Ken Kern Quotes

Ken Kern was a builder and author who devoted himself to aiding owner-builders, and believed strongly in living on the land. He lived outside of North Fork, California at the time of his death and lived for many years on a self-built homestead outside Oakhurst, California

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Ken Kern Quotes about housing

“Most houses grossly violate the basic principles of natural summer cooling and sound winter heating.”

The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“The design of a house around a massive, central fireplace has, somehow, always felt right to this writer-builder.”

The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

Ken Kern Quotes

“The first principle of good barn design is flexibility of space.”

p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“Bedroom insulation is unnecessary and restrictive of optimum summer sleeping comfort.”

The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

“Pit Greenhouses… greenhouse plants… need additional sources of carbon dioxide.”

p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)

“Ceiling insulation is… preferable to roof-top insulation.”

The Owner Built Home: A How-to-do-it Book (1972)

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