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Title: How to Design and Build Your Own House by Lupe Di Donno ISBN: 0-394-75200-7 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 12 October, 1987 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Broadest coverage, patiently explained
Comment: It's not easy to cover such a huge subject, but these two architects do a remarkable job. The illustrator gets equal billing, and it's well-deserved, as the drawings alone are worth the price of the book. The best part is on design. I've never seen a book that allowed you to figure loads and size columns, or provided a worksheet to calculate heating requirements. The final section on construction is more of an overview but the important issues are always addressed. You'll need to supplement your reading, especially since newer technologies--housewrap, truss roofs, engineered lumber--are not covered, but everything in this book is useful.
Rating: 5
Summary: Tells what to think about
Comment: Anybody can sit down and draw a rough floor plan. But this book tells you to think in terms of how you use space rather than rooms. That simple piece of advice makes you think differently about what you want in a house and what you need. If you are thinking of building, GET THIS BOOK. Even if you're going to a contractor or architect, get the book and sit down with your whole family to make plans. You'll find out about personal privacy issues, how your rooms and spaces should flow, how to make your house more efficient not from an energy standpoint, but from a "how I use my house" point of view.
Rating: 5
Summary: How to Design and Build Your Own House
Comment: I used this book to design and build my first house 15 years ago. I am now a general building contractor and continue to use it so much that that first copy is worn out and I'm buying a replacement. It offers a wonderful combination of design ideas, structural tables, and common sense advice.
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Title: The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home by Kent Lester, Dave McGuerty ISBN: 1558704655 Publisher: Betterway Pubns Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way (Real Goods Independent Living Books) by Sam Clark ISBN: 0930031857 Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing Company Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: How to Plan, Subcontract and Build Your Dream House by Warren V. Jaeger ISBN: 0964782405 Publisher: Trojan Homes Pub Co Pub. Date: 01 January, 1998 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Build It Right!: What to Look for in Your New Home by Myron E. Ferguson, Linda West ISBN: 0965485609 Publisher: Home User's Pr Pub. Date: June, 1997 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Be Your Own House Contractor: Save 25% without Lifting a Hammer by Carl Heldmann ISBN: 1580173748 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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