our zoning does not allow for cabins, so that is not what we're building. Right now we're working our way through the permitting and pl...
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877. Posted: 13 Dec 2011 06:41 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
Im not sure about all the building permit woes on here.. must be the state or the locality. I begrudgingly called my permit guy and he was very friendly and stated that a hunting camp...
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878. Posted: 12 Dec 2011 23:48 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
...ve a permanent foundation. If you do build it as a cabin, you cant reside in it more than 60 days a year, if you have a well on the property, you must have a full septic. If no well, you can and must get a privy permit first before a building permit will be issued. And once the cabin is in place, you cant not install a well unless you do a full septic. So...
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879. Posted: 11 Dec 2011 10:58 - Member's Projects and Photos / We just started building our little 20X20 cabin
...at transfer through to the studs, but then it also acts as a heat sink to keep those wood studs warmed up. Back in the early 1900's when steam heating was popular various people noted that many building suffered fires in the areas where pipes penetrated wood. There have even been cases recorded where fires have occurred where hot water heating system pipes penetrated wood. The water...
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880. Posted: 9 Dec 2011 21:50 - Cabin Construction / Square Footage
Greetings and thanks for all the great information on small-cabin.com! I have my land, milling my own wood for my cabin. I have settled on 300 sq. ft. mostly because my local building codes allow that size of a building without a permit. I see many go with 14x20 but I've been thinking 15x20 to get the full 300 sq. ft. What ...
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881. Posted: 9 Dec 2011 10:26 - General Forum / Cabin Fireplaces
Same with us...we have learned a TON building ours too and it has been a huge challenge for us. We have the opposite problem,we had to build a minimum of 800 sq. feet but we really only wanted a couple hundred. They raised the r...
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882. Posted: 7 Dec 2011 12:22 - Member's Projects and Photos / another 12x16 with loft Norther Michigan (Elk Country)
...retirment home sometime later. We have our 7.5x27ft (full interior, windows, screen door) snowmobile trailer we'll use as a cabin until we can get going on the build. Did you happen to pull any building permits for that size? Guessing electrical looking at the meter on the post? In reading at the MI construction code book, it reads you can get away without a ...
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883. Posted: 4 Dec 2011 21:53 - Cabin Construction / Need Help With Post Foundation
... located? Are any running down the center of the cabin? Is the 32 foot dimension parallel or perpendicular to the direction of the slope? On the downhill side does the slope get steeper beyond the building? Finally, do the posts show any rot or insect damage? Look closely where the posts enter the ground. What I have in mind are three possible solutions as described below. 1. Assumi...
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884. Posted: 23 Nov 2011 16:00 - Properties / Bldg Codes: lay low or consult lawyer?
Building codes??? When you ask? then there job is to tell you to pay taxes and fees, but you can't do anything without asking first? Buy land in free state with less free loaders. The m...
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885. Posted: 21 Nov 2011 23:18 - Properties / Bldg Codes: lay low or consult lawyer?
I'd ask about the max size for an accessory building used as a home office/studio, as well as to get clarification as to whether a bathroom is allowed. Be prepared to answer if they ask what you will use it for (ex. art studio, so you ...
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886. Posted: 21 Nov 2011 18:08 - Properties / Bldg Codes: lay low or consult lawyer?
You might as well forget building something and thinking the County won't find out. I understand that many county tax assessor's offices use satellite pics run thru computer programs that compare year to ye...
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887. Posted: 20 Nov 2011 15:21 - Properties / Bldg Codes: lay low or consult lawyer?
I want to build a cottage on our property (already has house, but when family & friends visit, they visit in droves - seems cheaper than an addition) I searched the building codes in our area (Wisconsin vacation area) In talking to someone at the county about a "workshop" he said, "No habitable dwellings - running water, etc." However...
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888. Posted: 12 Nov 2011 08:05 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
One day when I was roofing my cabin, a neighbor stopped back to introduce himself. Whenever I meet someone new out there, I always ask about building permit requirements. I keep hearing the same thing -- they just won't come out this far. My neighbor out there explained how he built his entire house including...
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889. Posted: 8 Nov 2011 20:53 - Member's Projects and Photos / Vermont Cabin Project
...tric, no septic, no water. It was literally like a 1 page application. Still, we gave surveyed maps, drawn plans, etc. but they said at the time they didn't even need that much info from us...just about 2 lines of our proposed building plan. I think we paid something like $100 for a building permit, but there were restrictions: - we can...
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890. Posted: 8 Nov 2011 18:21 - Member's Projects and Photos / Vermont Cabin Project
I see in your blog you mention a building permit. Can you talk a bit more about the permitting process for small cabins in Windham County? What about a septic system?
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891. Posted: 7 Nov 2011 16:17 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
They also say in a rural area you may need a state building permit. Don't take a web sites information as the last word. Make a trip down to your municipal offices with your building plan to be sure.
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892. Posted: 7 Nov 2011 08:17 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
Outside of city limits. The state is the regulating body for building. This is what they say about it. In the State's jurisdiction, state law exempts the following from the need to obtain state building permits: ...
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893. Posted: 7 Nov 2011 05:57 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
Wazzu, I don't know where you got your information it is not correct. Building permits are required in Montana. YOUR choice in not participating is personal and will get you on the wrong side of your building inspectors.
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894. Posted: 6 Nov 2011 23:05 - Cabin Construction / trusses: is this a good deal?
Good deal if you can use them, but I wouldn't change my cabin design just for that. 24' is a good length for a garage though. If you need a building permit, make sure you get all the required engineering documentation.
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895. Posted: 5 Nov 2011 18:42 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
...hould it continue, property rights may dissolve entirely. A large problem in the USA is that many "environmental" laws have no basis in science and have more to do with enhancing revenue. Building permits are often the most egregious of these. Regardless of your politics, any construction should be responsible whether it's required by government or not. ...
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896. Posted: 5 Nov 2011 18:05 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
I don't have any problem with getting building permits, as long as they don't cost an exorbitant amount (like some places in California, where it can cost more for the permits than for the m...
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897. Posted: 5 Nov 2011 16:36 - Properties / Avoid building permit?
Well, I don't have a lot of money but made sure I got building permits. As far as the comment about Native Americans a high price was paid for what you consider "freedom".
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898. Posted: 4 Nov 2011 20:29 - Useful Links and Resources / Building Codes Online
I know that the mention of building codes will raise the hackles of a few, but there may be some readers who would be interested. To my mind the codes are a wealth of information to a do-it-yourself builder. Even if th...
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899. Posted: 27 Oct 2011 23:45 - Properties / Building a bunkie in Northern Ontario
Hello all, Great website, and plenty of excellent information to be found here. I have purchased 7 acres of relatively flat waterfront property, and am anticipating building a small cabin in the spring. This property is about 4 hours from Toronto. I have enquired about building a 100 sq ft cabin without a permit, and...
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900. Posted: 24 Oct 2011 19:02 - Properties / Newbie questions
...re laying out the cash or signing an agreement to purchase check what covenants come along with the land. There may be an association with rules on min sq footage, etc. Then there are also zoning and building permit regulations that can also stipulate building size, privy or septic, water, etc....... All those things can and often do vary across county l...
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