Contains site-proven answers to hundreds of home-building problems - the kind of problems you are bound to come across when working on your house. This invaluable, fully-indexed guide offers a wealth of advice to anyone working on their house. Subjects covered include carpentry, roofing, chimneys, fireplaces, insulation and ventilation, flooring, doors and windows, plaster and many more.

Fine Homebuilding Questions and Answers about Building

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Business

Taunton Press

Experienced carpenters provide a detailed understanding of frame carpentry in these 26 articles from Homebuilding magazine. Color photographs and illustrations.

Fine Homebuilding on Frame Carpentry

Science & Math

Technology

In these twenty-nine articles collected from Fine Homebuilding magazine, experienced craftsmen look at the various ways hand-held power tools can be used for faster, more accurate work. Color photographs and illustrations.

Builder's Tools

Arts & Photography

Architecture

With the right information, amateur builders can tackle block walls, chimneys and fireplaces, brick floors and facings, stone walls and outdoor walks. Readers get straight-from-the-jobsite information that shows them how to get the work done right. Color illustrations and photographs.

Fine Homebuilding on Foundations and Masonry

Fine Homebuilding on Doors and Windows

Fine Homebuilding on Floors, Walls, and Stairs

Here is in-depth information from expert builders that will help you construct or remodel any kitchen or bath. These 30 articles from Fine Homebuilding maga¬zine show you the way. You'll learn about: expanding a kitchen, step by step ? Corian countertops ? European-style kitchen cabinetry ? making wooden light fix¬tures ? installing a toilet ? remodeling a bath ? laying a the floor. It's all site-proven information you can put right to use. Since it began publication in 1981, Fine Homebuilding magazine has written about every aspect of residential construction. The "Fine Homebuilding on..." series organizes these useful articles into individual volumes by subject. Whether you're working on your own house or working in the building trades, you'll find the job-tested information you need right here.

Fine Homebuilding on Baths and Kitchens

Craftsman-Style Houses (Great Houses)

Aimed at the amateur as well as the professional, this practical book contains a wealth of innovative design ideas to help you renovate your home. The book is compromised of 28 articles all filled with workable design ideas. They cover new constructions and renovations, seaside resorts and cozy bungalows, larger houses and small spa rooms. Each project shares the craftsman style's deep appreciation of natural materials, honest detail and fine craftmanship.

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Crafts & Hobbies

Timber-Frame Houses (Great Houses)

Traditional methods and current innovations make timer-frame building more practical than ever. Top teachers and practitioners like Tedd Benson, Jack Sobon and George Nash describe remodels and reconstructions, houses modeled after old-world sytles, and inspiring new designs with open, modern floor plans. 207 color photos.

The craft of framing is presented in this book by several expert carpenters, who offer practical advice on many aspects of the trade to the first-time homeowner, the keen experienced amateur as well as the professional. Subjects covered include framing a gabled roof, building rake walls, framing a garage door, building coffered ceilings and many more. The emphasis is placed on the techniques required to carry out framing work successfully; and there are details about materials, from composition panels and treated wood to glue-laminated timbers.

Fine Homebuilding on More Frame Carpentry

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