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- From Sand Castles to Dream Houses: A Planner for Building or Remodeling Your Home
- by Sheri Koones
A resource book for anyone considering Building or Remodeling their home, with a planner for keeping track of the project before, during and after its completion.
- Code Check - by Redwood Kardon
- Carpentry and Building Construction
- by John L. Feirer
Wheither you are a novice or a master carpenter! It contains plenty of helpful and informative charts, diagrams, pictures and examples - how to calculate materials and costs, board feet, compares different materials and specifies the applications. It starts from the basics of hand tools and power tools with clear instructions their use, maintenance, and even some repair...
- Building Construction Illustrated, 3rd Edition - by Francis D. Ching, Cassandra Adams
- Homing Instinct: Using Your Lifestyle to Design & Build Your Home
- by John Connell
Intended for a lay audience, Connell's book is free of jargon, and his writing is so engaging you will find yourself reading about foundations and framing with great interest, if not gusto.
- The Owner-Builder Book: How You Can Save More Than $100,000 in the Construction of Your Custom Home - by Mark A. Smith, Elain Smith
- The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home - by Dave McGuerty, Kent Lester
- Documents, Contracts & Worksheets for Home Builders
- by Alan R. Trellis
100 building forms & documents already written for you. Reduce errors and callbacks...increase customer satisfaction...enhance communication with clients...streamline business operations...and put more profit in your pocket with the help of Documents, Contracts, and Worksheets for Home Builders.
- Blueprint Reading for Construction - by James A. S. Fatzinger
- The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction - by Larry Haun
- Do-It-Yourself Housebuilding - by George Nash
- How to Plan, Subcontract and Build Your Dream House: Great book to start with
- by Warren V. Jaeger
The author is a general contractor who has seen it all & wants to educate readers about the building process. His intention is to prevent others from the pitfalls and scams of building, & simultaneously he explains the science behind plumbing, electricity, sewarage, insulation etc. He also discusses the attitudes & scams of subcontractors and local bureaucrats. This is not a how-to book; the purpose is to educate you enough so that you know what questions to ask as your house goes up.
- The 9 Biggest Pitfalls of Home Construction - by Jeff Howe, Rae Laflamme
- Hiring Contractors Without Going Through Hell: How to Find, Hire, Supervise, and Pay Professional Help for Home Renovations and Repairs - by Ellis Levinson
- Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% without Lifting a Hammer - by Carl Heldmann
- Build Your Dream Home for Less
- by Roger Dodge Woodson
Very good advice throughout from an experienced builder, written in a relaxed and straightforward way. Offers his opinion on the myriad choices, crawlspace vs. basement, ashphalt vs. wood roof, fiberglass vs. steel bathtub that are usually just provided without guidance by other authors. Knows which choices will return your investment on appraisal.
- The Real Goods Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way - by Sam Clark
- Homesteading Adventures: A Guide for Doers & Dreamers - by Susan J. Robishaw
- Basements - How to: Real People-Real Projects (Hometime Series) - by John Kelsey, Pamela S. Price, Laura Tringali, Robin Hartl
- Basements (Creative Homeowner Press Quick Guide) - by Mark Feirer, Fierer, Patrick Quinn
- The Basement Book: Upstairs Downstairs: Reclaiming the Wasted Space in Your Basement - by Thomas Carpenter, Jeff Taylor
- Creating Storage: Hidden Storage & Rescued Space in the Garage, Attic, or Basement - Sunset Books
- Home Magazine's How Your House Works - by Don Vandervort
- Renovating Woman: A Guide to Home Repair, Maintenance and Real Men - by Allegra Bennett
- Home Improvements Manual - by Readers Digest
- The Complete Guide to Home Roofing Installation and Maintenance: How to Do It Yourself and Avoid the 60 Ways Your Roofer Can Nail You - by John W. Chiles Jr.
- Home Improvement 1-2-3 : Expert Advice from the Home Depot - by Benjamin W. Allen (Editor)
- The Home Depot Outdoor Projects 1-2-3
- by Home Depot, Ben Allen (Editor)
Combines the expertise of Home Depot—the nation's #1 home center retailer and Better Homes and Gardens Books—America's leading home and family publisher.
- The Complete Illustrated Guide to Everything Sold in Hardware Stores - by Steve Ettlinger
- New Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual - by Reader's Digest
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