If you lean toward something different in your second home try this double-deck A-Frame style which was designed and is owned by Dr. David T. Hellyer, Tacoma, Washington. Although the A-Frame has been used for many types of storage and shelters (its origins are in antiquity), this design represents one of its latter day applications to a dwelling. The structure rests on king-sized base beams supported by nine concrete pilings. The roof of full-size exterior fir plywood panels acts as both roof and walls. Properly edge-butted and nailed, the strong durable DFPA Tested-quality plywood panels provide the lateral rigidity that's needed with this type of frame. Typical of the building economies made possible by use of large, light, easy-to-handle fir plywood panels is this construction shortcut: the Texture One-Eleven "grooved" Exterior type plywood panels used in side sections can be nailed up at the owner's town house during the winter months for assembly during warm weather on the building site, saving both time and labor. The A-Frame cabin has two top-deck bedrooms which are reached from an outside stairway; the lower floor is left free for living with a spacious porch, built-in kitchen and bathroom and large living room.
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