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Carpentry and Construction 5th Edition

Carpentry and Construction, 5th Edition, takes you through each phase of home construction in such detail that you can use it to build a home. Clear instructions, along with 1,500 photographs and illustrations, show every step of the construction process - from selecting tools, to pouring the foundation, to finishing the interior.

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Author: Mark R Miller, Rex Miller
Format: Softcover
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 784

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Description

A fully revised and updated guide to each stage of building a structure - from the ground up.

This comprehensive, step-by-step guide provides a complete overview of carpentry and construction for every aspect of the construction process - from worksite, foundations, and structural systems to interior work and finishes.

Carpentry and Construction, 5th Edition, takes you through each phase of home construction in such detail that you can use it to build a home. Clear instructions, along with 1,500 photographs and illustrations, show every step of the construction process - from selecting tools, to pouring the foundation, to finishing the interior. The book includes illustrated instructions for such projects as kitchen and bathroom remodeling, installing solar heating, building skylights, constructing fences, decks, and patios, and more. Information on the latest sustainable construction options is included.

A complete step-by-step guide to carpentry and construction.

Revised and updated, Carpentry & Construction, Fifth Edition, 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 more than 1,500 photographs and illustrations, demonstrate each phase of construction - from selecting tools, to pouring the foundation, to finishing the interior. This how-to handbook also covers remodeling, additions, and repairs.

Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer or a professional contractor, you'll find all the task-simplifying details you need for your projects, each logically organized by building stages. Learn how to tackle:

Footings and foundations
Kitchen and bathroom remodeling
Framing and roofing
Tiling
Windows and doors
Solar heating
Exterior and interior walls
Termite prevention
Wiring
Skylights
Plumbing
Fences, decks, and patios
Insulation
Private water and sewage systems
Interior finishing
And much more

Featuring new material covering the latest green building options, tools of the trade, construction methods, code updates, and a 16-page color insert, this book helps you get the job done better and faster. There's no other resource that covers the home building process as thoroughly and expertly as Carpentry & Construction, Fifth Edition.

From the Preface
Carpentry & Construction, Fifth Edition, is written for those who want or need to know about carpentry and construction. Whether remodeling an existing home or building a new one, the rewards from a job well done are many-fold.

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, "Let's Get Started," 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, and 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 free from tornado and hurricane damage.

About the Authors
Mark R Miller is a professor of Technology and coordinator for the Industrial Management programs for the School of HRD & Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler.
Rex Miller is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at State University of New York at Buffalo, where he taught technical curriculums at the college level for more than 40 years.

Table of Contents
Preface. Acknowledgments. Chapter 1: Let's Get Started. Chapter 2: Site Preparation. Chapter 3: Footings and Foundations. Chapter 4: Concrete Slabs and Floors. Chapter 5: Floor Frames. Chapter 6: Framing Walls. Chapter 7: Framing the Roof. Chapter 8: Roofs and Roofing. Chapter 9: Windows and Doors. Chapter 10: Exterior Walls. Chapter 11: House Wiring. Chapter 12: Plumbing. Chapter 13: Insulation. Chapter 14: Interior Walls and Ceilings. Chapter 15: Interior Finishing. Chapter 16: Special Construction Methods. Chapter 17: Maintenance and Remodeling. Chapter 18: The Carpenter and the Industry. Chapter 19: Bathrooms. Chapter 20: Construction for Solar Heating. Chapter 21: Alternative Framing Methods. Chapter 22: Permanent Wood Foundation System. Chapter 23: Private Water Systems. Chapter 24: Private Sewage Facilities. Glossary. Index.