Carpentry & Construction

by Rex Miller, Mark Richard Miller

A complete, step-by-step guide to CARPENTRY AND CONSTRUCTION

Revised and updated, Carpentry & Construction, Fifth Edition, takes you through every step of house construction in such detail that you can use it to build your own home! Clear instructions, along with more than 1,500 photographs and illustrations, demonstrate each phase of construction--from selecting tools, to pouring the foundation, to finishing the interior. This how-to handbook also covers remodeling, additions, and repairs.

Whether you're a do-it-yourselfer or a professional contractor, you'll find all the task-simplifying details you need for your projects, each logically organized by building stages. Learn how to tackle:

Footings and foundations Framing and roofing Windows and doors Exterior and interior walls Wiring Plumbing Insulation Interior finishing Kitchen and bathroom remodeling Tiling Solar heating Termite prevention Skylights Fences, decks, and patios Private ater and sewage systems And much more

Featuring new material covering the latest green building options, tools of the trade, construction methods, code updates, and a 16-page color insert, this book helps you get the job done better and faster. There's no other resource that covers the home building process as thoroughly and expertly as Carpentry & Construction, Fifth Edition.

784 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 1991

About the author

Dr. Rex Miller is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at the SUNY College at Buffalo. In 1978 he won the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching for Industrial Arts/Vocational Education.

Reviews

[Lucia · Rating 3 out of 5]

House construction manual.

Ch. 3 - basic info on foundations, footings, drainage and waterproofing, pressure-treated wood, termite prevention.

[Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

While this book is comprehensive and full of good information, it appears publisher McGraw-Hill Education has once again "updated" a book as a money grab. So much of the information and pictures are outdated. A lot of information and tool that are "fairly modern", though would have been in prominent use in 2016 when the 6th edition was published are either not discussed or discussed as "new technology". I'm sure there are better updated books, but this book, as stated, is comprehensive of the basics and even contains some more advanced activities involved in constructing a home.

[Carolee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Another reference book - for when I go on my house design kicks.