Posted: 6/13/2012 6:43:14 AM EDT
| Looking to build an A-Frame house at the BOL. Has any one ever built one? I’ve read that they are inexpensive to build and energy efficient. |
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There is some wasted space in A frame houses but they can be fairly inexpensive to build.
Here's a link to a neat A frame off grid build |
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In some of the ski resort areas around here the A-Frames are still popular as cabins etc.
They are great at shedding snow load from the roof, but there is wasted space. Most I have been in have a loft arrangement, with a bedroom upstairs and open over the main living area, where a woodstove is generally located. A ceiling fan drives the heat down in the day, and a whole house fan (or convection) at night moves it into the sleeping area. I have always loved the way they look from the outside and love the open beam and tongue and groove ceiling... but that is just me. |
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There is some wasted space in A frame houses but they can be fairly inexpensive to build. Here's a link to a neat A frame off grid build Thanks! A lot of information in the link. |
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There is some wasted space in A frame houses but they can be fairly inexpensive to build. Here's a link to a neat A frame off grid build That build is quite incredible (at least to me). I would love to have the time and funds to do something like that someday. |
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There is some wasted space in A frame houses but they can be fairly inexpensive to build. Here's a link to a neat A frame off grid build That build is quite incredible (at least to me). I would love to have the time and funds to do something like that someday. Adding even modest walls to the 1st floot makes for a lot more room however. Note the extra room they gained with the addition where they had added modest walls. I would love to build something like the original building as a temporary cabin/shelter and then build a bigger and better place on the same property but then again, the way they expanded the one in that thread would be a better use of finances. It is certainly not a direction I had considered before and perhaps a way to do this without needing to take out a loan/mortgage which is important to me for a BOL. |
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There is some wasted space in A frame houses but they can be fairly inexpensive to build. Here's a link to a neat A frame off grid build That build is quite incredible (at least to me). I would love to have the time and funds to do something like that someday. Adding even modest walls to the 1st floot makes for a lot more room however. Note the extra room they gained with the addition where they had added modest walls. I would love to build something like the original building as a temporary cabin/shelter and then build a bigger and better place on the same property but then again, the way they expanded the one in that thread would be a better use of finances. It is certainly not a direction I had considered before and perhaps a way to do this without needing to take out a loan/mortgage which is important to me for a BOL. He built it for $25,000 total his goal was to have a dry working space for $10,000. I’m going to build it as money allows. I concur short walls add a lot of space, I’m thinking of going with 3 foot tall walls. |