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 environmentallyfriendly 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. With this book, homeowners will be able to:
- Select and prepare a site
- Make informed decisions about construction, framing, foundations and layouts
- Plan for home office use
- Design or remodel a home that will serve their specific needs, perform construction tasks safely and efficiently
- Install the newest and most economical types of insulation, roofing, plumbing, and wiring
- Build amenities such as decks and patios, sidewalks and driveways, make do it yourself vs. subcontracting decisions, plan their move
- ISBN10 0071588981
- ISBN13 9780071588980
- Publish Date 21 July 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
- Imprint McGraw-Hill Education / Australia
- Edition 4th ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 752
- Language English