Howdy Lloyd!
Thanks for your interest in my shop build.
Just wanted to thank you for the knowledge you shared in Shelter, specifically about typical spans for girders and joists. I didn’t grow up with any building experience, and your work really helped me wrap my head around my first structure, pictured below.
Dorothy Ainsworth, Larry Haun, Scott Wadsworth (from the Essential Craftsman), and a whole bunch of local knowledge filled in the rest.
My instagram @philjacksonphoto has a whole story highlighted about the build, too.
Thanks again, Lloyd!! Hope to cross paths some day
Best,
–Phil (Jackson)
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
Real nice job. Well done.
A beautiful little building and very well made, but why the funny cut-outs on the rafter tails? I thought that something interesting was going to be fixed there.
Great video! Thanks for sharing
Congratulation!
Thumbs up for your advanced little workshop.
Very good proportions and a beautiful colordesign.
Love your tin roof skylight and the unique rafter-end design.
Shurly you will have great time working in and outside your shag,
as well the chickens will love to sneak underneath to cool down.
Thank you for sharing.
Saludos