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Est. 1992

Bungalow Construction
By: Klaus Zimmer
Copyright 2003

http://kwickset.net
kwickset@yahoo.com
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Do It Yourself!

z Build Your Bungalow the Easy Way!

z On a Level Foundation!
z 2 People can assemble it in 2 Days!
z Because all Joints are Pre-engineered!
z All Components comply with Australian
Standards!
z All Timber is Plantation grown!
z No Environmental Degradation!
z Designed for De-Construction!
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Entrance Post

Lay out Side Wall, End Ply,

Side Walls are Pre-built and

serve as an Assembly Aid

End Base Plate

End Base Plate & Entrance Post

End Ply

Staple Damp Course to End Ply & use

35mm Screws to fix End Ply to Side Wall
@ 250 Centers
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End Base Plate

Staple Damp Course to End Base Plate & use

35mm Screws @ 250 Centers to fix to End Ply
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Manual Printed
from CD

Use both Clamps (supplied)

and Block
to secure Alignment of End Ply
to Side Wall

Side Wall Stud

Use 35mm Screws to fix Entrance Post

to Side Wall Ply @ 250 Centers &
75mm Screws to fix to Side Wall Stud

Repeat Procedure with next Corner

Line up Corners with Slab & let Damp Course overhang
Butt up Base Plates
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Repeat Procedure with next 2 Corners

Line up Corners with Slab
Butt up Base Plates
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Set & Fix Entrance Headers with

2 x 75mm Screws @ each End
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Studs

Header

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Sill
Header

Sill

Set & Fix Studs, Sills & Headers

with 75mm Screws to
Base Plate & 35mm Screws to Ply

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Set Ply with 35mm Screws @ 250 Centers

to Base Plate, Studs, Sills & Headers
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Set Ply with 35mm Screws to Entrance Rafters

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Set Blocks to Entrance Posts before

attaching Ply & Entrance Rafter Assembly
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Set & Fix Long - & End Rafters & Corner Hang Beams, with 75mm Screws
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Set & Fix all Long Rafters with 75mm Screws

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Attach Block with Clamp before

setting Plywood on Rafters

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Set & Fix Full Sized Ply along Marked Line

with 35mm Screws @ 250 Centers

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Set & Fix Hang Beam Assembly with 75mm Screws

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Set & Fix Horizontal Rafters to Hang Beam

with 100mm Screws

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Set & Fix Short Rafters with 75mm Screws to Hang Beam & 100mm Screws to Horizontal Rafters
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Entrance Rafters

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75mm
Screws

Set & Fix Entrance Rafters with 75mm Screws

& 100mm Screws to Horizontal Rafters
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Set & Fix Full Ply Sheets with 35mm Screws along All Framing @ 250 Centers

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Set & Fix Small Ply Sheets with 35mm Screws along Framing @ 250 Centers
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Inside Bungalow partially lined

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Insert profiled Filler Blocks

above Entrance Header

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Finish
Variations on a Theme
to follow

Printable Manual
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Completed Motorcycle and

Sleeping Quarters

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Inside Motorcycle and Sleeping

Quarters

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Not yet completed 36sqm Granny Flat

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Suggested
Floor Plan A

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Suggested
Floor Plan B

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Suggested Floor Plan C

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Garage/Workshop

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Length 6.3m, Width 5.9m, Height 3.4m. Entrance H 2.48m, W 2.79m.

Window H 0.96m, W 2.42m, Sill 1.2m above Floor.
Roof 51m, End Walls 31m, Entrance Sides 4.5m, Side Walls 7m
Entrance Position & Width can be varied. Total Length can be varied,
but not the Width. Base Plates are made from Treated Pine
All Screws, Drawings & Instructions included.
Weight about 1,400kg. Packaged Volume about 3cbm.
AU$7,950.- Direct from Factory + applicable Taxes

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Add Veranda
Pre-fabricated Module
An Optional Extra

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Length 2.3m, Width 5.9m, Height 3.4m, Roof 16m
All Screws, Drawings & Instructions included
Weight about 320kg
AU$1,850.- Direct from Factory + applicable Taxes
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For a shaded Entrance or

Enclose for extra Space
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Insert Pre-fabricated Module

for smaller Entrance
An Optional Extra

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Add another Module

& Double your Floor Space

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Garage/Bungalow/Granny Flat/Weekender. Timber Framed, Plywood braced

Length 8.2m, Width 7.04m = 58sqm, Height 3.73m Entrance H 2.76m, W 2.64m
Entrance Position can be varied. Total Length can be varied, but not the Width.
Base Plates are made from Treated Pine
All Screws, Drawings & Instructions included.
Weight about 2,000kg. Packaged Volume about 4cbm. AU$11,890.- Direct from Factory + applicable Taxes

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New: Yurt Kit, Footprint 48sqm, Height 4.3m, Diameter 7.8m (10 Sides), Weight 1.8ton,
Packaged Volume 6cbm, AUD 13,680 ex Factory + Taxes where applicable

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Australian Standard AS 1720.1-1997
Timber Structures Part 1: Design Methods
Timber Specifications:
Cross Section:

90 x 45 (+- 0.5)

Moisture:

12 15% max.

Species:

Slash Pine

Tensile Strength: 15 Mpa (MGP12)

Joint Strength:

JD3 (Screw D=4.17) 2120 N

Plywood:
12mm 5Ply
F11 Structural
AS2269

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