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 Roof Framer’s Bible
68 different pitch combinations of "bastard" hip roofs at your fingertips. Don’t curse the architect – let this book make you an accomplished master of irregular pitched roof systems. You’ll be the envy of your crew, and irregular or "bastard" roofs will be under your command. This rare pocket-sized book comes hardbound with a cloth marker like a true bible.
$24.00
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 Rough Framing Carpentry
If you'd like to make good money working outdoors as a framer, this is the book for you. Here you'll find shortcuts to laying out studs; speed cutting blocks, trimmers and plates by eye; quickly building and blocking rake walls; installing ceiling backing, ceiling joists, and truss joists; cutting and assembling hip trusses and California fills; arches and drop ceilings – all with production line procedures that save you time and help you make more money. Over 100 on-the-job photos of how to do it right and what can go wrong.
$26.50
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 Steel-Frame House Construction
Framing with steel has obvious advantages over wood, yet building with steel requires new skills that can present challenges to the wood builder. This new book explains steel framing techniques for homes. It shows you the techniques, the tools, the materials, and how you can make it happen. Includes hundreds of photos and illustrations, plus a CD-ROM with steel framing details and 37 pages of steel-frame cost estimates.
$39.75
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 Stair Builders Handbook
If you know the floor-to-floor rise, this handbook gives you everything else: number and dimension of treads and risers, total run, correct well hole opening, angle of incline, and quantity of materials and settings for your framing square for over 3,500 code-approved rise and run combinations – several for every 1/8-inch interval from a 3 foot to a 12 foot floor-to-floor rise.
$19.50
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 Troubleshooting Guide to Residential Construction
How to solve practically every construction problem – before it happens to you! With this book you’ll learn from the mistakes other builders made as they faced 63 typical residential construction problems. Filled with clear photos and drawings that explain how to enhance your reputation as well as your bottom line by avoiding problems that plague most builders. Shows how to avoid, or fix, problems ranging from defective slabs, walls and ceilings, through roofing, plumbing & HVAC, to paint.
$32.50
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 Wood-Frame House Construction
Step-by-step construction details, from the layout of the outer walls, excavation and formwork, to finish carpentry and painting. Contains all new, clear illustrations and explanations updated for construction in the '90s. Everything you need to know about framing, roofing, siding, interior finishings, floor covering and stairs – your complete book of wood-frame homebuilding.
$25.50
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 Construction Inspection Manual
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The accepted national guide used by the construction industry for improvement of specifications and inspection procedures. Features a complete series of comprehensive checklists covering all elements of construction. Includes hundreds of checklists, forms, charts, and tables.
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$72.95
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 Fences & Retaining Walls
Everything you need to know to run a profitable business in fence and retaining wall contracting. Takes you through layout and design, construction techniques for wood, masonry, and chain link fences, gates and entries, including finishing and electrical details. How to build retaining and rock walls. How to get your business off to the right start, keep the books, and estimate accurately. The book even includes a chapter on contractor's math.
$36.00
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 Build Smarter with Alternative Materials
New building products are coming out almost every week. Some of them may become new standards, as sheetrock replaced lath and plaster some years ago. Others are little more than a gimmick. To write this manual, the author researched hundreds of products that have come on the market in recent years. The ones he describes in this book will do the job better, creating a superior, longer-lasting finished product, and in many cases also save you time and money. Some are made with recycled products – a good selling point with many customers. But most of all, they give you choices, so you can give your customers choices. In this book, you’ll find materials for almost all areas of constructing a house, from the ground up. For each product described, you’ll learn where you can get it, where to use it, what benefits it provides, any disadvantages, and how to install it -- including tips from the author. And to help you price your jobs, each description ends with manhours – for both the first time you install it, and after you’ve done it a few times.
$34.75
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 Drywall Contracting
How to set up and operate a drywall contracting business. Here you'll find how to get set up as a drywall contractor, the tools you'll need, how to do the work, and how to estimate and schedule jobs so that you keep the work flowing and the money coming in. How to prevent drywall problems, spot hidden problems before you begin, and how to install and repair drywall in new construction or remodeling work. Lists the eight essential steps in making a drywall estimate and includes estimating forms and man-hour tables for your use. This book is filled with practical tips, illustrations, pictures, tables and forms to help you build your career as a successful drywall contractor.
