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chrisser Member	# Posted: 28 Jun 2011 07:53pm Reply  I'll look into it. My original concept was to put up post and beam so that the wall sections would be lighter. Then I looked at the prices for posts and beams. I figured that a lot of the lighter (thinner) boards are just as expensive as 2x4s. If I'm going to use 2x4s for the wall sections, then I may as well make them structural and skip the posts all together. But I'll investigate the modified P&B - maybe I can make the numbers work better.
PlicketyCat Member	# Posted: 28 Jun 2011 08:08pm Reply  Yeah, doing a BOM for your "final" design with each method sometimes yields some surprising results. Sometimes even making the building a little bigger can save you money in materials... go figure.
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