Decks, Patios, Fences & Outdoor Books
Books on Building Decks, Installing Fences
and Outdoor & Backyard Projects

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Decks, Patios, Fences & Outdoors

Building a Shed - Build Like A Pro
Instructions and plans for building four shed projects - Once you’ve enjoyed the extra space a shed provides, you’ll wonder how you managed without the backyard addition. Joe Truini provides complete step-by-step instructions and plans for building four popular shed projects: A Saltbox Potting Shed, Garden Storage Shed, Storage Barn and Lean-To Tool Locker. You will learn how to design the right structure for you and build it from the ground up. Sound construction techniques and time-saving tips will help you build your structure quickly and efficiently.

Building a Deck - Build Like A Pro
Pro-level information is carefully explained and presented so that a serious do-it-yourself can tackle building a deck with confidence. The definitive guide to building the most popular exterior construction project there is, Building a Deck walks you through the entire process of creating a quality, custom deck: from the planning stages, through construction, to the custom details that can make your deck one of a kind.

Building and Designing Decks - Book and VHS Video
Professional carpenter and deck builder Scott Schuttner takes you step by step, detail by detail, through the entire deck-building process. Guided by clear descriptions and detailed drawings, you'll be able to build whatever kind of deck your budget and skill allow -- anything from a basic, single-level deck to elaborate, multilevel masterpieces. To help you get started, a 16-page photo gallery gives you over 40 inspiring examples of superb deck designs.
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Building Outdoor Structures - Build Like A Pro
Building Outdoor Structures leads you from start to finish through 10 projects -- from choosing the right woods and tools to measuring with dead-on accuracy to using finishes that will stand up to the elements. Build your outdoor structures...and delight your family and visitors with an enchanting garden for years to come. Like the idea of a lovely pergola, charming picket fence, or inviting garden gate gracing your yard? Now imagine your added satisfaction if they were built with your own two hands.

Building Porches and Decks - Pro Building Guide
Design and building details that include foundations, framing, decking materials, and railings. Porches and decks add beauty and value to a house, and they also make it easy to enjoy being outdoors. But these spaces have to be properly designed and built to stand up to the weather. Building Porches and Decks, a collection of articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine, gives you expert advice on not only creating durable structures that won't rot and warp but also designing porches and decks that complement your architecture and lifestyle.

Complete Guide to Decks By Black & Decker
A Step-by-step Manual for Building Decks - This is the most comprehensive, useful manual for building and maintaining decks available to homeowners, containing detailed chapters on ideas, planning, repair and maintenance, and accessories. Expanded to 320 pages, this edition now includes complete plans and directions for 10 complete decks, and also includes directions for additional deck accessories, including the installation of low-voltage lighting systems, built-in bench seats, an integrated overhead arbor, wood-sided privacy walls and decorative railings.

Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Home Improvement By Black & Decker
No matter what your goals, The Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Home Improvement shows how to get the very most out of your outdoor home. It includes more than 150 complete projects; some aimed at creating beauty, others at improving the function of various spaces, but all dedicated to making your landscape more enjoyable for you and your family

Exterior Siding, Trim, and Finishes - Pro Building Guide
Essential design and installation information - A home’s appeal depends a great deal on its exterior paint or stain, brick and stonework, siding, trim, and other details -- and it’s not just the type of finish that’s important. It’s also how well the job was done. This first-ever collection of Fine Homebuilding magazine’s most popular articles on the subject provides you with ideas for choosing the correct finishes for exteriors, plus solid how-to information covering everything from building shutters to the much debated use of PVC.

Fences & Retaining Walls
Everything you need to know to run a profitable business in fence and retaining wall contracting. Takes you through layout and design, construction techniques for wood, masonry, and chain link fences, gates and entries, including finishing and electrical details. How to build retaining and rock walls. How to get your business off to the right start, keep the books, and estimate accurately. The book even includes a chapter on contractor's math.

Graphic Guide to Site Construction
Over 325 details for builders and designers. From one end of the property line to the other, Graphic Guide to Site Construction provides you with the essential details on a vast array of residential site construction projects -- from basic walkways to driveways, retaining walls, septic systems, decks, terraces and exterior lighting, and more. As with all Graphic Guides, Site Construction provides clear and authoritative information through more than 350 illustrations.

The Ultimate Guide to Above-Ground Pools
MAKE A BIG SPLASH--WITH A LOT LESS CASH! - Let Terry Tamminen, "poolman to the stars," show you how to have a beautiful, hassle-free pool for thousands of dollars less than commercial installers charge -- by doing it yourself. Pool expert Tamminen helps you purchase, install, repair, maintain, and upgrade above-ground pools. You get parts and tools lists, tricks of the trade for each procedure, and a difficulty rating to help you decide if it's time to call a professional.

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