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How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry Getaway [Pehme köide]

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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x153 mm, kaal: 676 g, Color photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2010
  • Kirjastus: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1616080418
  • ISBN-13: 9781616080419
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How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods: The Ultimate Guide to Building and Maintaining a Backcountry GetawaySuurem pilt
  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x153 mm, kaal: 676 g, Color photos throughout, B&W illustrations throughout
  • Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jul-2010
  • Kirjastus: Skyhorse Publishing
  • ISBN-10: 1616080418
  • ISBN-13: 9781616080419
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For generations, nature lovers, writers, and sportsmen have found an escape from their day-to-day world in living closer to nature. J. Wayne Fears offers a complete guide to building without the hassle of a construction crew or outrageous costs. This ultimate resource includes photos, blueprints, and diagrams, and covers the steps to constructing the cabin you've always wanted such as

Now, with How to Build Your Dream Cabin in the Woods, everyone can have the refuge they want---a getaway beside a trout-filled stream, near a bass-laden lake, or by a mountain trail with a breathtaking view.

Here is the ultimate resource for finally turning your dream into reality. With photos, blueprints, and diagrams, Fears thoroughly covers the process of constructing the cabin you've always wanted. From buying land, construction materials, deciding on lighting, the water system, and on-site constructions--such as shooting ranges, an outhouse, or an outside fire ring--this is a book filled with nuggets of wisdom.

