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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.

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!

The Best of Fine Homebuilding - 2nd Edition - DVD
60% more articles than the best-selling 1st edition. The most complete authoritative library of home building information available anywhere. This information-packed DVD puts more than 25 years of trusted Fine Homebuilding advice right on your PC or Mac. Indexed and easily searchable, it gives you the answers you need at home, the office, or on the jobsite. For Windows or Mac computers.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Habitat for Humanity How to Build a House
A complete guide to building a house - Available for the first time, 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.

Homebuilding Basics: Carpentry
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.

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

Wood-Frame House Construction
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.

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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