Describes and examines the basic constructional techniques, choice and use of materials and the statutory requirements for domestic buildings. The text is generously supported by more than 60 pages of drawings and sketches. It is aimed at first and second year students in a wide variety of discplines. This latest reset edition has been revised, updated and extended to take account of latest techniques and amendments to British Standards and the Building Regulations. A new chapter has been added on the important aspects of sound and thermal insulation, dampness, ventilation and condensation.
- ISBN10 0333576780
- ISBN13 9780333576786
- Publish Date January 1993 (first published December 1974)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 9 March 1995
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition 4th Revised edition
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English