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New Item! Step-by-step installation advice for just about any residential construction, remodeling, or repair task. Manhours table for each work item. Includes CD-ROM. | | Stop shaving dollars off your bottom line and start managing customer expectations with the industry's most widely accepted reference on how homes should be built. Good marketing tool. |
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How to solve practically every construction problem – before it happens to you! Shows how to avoid, or fix, problems ranging from defective slabs, walls and ceilings, through roofing, plumbing & HVAC, to paint. | | 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. |
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Volume 1 shows you how to build it. Volume 2 shows you how to bid it. Both manuals include step-by-step instructions, illustrations, charts, drawings, pictures and sample Construction Estimating File entries to guide you toward a profitable and promising future as a quality builder. | | This is the Ultimate Visual Quick-Reference Guide for busy construction professionals who need quick, accurate information on what’s required for residential construction. |
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Everything you need to know to start and run your construction business. This volume covers the basics of construction, the essentials every builder needs to understand. Learn to find any problems before the actual work begins. Click Through For Contents. | | The new standard of best practice in residential construction. Over 300 detailed technical drawings, illustrations and tables giving key dimensions and critical details from accessible kitchens to zoned heating systems. |
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Learn how to bid with step-by-step instructions, illustrations, charts, drawings, pictures and sample Construction Estimating File entries to guide you toward a profitable and promising future as a quality builder. Click Through For Contents. | | Helps you market your business by providing the services your customers require while protecting yourself and your business from liability. You’ll find clear explanations of implied warranties, statutory warranties, warranties imposed by courts, and more. |
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Here's a practical guide for contractors on how to keep moisture out of a house. It includes a comprehensive troubleshooting guide, including advice for dealing with mold and rot. | | Covers every aspect of stucco design, including how to attach stucco to different surfaces, recommended methods for mixing and applying stucco, maintenance and repair. Step-by-step instructions for installation, including weather-resistant barriers, exterior insulation systems, one-coat systems, etc. Includes CD ROM. |
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Shows how to use a transit to locate a building correctly, plan proper grades with minimum excavation, find utility lines and easements, establish correct elevations, lay out an accurate foundation, set correct floor elevations and plan stairways. | | Draw a complete set of plans for a one-story house, or an additional to an existing house even if you've never had drafting or design experience. A Whole House Drafting System For Planning and Design. |
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You can read and understand construction documents, blueprints, and schedules. This book shows you how. | | Shows you step-by-step construction details, from the layout of the outer walls, excavation and formwork, to finish carpentry and painting. Contains clear illustrations and explanations. |
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Master the complexities of structural design and advanced framing techniques with this hands-on guide for builders and remodelers. The information you need explained in plain English. | | Building with steel requires new skills that can present challenges to the wood builder. This new book explains steel framing techniques for homes. |
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150 easy-to-read, full-page details on how to construct steel-framed floors, roofs, interior or exterior walls, bridging, blocking, and reinforcing for all residential construction. | | Building additions is a 100 billion dollar business in this country. This book will show you how to get jobs, plan the work, and complete the project. Learn how to tackle problems unique to room additions and make a decent profit - even on your first job. |
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Learn how to set up and operate your own drywall contracting business. Information on tools, estimating and man-hours, plus tips, illustrations, pictures, tables and forms. Must-see chapter on preventing drywall problems. | | Design kitchens with flair and function that your customers will love! This book has the information you need for successful Building and Remodeling. Chapters are devoted to each type of kitchen. Includes how to run a profitable kitchen design business. |
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Back by popular request! One of the best books around on running a fencing and retaining wall business and Required Reading for some Florida state exams. Takes you through layout and design, construction techniques for wood, masonry, and chain link fences, gates and entries, including finishing and electrical details. | | Are you profiting from the lucrative swimming pool construction business? This practical how-to guide includes scheduling, and a section on estimating labor, material and equipment costs. |
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You really can work alone! You can handle nearly every aspect of house construction by yourself. With this unique book, you wont have to wait for a helper, or pass up a job that seems too difficult to do alone. | | Organization is the key to success for any superintendent or project manager. Manage the details to keep each job running smoothly and on schedule withthis guide. Includes a computer disk to help you modify and personalize each form, chart, and checklist. |
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"Green building" is the fastest growing new trend in construction. Use this niche market to land good jobs without having to underbid every other builder in town. More and more customers want to use alternative materials for their homes and projects. You could be the only builder in your area that knows about them. | | Take the agony out of change orders. Uncover hidden cost items and receive full compensation for them. Each chapter of this great book contains step-by-step procedures. Find, document, and negotiate payment for every added delay. |
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If you've ever been stumped by an engineering problem on the job, yet wanted to avoid the expense of hiring a qualified engineer, you should have this book. Engineering principles explained in non-technical language. | | This book can help you fill the gap between what you can find in the building code span tables and what you need to pay a certified engineer to do. Includes a CD-ROM of NorthBridge Software's Wood Beam Sizing. |
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Handle more of your own survey and layout work! This practical manual for builders, contractors and developers explains construction surveying in simple language. | | Let this book help you gain the skills to qualify as a highly-skilled framer -- a mix of good craftsmanship, structural engineering and solid geometry know-how, and plain common sense. This book has large, clear illustrations showing you how to handle difficult framing jobs, as well as practical advice from respected framing pros. |
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This Book & CD ROM provides a complete introduction to creaating adequate drainage systems and building retaining walls right. Covers average rianfall, slope drainage, grading, septic systems, several types of walls, and more. | | Square foot costs for residential, commercial, industrial, and farm buildings. Quickly work up a reliable budget estimate based on actual materials and design features. |
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Current building costs for residential, commercial, and industrial construction. Estimated prices for every common building material. | | Simply take a picture, open the image in iPhotoMeasure and make one reference measurement. All other vertical and horizontal measurements are instantly scaled. |
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Master carpenter Scott Schuttner shows how to build a simple, single-level deck and also a custom, wrap-around deck complete with stairs, planters and built-in seating. | ||
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