Buildspeak #2 - More Basics: Learning about the Bits That Turn It into a House

by John Hollenkamp

Following on from the first book in the series, Buildspeak #2 expands on the most common and traditional form of house building in Australia to familiarise the reader with the elements or components that go into it. Written in a casual, informative, and occasionally humorous style, the Buildspeak series aims to provide practical insight for serious renovators and home builders. It's not a 'how to' guide, but more of a guided tour of home building and the 'wonderful' world of building defects shared by a professional who has spent over 30 years in the industry as a carpenter and builder. Whether you're buying a first home, you're a homeowner keen to renovate, or someone who simply wants to improve their knowledge about home building - even a trade apprentice who has aspirations beyond their trade - Buildspeak is for you. Useful and practical, it helps navigate the maze of information not otherwise readily available in an organised form. When you are bamboozled by a 'know-it-all', or have difficulty understanding what a builder or tradie is trying to tell you, having a better understanding of basic building elements and practices will allow you to ask more of the right questions to make better decisions.

40 pages, Paperback

Published October 16, 2020

About the author

John Hollenkamp created The Darren Mangan Thriller Series with STEALTH, followed by A TROPICAL CURE, and now a third in the Series, WIRED. Darren is a dry-witted, good-looking Queenslander, (some people think he resembles the chap in Magnum PI, Tom Selleck) except a cabdriver doesn't make the same coin as a Hollywood actor. And that's where Darren's life runs a fine balance between good and a little bad...
Rich in colloquial dialogue, and coarse language, the stories reflect a realistic part of 'hard bloke' blue-collar Australia, set from Sydney's Manly & the Northern Beaches, to the South Coast of NSW before ending up in Tropical North Queensland.

John Hollenkamp's stories feature colourful, fictional characters. His crime-fiction stories are played out on the fringes of the gritty and shadowy world of Australia's underbelly, Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs, the Italian Mafia and characters of ill-temperament. Violence and coarse language do feature in his sharp, and 'pull no punches' style of writing...as do characters that will make your skin crawl. After all, that's real life.

With A TROPICAL CURE, the second in the Darren Mangan Thriller Series he features the introduction of Joel Shallowater, a young Indigenous cop from the suburbs of Townsville, with a dry sense of humour who has a penchant for cutting right to the chase with justice in mind.

Strap in, John's style of writing is fast-paced, full of twists and turns.