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Solve emergencies such as backed up drains, sinks and toilets. Learn to repair faucets, sinks and toilets. Working with PVC or CPVC as well as copper, and galvanized. Includes instructions for completing a range of plumbing jobs. Basic plumbing for the homeowner.
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This conveniently-sized, colorful, and information-crammed fourth book in Rick Peterss popular series helps homeowners get the know-how they need. Includes 325 technique photos and 75 illustrations. A section on projects works from the ground up, from building floor baseboards to wall frames and wainscoting, from ceiling molding and medallions to window and door details. Coverage of troubleshooting and repair shows how to diagnose and solve common problems.
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734 scale drawings of doorways, windows, staircases, moldings, cornices and other elements. Paper.
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From the most basic solutions to advanced, energy-saving projects, no book covers home insulation and weatherization like this one. Advice on how to keep your home warm in the winter and cool in the summer and weather-tight all yaer long. Harley is a engineer specializing in energy efficient residential construction
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Subtitle: "150 Smart Ways to Save Money and Make Your Home More Comfortable and Green". Offering eye-opening incentives and easily achievable methods, Harley's uncluttered and organized approach will not only benefit the environment, it will help anyone reduce their heating, cooling, and electrical expenses. Highlighted by numbered tips and techniques for easy reference, the book presents a treasure trove of simple and inexpensive ways for cutting energy costs by up to 20% -- and even 40% in some cases.
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This brings together 29 of the best articles from Fine Homebuilding magazine. Articles cover ductwork and housewrap to building efficient fireplaces and storm windows. In addition there is information on what home-owners and builders can do to improve energy efficiency in older homes. REGULAR $14.95 OUR PRICE $12.00. You save 19%.
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Part of the Building Basics Series. Offers information on stairwells, code requirements, and housed stringers
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A survey of the basics of doors and windows. What to look for when buying, how to frame up for doors and windows, installing, and repair. Includes repairing jalousie windows, broken glass, installing locksets, door closers, weatherstripping, sliding door security, and installing various types of replacement windows.
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These 18 projects for building garden equipment feature precise instructions and assembly drawings that enable anyone to build handy, attractive yard accessories. Projects range from a compost box and an arbor with a seat to a garden cart and hose holder, and feature a finished photo of each along with detailed illustrations, bills of materials, and shopping lists. Each is easy to build from affordable 1-by and 2-by lumber, and the pieces connect with waterproof glue, nails, and screws so that they can be quickly assembled. Directions for creating more unusual projectssuch as a bean teepee and a raspberry trellisare also included.
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Subtitle: "The Classic Memoir of the Life of a Victorian Craftsman." First published in 1937. Illus. Something of an underground woodworking classic. Rose details the various aspects of country carpentry in England. It covers watermills, pumps, tools, farm work, and much more. Rose was a master from a family of master carpenters. Very good.
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With an introduction by master craftsman Ralph Kylloe, this manual on rustic carpentry is a superb resource for woodworkers, furniture makers, and carpenters of all skill levels. Here are clear and concise instructions for creating beautiful pieces with unfinished timber, utilizing the unique texture and shape of tree branches, trunks, and shrubs. In addition, rustic woodworking requires few tools and relatively little skill to make decorative and practical flower stands, tables, chairs, gates, porches, aviaries, footbridges, verandas, tool sheds, and more. All these projects are included here with detailed advice on collecting and drying sticks; what kind of wood works best for various items; how to varnish both indoor and outdoor pieces; using battens and mortises to secure furniture; and successfully employing a range of other techniques.
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Provides up to date information on national building codes for foundations, framing, exterior and interior walls, fireplaces and chimneys and more. Compiled by four certified building inspectors.
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Benjamin designed this work as a practical handbook for architects and carpenters. It was largely responsible for the Greek Revival style which spread throughout the East. This is a basic text for the period and presents designs for windows, columns, fences, vases, balusters, shutters, moldings, staircases, and much more. This was a very influential book in its day.
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This practical manual has all the information you need to select and pour the right mix for the job, lay out the structure, choose the right form materials, design and build the forms, and finish and cure the concrete. Step by step instructions show how to construct and erect most types of site fabricated wood forms. Over 200 man-hour tables, charts and clear illustrations.
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Specifically designed to be used on site for quick reference. Durable laminated pages withstand abuse. Easy to use flip chart format summarizes national code specifications. Building, plumbing, mechanical, electrical.
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Code Check Building's 2nd Edition is a builder, remodeler, and inspector's trusted friend. The most up-to-date information presented in Taunton's Code Check series' trademark straightforward text and unique illustrations. Designed to withstand the jobsite, Code Check Building has durable laminated pages and spiral binding. Toss it in the truck, put it in your on-the-job portfolio, or make room in the tool box -- just be sure to keep it at reach...you'll be needing it.
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Completely up-to-date with current code requirements, Code Check Plumbing is an invaluable guide to have on the job site! Referenced to the International Residential Code, Uniform Plumbing Code and Uniform Mechanic Code, it provides answers to hundreds of common plumbing-code questions.