The Owner Builder

The Owner Builder

Author: Leeza Sipek

Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 247

ISBN-13: 0643100423

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An easy-to-understand, step-by-step guide for people who want to build their dream home in a financially responsible manner. From choosing a block of land to decorating the inside of the house, this book guides the reader through the entire building process.


The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry

The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry

Author: Ken Kern

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media, LLC

Published: 2022-08-04

Total Pages: 379

ISBN-13:

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From simple stone walls to elaborate homes and studios, this is the ideal book for any DIY builder interested in working with stone. Thanks to its utility and cost-effectiveness, stone is an ideal construction resource for the astute owner-builder. Cheap and readily available, rock can be gathered from streambeds, abandoned quarries, and open fields with relative ease. In fact, you'd be hard-pressed to find a natural landscape devoid of building stone. In this book, beloved home-building expert Ken Kern teams up with fellow stone masons Steve Magers and Lou Penfield to present the ultimate guide to DIY stone masonry. THE OWNER-BUILDER'S GUIDE TO STONE MASONRY is a comprehensive guide to all aspects of building with stone. Everything from detailed information on sourcing, sorting, and selecting stones, to the various methods of building with stone. There are even chapters on building fireplaces, steps, floors, and arches.


The Owner-Built Home

The Owner-Built Home

Author: Ken Kern

Publisher: Echo Point Books & Media

Published: 2016-02

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781626545465

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Many Americans dream about building their own home. With this book you can make those dreams a reality. As innovative and original as it was when first published in 1972, Ken Kern's The Owner-Built Home is an aspiring DIY homebuilder's bible. Finally, after years of demand, it is back in print for the next generation of owner-builders. The product of years of research and experimentation with innumerable design and construction techniques around the world, The Owner-Built Home is full of practical tips. It describes in refreshing, straight-forward language, everything involved in making a home. Fully illustrated with drawings, photographs, and plans, The Owner-Built Home is an indispensable tool for anyone planning to build a house. Readers interested in related titles from Ken Kern will also want to see: The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry (ISBN: 9781626545403), Owner Built Homestead (Emblem Editions) (ISBN: 9781626545441), The Owner Builder's Guide to Stone Masonry (ISBN: 9781626545403), Owner Built Homestead (Emblem Editions) (ISBN: 9781626545441).


Building Your Own Home For Dummies

Building Your Own Home For Dummies

Author: Kevin Daum

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-03-04

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 1118054067

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Keep construction on track with helpful checklists Turn your dream of a custom home into reality! Thinking about building your own home? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build a beautiful home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the best architect to overseeing the construction, you get lots of savvy tips on managing your new investment wisely -- and staying sane during the process! Discover how to: * Find the best homesite * Navigate the plan approval process * Obtain financing * Hire the right contractor * Cut design and construction costs * Avoid common mistakes


Owner Building in South Africa

Owner Building in South Africa

Author: Penny Swift

Publisher: Struik Publishers

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 9781770079595

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A practical guide to building or renovating your own home. Updated to include recent changes in building legislation, new building techniques and contemporary design trends.


Building Your Own Home

Building Your Own Home

Author: George Wilkie

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 9781742572161

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This complete guide to building your own home covers every step of the process. It includes advice on: how to select land ; design guidelines; the roles of professional consultants ; how to deal with the workings of control authorities ; preparing working drawings ;who's who of subcontracting and supply industries. Includes in detail the practical steps that owner-builders need to take to ensure their building meets the aims of local regulations in environmental efficiency. Also included are detailed drawings showing how all the components are assembled to achieve the home of your dreams.


Before You Build

Before You Build

Author: Robert Roskind

Publisher:

Published: 1983

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 9780898150360

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House construction or house purchase, for most people, is the largest single expenditure made in a lifetime. This book provides the essential tool owner-builders have needed as a comprehensive guidebook and housebuilding checklist based on the experience of the recognised leaders in the field of "hands on" education in the country -- The Owner Builder Center in Berkeley, California.