Glencoe Carpentry and Building Construction, Student Edition

Glencoe Carpentry and Building Construction, Student Edition
Author: McGraw-Hill
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780021402441

Carpentry & Building Construction is a comprehensive carpentry program that focuses on residential construction with many procedures also applying to light commercial construction. The informative text provides detailed, heavily illustrated information about materials, tools, and processes, with many step-by-step procedures. Includes hardbound student edition aligned to the content standards.

Carpentry and Building Construction

Carpentry and Building Construction
Author: John Louis Feirer
Publisher: MacMillan Publishing Company
Total Pages: 1124
Release: 1986
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780025373600

This book has been designed as a basic text for students in wood technology classes at the high school, vocational school, and community junior college levels.It will also be helpful to those in apprenticeship training and to do-it-yourselfers who wish to undertake building or remodeling projects.

Basic Engineering for Builders

Basic Engineering for Builders
Author: Max Schwartz
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1993
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780934041836

Basic engineering principles are offered in non-technical language that the builder can put to use on his jobs. Includes understanding engineering requirements on the plans and how to meet them, sizing of structural members using only preliminary plans, and requirements for steel, concrete, and masonry.

Finish Carpenter's Manual

Finish Carpenter's Manual
Author: Jim Tolpin
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Total Pages: 222
Release: 1993
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780934041829

This manual will become your favorite reference for all of these finish carpentry topics: evaluating the job, choosing the best tools, selecting the right materials, and much more!

Pipe & Excavation Contracting

Pipe & Excavation Contracting
Author: Dave Roberts
Publisher: Craftsman Book Company
Total Pages: 406
Release: 1987
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780934041225

Pipeline contracting can be rewarding work -- or a profitable sideline for any excavation contractor. But not everyone who owns a backhoe is ready to start bidding water, sewer and drainage jobs. This practical manual can help you develop the skills needed to succeed as an undergroung utility contractor. -- back cover.

Finish Carpentry

Finish Carpentry
Author: William Perkins Spence
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Total Pages: 300
Release: 1995
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9780806907000

"Spence brings a fresh perspective to familiar subject matter by treating it in a way that stresses professional craftsmanship... opens with sections on tools and safety before moving on to a subject-by-subject treatment of interior and exterior finish work. A whopping 650 detailed drawings and...photographs make it simple to visualize the strategies and techniques."--"Journal of Light Construction."

Carpentry and Construction, Sixth Edition

Carpentry and Construction, Sixth Edition
Author: Mark R. Miller
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 817
Release: 2016-02-03
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1259587436

Fully updated home carpentry, construction, and remodeling instruction This thoroughly revised, DIY guide takes you through every step of home construction. Discover how to select tools, pour foundations, build walls and floors, and install tiles—even handle electrical wiring, plumbing, and insulation! Easy-to-follow instructions, along with more than 1,500 photos and illustrations, clearly demonstrate each technique. Logically organized by building stages, this new edition offers complete coverage of home remodeling, building additions, and making household repairs. Carpentry and Construction, Sixth Edition, shows how to tackle: • Site preparation • Footings and foundations • Concrete slabs and floors • Floor frames • Walls and roof framing • Windows and doors • Exterior and interior walls • Electrical Wiring • Plumbing • Insulation • Interior finishing • Kitchen and bathroom remodeling • Tile setting • Solar heating installation • Termite prevention • Installation of Skylights • Fences, decks, and patios • Private water and sewage systems • And much more