$34.95
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 Craftsman's Construction Installation Encyclopedia
Step-by-step installation advice for just about any residential construction, remodeling, or repair task you’re likely to face. Written in clear, everyday English with illustrations and diagrams that show how to build or install each part of the job. There’s even a manhour table for each item covered so you’ll know how long they should take. Includes a CD-ROM with all the material in the book, search features, and the ability to printout or e-mail instructions.
$65.00
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 Moving to Commercial Construction
Commercial construction work is usually larger than residential, the payoff is better and you don't have to deal with homeowners. But commercial jobs have risks of their own, and if you are not careful you can lose your shirt. If you've been thinking of taking on more commercial jobs, you should have the information in this new book. It offers the general contractor, subcontractor, and designer some step-by-step methods to making the move from residential to commercial construction a successful one. Covers finding commercial work, compiling and estimate and presenting a bid, getting through the submittal and shop drawing process, working with owners, architects and subs, and controlling your costs and insuring profit.
$42.00
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 JLC Construction Tips and Techniques
More than 300 tough contractor questions, in a Q & A format, with straightforward answers and effective solutions from the construction industry's leading experts.
You'll find questions and answers on all aspects of residential building and remodeling problems: foundations and site work, framing, roofing, exteriors, plumbing and electrical, thermal and moisture control, HVAC and interiors.
Organized in order of construction, this unique book faces the tough problems that are always coming up on the job site, and tells how to solve them. Packed with step-by-step instructions and large, clear illustrations, this is a book you can refer to for a straight answer to just about any on-the-job problem you come up against.
$32.50
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 Residential Construction Performance Guidelines
Created and reviewed by more than 300 builders and remodelers, this guide gives cut-and-dry construction standards that should apply to new construction and remodeling. It defines corrective action necessary to bring all construction up to standards.
Standards are listed for sitework, foundations, interior concrete slabs, basement and crawl spaces for block walls and poured walls, wood-floor framing, beams, columns and posts, plywood and joists, walls, wall insulation, windows, doors, exterior finishes and trim, roofs, roof sheathing, roof installation and leaks, plumbing, sanitary and sewer systems, electrical, interior climate control, HVAC systems, cabinets and countertops, floor finishes and more.
$39.95
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 Troubleshooting Guide to Residential Construction
How to solve practically every construction problem – before it happens to you! With this book you’ll learn from the mistakes other builders made as they faced 63 typical residential construction problems.
Filled with clear photos and drawings that explain how to enhance your reputation as well as your bottom line by avoiding problems that plague most builders. Shows how to avoid, or fix, problems ranging from defective slabs, walls and ceilings, through roofing, plumbing & HVAC, to paint.
$32.50
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 Working Alone
Shows how you can become a dynamic one-man crew, handling nearly every aspect of house construction without having to hire or wait for anyone else.
Explains how you can, on your own, lay out a foundation, build and erect walls, square up and straighten walls, install sheathing, lay out rafters, raise the ridge, get the roof square, install rafters, subfascia and sheathing, finish eaves, install windows and siding, hang drywall, measure and cut trim, install cabinets, and build decks.
If you ever thought you couldn’t do it solo, this book will show you unique tricks you can use to get the job done alone.
$17.95
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 Commercial Metal Stud Framing
Framing commercial jobs can be more lucrative than residential work. But most commercial jobs require some form of metal stud framing.
This book teaches step-by-step, with hundreds of job site photos, high-speed metal stud framing in commercial construction. It describes the special tools you’ll need and how to use them effectively, and the material and equipment you'll be working with.
You’ll find the shortcuts, tips and tricks-of-the-trade that take most steel framers years on the job to discover. Shows how to set up a crew to maintain a rhythm that will speed progress faster than any wood framing job.
If you've framed with wood, this book will teach you how to be one of the few top-notch metal stud framers.
$45.00
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