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Welcome to our Bookshelf
Valuable homebuilding books for anyone building a new home
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Energy-Efficient Building: The Best of Fine Homebuilding (The Best of Fine Homebuilding)
There are countless reasons why building your own home makes good sense, But, for most people, the chance to create the home they've always wanted is #1 on their list. And this all-in-one guide can help you every step of the way toward realizing your vision - from hiring the right vendors to picking fixtures.
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Foundations & Concrete Work: The Best of Fine Homebuilding (The Best of Fine Homebuilding Series)
Here is professional guidance for anyone planning to build, repair or renovate foundations, driveways, retaining walls and other concrete structures. Readers learn all about how to use, mix and cure concrete. Thirty-two complete articles from builders, masons and engineers show how to lay out a site, pour footings, slabs and walls, design forms, insulate masonry walls plus how to avoid common mistakes.
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Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: Details for Builders and Designers
Teaching through hundreds of meticulous drawings, Rob Thallon's guide covers foundations, roofs, building systems and materials, durability, energy efficiency, and more.
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Framing Floors, Walls, Ceilings: The Best of Fine Homebuilding (Best of Fine Homebuilding Series)
A friend has a copy of this helpful book.. once I read it, it was the most helpful books I've read on basic framing.. I learned things I didnt know how to do..this book has been a great help in the planning and construction of my home..I cant wait to order the rest of the Best of Homebuilding series.. dont pass this one up.. review by: J.W.Duffle from Ashland City,TN USA
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The Very Efficient Carpenter: Basic Framing for Residential Construction (For Pros, by Pros Series)
This book fills an important gap; it's neither too basic nor is it a structural or architectural engineering text book. I would recommend this book to anyone who's interested in remodelling or building by themselves, or even just curious about how their house is put together. This book does such a good job documenting and explaining the framing process that I would also highly recommend it to anyone who's having a house built.
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Building Fireplace Mantels: Distinctive Projects for Any Style Home
This is an outstanding book on a focused topic: After discussing some basics of mantel making, he describes in detail from start to finish, step-by-step, including a materials list, suppliers, and tools needed for nine projects to build nine different style firelplace mantels: Simple Colonial, Georgian, Simple Federal, Arts and Crafts, Mackintosh, Victorian, Greene and Greene, Art Deco, and Contemporary.
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Making Mantels
No woodworking project is more gratifying than making a beautiful fireplace mantel. There is no such thing as a "correct" mantel: they come in every conceivable shape and style, which leaves room for creativity. The 200 color photographs in this guide cover a broad range of possibilities for the craftsperson to consider. Plentiful examples of detailed plans guide the woodworker through the design, construction, and installation steps in mantel making.
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