How to Design, Build, Remodel and Maintain Your Home
Автор:Joseph D. Falcone Год: 1995 Издание:Книга по Требованию Страниц: 608 ISBN: 9780684813776 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 more 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...
