Housebuilding: A Do-It-Yourself Guide

by R.J. DeCristoforo

In over 600 pages and over 1,000 drawings, this lifetime reference from Popular Science, explains it all--whether you want to build an entire house or a garage, expand a den, or just watch costs while you contract the work. Everything is selecting land, reading plans, putting in floors, walls, and ceilings. "Do-it-yourselfers will find everything they need to know about home construction and improvement."-- Publishers Weekly .

672 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 1987

Reviews

[Norman S]

The structural and covering systems of our early 1970s home make much more sense to me now. It's like finding the missing user guide for our house! It's nice to be able to recognize individual components in an assembly when I'm trying to disassemble something for a repair. Now if only Tommy from This Old House was here narrating it for me... :) Couldn't recommend this book more. Took a month or two of picking through it before bed, but let me tell you a few pages knock you out cold and make you smarter!