Whether you want a fishing cabin or a “green” country life, J. Wayne Fears can help make your dream come true.
Chapter 1 The Dream---A Cabin in the Woods
1(6)
You Are Not the First to Dream
2(2)
The Purpose of This Book
4(3)
Chapter 2 Selecting a Site
7(14)
Solitude, Is It for You?
9(1)
In What Region Do You Want Your Cabin?
10(1)
Buying or Leasing?
11(1)
Should You Have a Partner?
12(1)
Finding Land---Be Patient
13(1)
Searching on Your Own
14(1)
Working with a Real Estate Agent
15(1)
Looking at Property
15(1)
To Buy or Not to Buy?
16(2)
The Cabin Site
18(2)
Closing the Deal
20(1)
Chapter 3 The Look You Want
21(10)
Logs---The Ultimate Building Material
22(1)
Log Siding
23(2)
Board-and-Batten, An Old Favorite
25(1)
Reverse Board-and-Batten
26(1)
Protecting the Exterior
27(2)
Roofing
29(2)
Chapter 4 The Simple Adirondack Shelter
31(6)
The Adirondack as a Cabin
33(1)
Building an Aditondack Shelter
34(3)
Chapter 5 The Alaskan Trapper's-Style Cabin
37(14)
Building a One-Room Trapper's-Style Cabin
37(8)
Adding On
45(1)
More Space
46(2)
A Movable Trapper's-Style Cabin
48(3)
Chapter 6 The Appalachian-Style Cabin
51(10)
Building a Two-Room Appalachian-Style Cabin
52(2)
The Traditional Appalachian-Style Cabin
54(2)
A One-Room Appalachian-Style Cabin
56(5)
Chapter 7 The Family-Size Cabin
61(6)
One Bedroom with Sleeping Loft
63(3)
Large Family Cabin
66(1)
Chapter 8 The Hunting/Fishing Club Cabin
67(6)
Appalachian-Style Hunting/Fishing Cabin
68(1)
Self-Sufficient Hunting/Fishing Cabin
68(3)
Individual Cabins with Group Center
71(1)
Log Cabin Kit for Hunting/Fishing Groups
71(2)
Chapter 9 Building with Log Cabin Kits/Packages
73(16)
Advantages of Log Cabin Kits
73(2)
Disadvantages of Log Cabin Kits
75(1)
Choosing a Log Cabin Kit Company
76(1)
How Much Does A Kit Cost?
77(2)
What a Kit/Package May Include
79(2)
Designs and Floor Plans of Some Popular Log Cabin Kits
81(5)
Log Panel Kits
86(2)
Log Siding Kits
88(1)
Chapter 10 The World's Best Outhouse
89(10)
Building Cross Creek Hollow's Outhouse
89(4)
Maintaining the Outhouse
93(1)
Waterless Composting Toilets
94(2)
Burning Human Waste
96(2)
Options
98(1)
Chapter 11 Keeping the Cabin Warm
99(16)
Fireplace or Stove?
100(2)
The Right Wood Stove for Your Cabin
102(3)
Locating and Installing the Stove
105(2)
Stovepipe Selection and Installation
107(2)
Stove Safety
109(1)
Wood Wisdom
110(1)
Souces of Firewood
111(1)
Splitting, Stacking, and Seasoning
112(3)
Chapter 12 Lighting Options for the Remote Cabin
115(12)
Gas/Diesel Generator
115(3)
Central LP (Propane) Gas System
118(1)
Propane Lantern Light
119(3)
Liquid-Fuel Lighting
122(3)
Battery Lighting
125(2)
Chapter 13 Sleeping Accommodations
127(4)
Chapter 14 The Outside Fire Ring---A Must for Any Cabin
131(8)
Commercial Fire Rings
133(1)
Custom Benches for Your Fire Ring
134(5)
Chapter 15 Cabin Water Supply
139(8)
Types of Wells
139(2)
Springs
141(1)
Creeks, Streams, Lakes, and Rivers
141(1)
Water Pumps
142(1)
Haul It In
142(2)
Making Water Safe
144(1)
Including the Kitchen Sink
145(2)
Chapter 16 Planning the Remote Cabin Kitchen
147(16)
Keeping Perishables Cool
147(1)
Cabin Cooking
148(1)
Propane Camp Stoves
149(1)
Cabin Camp Stove Ovens
150(1)
Cooking on the Wood Stove
150(1)
Fireplace Cooking
151(1)
Moving Outside---The Dutch Oven and Fire Ring
151(3)
Reflector-Oven Baking
154(4)
Bean Hole Cooking
158(2)
Organizing the Kitchen
160(3)
Chapter 17 Cabin Security
163(6)
Securing Your Property
163(2)
A Watchful Eye
165(1)
Foiling Troublemakers
166(1)
Personal Safety
166(3)
Chapter 18 Managing Your Property
169(8)
Put Your Land Management Team Together
169(2)
Road Siting and Development
171(1)
Landscaping Around the Cabin
171(1)
Managing Your Woodlands
172(2)
Wildlife Management
174(1)
Fisheries Management
175(2)
Chapter 19 Develop a Shooting Range Near Your Cabin
177(6)
Planning
177(1)
Layout
178(1)
Developing the Range
179(1)
Standard Operating Procedures
180(3)
Chapter 20 Cabin Living
183(10)
Easy In, Easy Out
183(1)
Biannual Cleanups
184(1)
Pest Control
184(2)
Liability
186(1)
Special Gatherings
187(2)
Time Alone
189(1)
Preparing for Downtime
189(3)
A Cabin Name
192(1)
Appendix 1 Sources 193(10)
Appendix 2 Chain Saw Safety 203(4)
Appendix 3 Ratings for Cabin Firewood 207(2)
Appendix 4 Liability Release Form 209(2)
Appendix 5 Cross Creek Hollow Standard Operating Procedure 211(2)
Appendix 6 Cross Creek Hollow Departure Checklist 213(2)
Appendix 7 Soil Testing the Cabin Yard, Wildlife Food Plot, or Garden 215(2)
Appendix 8 Average Wattage Requirement Guide 217(2)
Index 219
J. Wayne Fears is a wildlife biologist by training and former editor of Rural Sportsmen magazine. Fears has written more than four thousand articles for the Southern Sportsman Journal, Turkey Call magazine, Great Days Outdoor magazine, Whitetails Unlimited Magazine, and a number of other publications. He built his own log cabin almost seventeen years ago and has been enjoying it ever since. His favorite getaway is an Alaskan trapper's-style cabin on his property in Cross Creek Hollow, Alabama.