How to Design Build Remodel &
How to Design Build Remodel &
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How to Design Build Remodel & by Joseph D Falcone
With this comprehensive book, you will learn enough about construction materials and labor to save up to 70 percent on the cost of your home and still have a house mare sound than any ready-built structure.You will learn enough about creating a plan so that you or a professional builder can translate your dream into a reality.
You will learn enough about good building methods to avoid the high cost of cheap construction.
Included in this volume is complete and detailed information on all the following topics:
Basic Tools and Use
* Doors and Windows
* Site Selection
* Exterior Finishes
* Building and Zoning Laws
* Interior Non-Bearing Partitions
* How to Read Plans
* Soundproofing
* Preliminary Design Studies
* Plumbing
* Designing for the Physically Handicapped
* Heating
* Air Conditioning
* Dangerproofing
* Electricity
* Cost Control
* Solar Energy
* Staking Out
* Fire Stops
* Introduction to Construction
* Insulation and Energy-Saving Techniques
* Foundations
* Termites and Carpenter Ants
* Ceiling Finishes
* Floor Framing
* Interior Wall Finishes
* Wall Framing
* Floor Finishes
* Ceiling Framing
* Interior Finishes
* Roof Framing
* Saunas
* Plank and Beam Framing
* Site Work
* Sheathing
* High Cost of Cheap Construction
* Roof Covering
* Construction Forms and Contracts
Written simply enough for the layman to understand, with enough sophisticated knowledge and creative ideas for the professional, here's a book no home builder should be without.
Architect, educator, city planner, and author Joseph D. Falcone, AIA He is the founder of an architectural practice with a full-time staff of architects and engineers, has served on the City Plan Commission for 18 years, and has taught at the secondary, college, and university levels. He has been recognized in Who's Who In The East for exceptional building design for the past five years and has received a national award in design from the American Association of School Administrators. He has been inducted into the Who's Who International Registry. Falcone is regarded as an specialist in all aspects of building design and construction, with a track record of achieving the best possible balance of originality, logic, soundness, and economics.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780684813776 |
| ISBN 10 | 0684813777 |
| Title | How to Design Build Remodel & |
| Author | Joseph D Falcone |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Year published | 1995-08-01 |
| Number of pages | 608 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |