Sunday, January 29, 2006

Handyman Tips-Building Your Dream Home-Helping D-I-Y's Save Money

After you have applied for and received your building permit. The first thing you will want to do is to consider what type of foundation to build. The foundation is the most important thing in building your new home. It keeps out water,ice,fungus and insulates against the cold and heat and also resist movement of the earth. The foundation you use depends on two things,the total build load and the weight load of the house.
There is three types of foundations, basement,crawlspace,and slab. The basement is the most expensive but also provides the most room for the money, and it also is the easiest to work on everything under the house.
The crawlspace is no. 2 and needs to be built in such a manner that you can set up and work on everything under the house.
The slab foundation is no. 3 and if it is built right will last forever.
When you start to build your foundation after you have purchased your Land you will need Insurance on your property and you will need to apply for a Do-It-Yourself Mortgage.
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