Tips & Traps When Building Your Home
Dealing with the in's and out's of home construction, this book guides prospective homeowners through every step of the building process. It helps you manage questions, such as: do you know what to... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:007135686X
ISBN13:9780071356862
Release Date:August 2000
Publisher:McGraw-Hill
Length:246 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Customer Reviews
4 ratings
A must buy for people want to build their own home
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
This is not the book to teach you all details of how to actually construct your home, but it's extremely useful to help you understand the process and get things started. Excellent "tips" and "traps"!!!
Light on detail but useful - a good companion book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
If you are looking for a really thorough book, this isn't it, but many of the tips are very helpful. Read it with a highlighter and just mark the good stuff and then refer back. I bought this along with Woodson's "Build Your Dream Home for Less" and found that the two together were a great pair. Woodson's is very thorough and takes you through step by step, and Irwin's had a lot of additional tips that Woodson's didn't. Irwin tends not to define many of the "trade" terms he uses and for people who aren't handy, it's frustrating. On the other hand, Woodson does define most terms so if you read both, you're in pretty good shape. This book is not the be-all, end-all book but definitely worth buying - it should save you some money if you are general contracting your home.
Very Good
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is a very good book that is easy to read. Now, there were some things that I disagree with, as well as other "expert" developers, but overall the tips and traps were right on. So, this is a book that you should read if you are building a hime, but also read at least one other good book. Because of some of those things that were too specific (i.e., not mentioning other reasonable options), I nearly gave it four stars. However, it is worth reading and normally would warrant the five stars.
Great Book, Easy To Understand...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
This book was the first book I read on building. It has also been very informative and simple to understand. If you are beggining in building this is the perfect book for you. The Author really knows what he is talking about. Unlike some other books out there written buy someone who has never done it....
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