| Carpentry & Construction takes you through every step of house construction, in such detail that you can use it to build your own home! Clear instructions, along with over 1,300 photographs and illustrations, show you each stage of construction, from selecting the tools, to pouring the foundation, to finishing the interior.
This complete guide also covers remodeling and adding on to an existing house, plus repair. You'll find illustrated instructions for such projects as:
- Kitchen and bathroom remodeling
- Installing solar heating
- Termite prevention
- Installing skylights
- Constructing fences, decks and patios
Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer, professional house builder, or contractor, you'll find that Carpentry & Construction has all the task-simplifying details you need for your projects, each logically organized by building stages: preparing the site . . . pouring concrete slabs and floors . . . framing walls . . . covering roofs . . . installing windows and doors . . . insulating for thermal efficiency . . . and more.
The Fourth Edition features a wealth of new material focusing on recently developed tools and methods, and code changes, that help you get the job done better and faster. It shows you how to craft custom cabinets or install ready-made ones . . . lay ceramic tile . . . build storage sheds . . . panel rooms . . . repair damaged drywall and fix a leaky roof. With this reference in hand, you can do it all with the skill and confidence of a construction veteran. There's simply no other resource that covers the home construction process as thoroughly—and expertly—as this one.
Great for do-it-yourselfers, professional house builders and contractors and students, this A-Z guide has all the task-simplifying details needed for each project, logically organized according to the stages of building—along with important safety precautions. The authors even include valuable tips on buying a new home—what to look for and how to avoid costly mistakes.
New to this Edition
Latest tools and devices, new methods of utilizing wood in construction, new methods and materials, steel framing in residential work, and much more.
Preface:
Carpentry and Construction, Fourth Edition, is written for everyone who wants or needs to know about carpentry and construction. Whether remodeling an existing home or building a new one, the rewards from a job well done are manyfold.
This text can be used by students in vocational courses, technical colleges, apprenticeship programs and construction classes in industrial technology
programs. The home do-it-yourselfer will find answers to many questions that pop up in the course of getting a job done whether over a weekend or over a
year's time.
In order to prepare this text, the authors examined courses of study in schools located all over the country. An effort was made to take into consideration the geographic differences and the special environmental factors relevant to a particular area.
Notice how the text is organized. The first chapter, "Starting the Job," presents the information needed to get construction started. The next chapter
covers preparing the site. Then the footings and foundation are described. Once the roof is in place, the next step is the installation of windows and
doors. When the windows and doors are in place, the exterior siding is applied. Next, heating and cooling are covered - all important considerations for living quarters. Once the insulation is in place, the interior walls and ceilings are covered in detail before presenting interior finishing methods.
Special construction methods, maintenance and remodeling, as well as careers in carpentry are then described. The building of solar houses and the design
of solar heating are covered to keep the student and do-it-yourselfer up-to-date with the latest developments in energy conservation. Take a closer look
at the steel framing used in more abundance today for private homes. Also note the use of foam and concrete to build homes of lasting quality that are
almost completely impervious to tornado and hurricane damage.
No book can be complete without the aid of many people. The Acknowledgements mention some of those who contributed to making this text the most current
in design and technology techniques available to the carpenter. We trust you will enjoy using the book as much as we enjoyed writing it.
Table of Contents:
Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Starting the Job; Chapter 2: Preparing the Site; Chapter 3: Laying Footings and Foundations; Chapter 4: Pouring Concrete Slabs and Floors; Chapter 5: Building Floor Frames; Chapter 6: Framing Walls; Chapter 7: Building Roof Frames; Chapter 8: Covering Roofs;
Chapter 9: Installing Windows and Doors; Chapter 10: Finishing Exterior Walls; Chapter 11: Wiring the House; Chapter 12: Plumbing the House; Chapter 13: Insulating with Thermal Efficiency; Chapter 14: Preparing Interior Walls and Ceilings; Chapter 15: Finishing the Interior; Chapter 16: Special Construction Methods; Chapter 17: Maintenance and Remodeling; Chapter 18: The Carpenter and the Industry; Chapter 19: Bathrooms; Chapter 20: Construction with Solar Heating; Chapter 21: Alternative Framing Methods; Chapter 22: Latest Construction Methods. |
