Building A House Books
Books on
Building A House -- For Builders,
General Contractors and Homeowners
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Building an
Affordable House
Trade secrets to
high-value, low-cost construction
If you
are a builder, developer, or homeowner intent on getting the most
from your new home construction or remodel budget, you need
Building An Affordable House. This book gives you the
insider techniques used every day by the best homebuilders in the
country to save thousands of dollars on the cost of every home they
build. |
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Building Better Homes - DVD
A Multimedia Training
Program for Builders, Architects and Remodelers
Building Better Homes is a fully-interactive educational tool that
demonstrates how to apply the latest building science tools and
techniques to residential home construction. The Building Better
Homes interactive DVD-ROM breaks new ground in home construction
education by teaching cutting-edge, easy-to-access techniques
through hands-on video, close-up photos, animation and step-by-step
instructions. The program follows the entire construction process
step-by-step, with photos of construction details, installation
video clips, technical animations, and six hours of interactive
construction content. Printable construction drawings, checklists
and work forms can be put to use immediately by supervisors, foremen
and subcontractors. |
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Building Your Own
Home
For Dummies
Transform Your Bathroom From Blah to
Beautiful
Thinking about building your
own home? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build
a beautiful home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the
best architect to overseeing the construction, you get lots of savvy
tips on managing your new investment wisely — and staying sane
during the process! Keep construction on track with helpful
checklists, turn your dream of a custom home into reality! |
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Be Your Own House Contractor
Save A Bundle
Being Your Own General Contractor
This book should be required
reading for anyone who is thinking about building or renovating a
house. The savings involved can make the difference between just
dreaming about that dream house and actually building it. The
primary message behind Be Your Own House Contractor is “You can do
it!” According to construction expert and author Carl Heldmann,
anyone can oversee the building of a house and save up to 25 percent
by acting as the main contractor. This popular book has sold over
268,000 copies since it was first published in 1982. Written for
those with little or no experience in the building trades, Be Your
Own House Contractor clearly and simply lays out the steps involved
in home construction and answers the many questions that arise. |
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Be Your Own
Home Renovation Contractor
Save Up to 30%
Without Lifting A Hammer
One of the surest ways to save a bundle of money on any serious home
renovation is to be your own contractor. However, if an individual
embarks on this effort not armed with all the facts and formalities,
it can also be the proverbial primrose path to financial hell.
Becoming your own contractor is neither as simple as it might seem,
nor as potentially intimidating as worst-case scenarios might leave
one to believe, if you have the facts and information you need
before you begin. |
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Creating A New Old House
Yesterday's Character For Today's New
Homes
Here is the best
of both worlds: New houses with old world sensibilities. In Creating
a New Old House, architect Russell Versaci shows you that it is
possible to design and create a new house that looks and feels like
it has always been there. Versaci explores how architects, builders,
and craftsmen are reinterpreting the traditional American house.
Through photographs and engaging text, discussions of history and
craftsmanship, and sidelong glances at the workings of real old
houses, Versaci explains how traditional houses go together and what
gives them their unique design appeal. |
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Drafting House Plans
Draw a complete set of plans for a
one-story house, or an additional to an existing house even if
you've never had drafting or design experience. This complete
guide to drawing home plans walks you through the process of
developed a complete set of plans: visualizing spatial
relationships, using standard architectural scales and
symbols, sketching preliminary drawings, developing a detailed
floor plan and exterior elevations, and preparing a final plot
plan. Covers pertinent code requirements. |
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Energy
Efficient Building - The Best of Fine Homebuilding
Building Energy
Efficient Homes with Expert Advice from Fine Homebuilding
Energy-efficient homes aren't just more economical,
they're also more comfortable. This collection of 29 articles from
Fine Homebuilding magazine will teach you how to make your home more
energy efficient with information on materials and techniques that
can make a difference in how much energy is required to make your
home comfortable. |
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Green From The
Ground Up - A Builder's Guide
Building Homes
with Energy Efficient "Green" Building Techniques
A must-have reference for
contractors who want to remain competitive, and a remarkable
resource for homeowners who require the clearest and most thorough
green building information available. Green construction is the
building trend of the decade. In direct response to the growing
demand for sustainable, healthy, and energy-efficient homes, it
provides the best proven methods of new and remodeled green
construction beginning with down-to-earth explanations of green
building basics and moving on to site planning, materials selection,
energy efficiency, and indoor air quality -- detailing every step in
design and construction, from framing to finishes. |
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Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies
Step-By-Step
Guide to Building with Environmentally Friendly Construction Methods
Want to build responsibly, reduce
waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building &
Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to
every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building
a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This
practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel
conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a
brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You’ll start by
identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and
construction sites. You’ll weigh the pros and cons of popular green
building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the
long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in
your venture? We’ll help you do that, too |
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Good House
Parts
Creating A Great Home Piece By Piece
A good home is the result of good house parts --
a certain window, a special door, a punched dormer, a romantic
overlook -- that are put together based on a homeowners personal
vision. This is the thinking that makes Good House Parts required
reading for anyone who imagines living in the "perfect" home one
day. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience as a nationally
know author and residential architect, Dennis Wedlick gives you what
you need to make a distinction between the whole house and its
unique components. He identifies hundreds of examples of quality
house parts -- from doors and windows to columns and fireplaces. You
learn how to choose elements that are perfectly suited to your
particular lifestyle. Filled with ideas that transform a house, Good
House Parts is the first book to present these parts as the building
blocks for great design. |
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Habitat for Humanity How to Build a
House
A Complete Guide to
Building a House
Habitat for Humanity How to Build a House is a complete step-by-step guide to building a house from Larry
Haun, the world’s leading authority on community homebuilding.
Presented in a documentary style, each process is illustrated with
full-color photos shot exclusively for this book and accompanied by
clear, authoritative and friendly text. Whether you are a beginner
or more experienced builder, this book covers everything you need to
know about building efficient, affordable, quality homes. |
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A Comprehensive Introduction to Basic
Carpentry Techniques
Few of us were fortunate enough to have an experienced carpenter
like Larry Haun to teach us the basics of the craft. With nearly 50
years of experience as a production framer and as a long-time
teacher of carpentry and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Haun is
a master of his trade. Homebuilding Basics: Carpentry offers
newcomers to the trade, or anybody interested in acquiring the basic
knowledge of carpentry for their own projects, Larry Haun's many
years of knowledge and experience building accurately, efficiently,
and safely. |
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How to Plan, Contract and Build Your
Own Home
The Classic Blueprint for
Do-It-Yourself Homebuilders
The Classic Blueprint for Do-It-Yourself Homebuilders Updated to
Reflect the Latest Materials, Techniques, and Options! Covering
everything from hiring the right vendors to choosing fixtures, this
information-packed guide is a step-by-step roadmap for building a
new home or remodeling an existing one. The heavily-revised Fourth
Edition focuses on the latest technologies, materials, money-saving
options, and environmentally friendly methods, allowing homeowners
to save money, get more for their money, maximize their usable
space, decrease maintenance costs, and choose from an exciting array
of new options. . |
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So You Want to Be Your Own General
Contractor
Learn How To Be Your Own General Contractor
From Someone Who's Been There
Yes, You Can Still Build Your Dream House and Still have Money for
Your Retirement and even Send Your Kids to College . . . Save 30% to
40% 0n Your New Home . . . This could be anywhere from $50,000,
$100,000 or $200,000 or even More . . . Depending on How Big You
Build !!!My wife and I built a $ 750,000 home for less than $
500,000. We took on the responsibility of the General Contractor. We
had no prior experience in the home building process, but were able
to pull off one of the biggest accomplishments a couple could ever
tackle together. In the book, I explain the whole gamut from start
to finish. There were many obstacles along the way, but we managed
to overcome them even though we thought that the end of the world
was near. I wrote the book in a humorous style which is reflected in
the title.. |
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Solar Power Your
Home For Dummies
Save On Energy
Costs By Adding Solar Energy Components To Your Home
Want to take advantage of solar
power in your home? Whether you’re looking to save on your energy
costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a
solar-powered house from the ground up, Solar Power Your Home For
Dummies takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows
you how to put it to work for you! This friendly, hands-on
guide is packed with tips for making your home more energy-efficient
though solar power—and helping the planet at the same time. You’ll
see how to survey your home to determine your current household
energy efficiency and use, and evaluate where solar power would best
benefit you. You’ll also calculate what the return on your
investment will be before you make any decisions. Once you’ve
decided on a project, you’ll see whether it’s best to hire a
contractor or do it yourself. We leave no stone unturned |
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The Complete Guide to Contracting
Your Home
The Essential
Information Necessary To Manage Your Construction Project
This new edition of The Complete
Guide to Contracting Your Home gives aspiring homeowners exactly the
information they need to manage their own construction project.
Full-color illustrations and photographs with revamped forms and
checklists present the material much like a project manual used by
professional contractors. |
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Step-by-step construction details, from the
layout of the outer walls, excavation and formwork, to finish
carpentry and painting. Contains all new, clear illustrations
and explanations updated for construction in the '90s.
Everything you need to know about framing, roofing, siding,
interior finishings, floor covering and stairs – your complete
book of wood-frame homebuilding. |
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Working Alone
- Tips & Techniques for Solo Building
Shows how
you can become a dynamic one-man crew, handling nearly every aspect
of house construction without having to hire or wait for anyone
else. Explains how you can, on your own, lay out a foundation, build
and erect walls, square up and straighten walls, install sheathing,
lay out rafters, raise the ridge, get the roof square, install
rafters, subfascia and sheathing, finish eaves, install windows and
siding, hang drywall, measure and cut trim, install cabinets, and
build decks |
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Graphic Guide
to Frame Construction
Building an
Affordable House
Building Your Own Home
For Dummies
The Very
Efficient Carpenter
Good House Parts
Homebuilding Basics
Carpentry
Habitat For Humanity
How To Build A House |
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