Construction Books


Solar Power Your Home For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) Best Price: $10.75 This is a good introduction to how the energy from the sun can be put to practical everyday use....	National Electrical Code 2008 (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code) Best Price: $51.00 The NEC has gotten so large, that the ability to lay it flat while researching is really nice.	National Electrical Code 2008 Handbook (National Fire Protection Association//National Electrical Code Handbook) Best Price: $106.76 I like the NEC because it is a guide for preforming electrical jobs in the workplace. If I don't...	Building Construction Illustrated Best Price: $28.40 Book is very good for research and beginners learning building construction. I have used the...	Handy Farm Devices: And How to Make Them Best Price: $10.36 This book is great with a ton of wonderful ideas. Can't wait to actually sit and read instead...



Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies (For Dummies (Home & Garden)) Best Price: $11.71 I have a number of the Dummies books on various topics, and had an interest in how one might...	Water Storage: Tanks, Cisterns, Aquifers, and Ponds for Domestic Supply, Fire and Emergency Use--Includes How to Make Ferrocement Water Tanks Best Price: $46.00 I love all those oasis manuals. Once again Art Ludwig surprises us with a manual full of info...	2006 International Residential Code - Softcover Version (International Residential Code) Best Price: $61.00 The book quality and condition are as the same as the seller describes. If it's original copy,...	2006 International Building Code - Softcover Version: Softcover Version (International Building Code) Best Price: $89.31 This book provides me with all the information I need to do both residental and commercial...	Solar Water Heating: A Comprehensive Guide to Solar Water and Space Heating Systems (Mother Earth News Wiser Living Series) Best Price: $15.56 This is a very well written book. Bob Ramlow has done a lot of work on the subject of solar...



Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life Best Price: $10.10 Ed Begley Jr. really walks the walk! I really like the way he sets up the book. He tells you...	Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and Energy-Efficient Home Construction (Builder's Guide) Best Price: $16.47 This book does a good job at setting up a working definition of "green building" as a...	National Electrical Code 2008 Tabs Best Price: $14.76 Tabs are well constructed, but if you use your code book a lot the thin pages might tear at the...	Creative Concrete Ornaments for the Garden: Making Pots, Planters, Birdbaths, Sculpture & More Best Price: $14.42 This book contains many "recipes" for making concrete containers and concrete art. The...	Chicken Coops: 45 Building Plans for Housing Your Flock Best Price: $11.90 This book has all kinds of chicken coops, whether you are on a large farm or just a small lot. ...

Graphic Guide to Frame Construction: Details for Builders and Designers (For Pros by Pros) Best Price: $21.48 A great reference for the DIY homeowner. Lots of drawings to show you the right way to do things...	The New Create an Oasis With Greywater: Choosing, Building and Using Greywater Systms - Includes Branched Drains Best Price: $20.95 If you are a revolutionary and innovative thinker that respects the preciousness of water and...	Building Codes Illustrated: A Guide to Understanding the 2006 International Building Code (Building Codes Illustrated) Best Price: $27.27 Interpretation of codes sometime is confusing. With the picture to explain, it is much easier to...	The Fifty Dollar and Up Underground House Book Best Price: $19.95 First off, the reason for four stars instead of five. It's because the author was very narrow...	How to Build Animal Housing: 60 Plans for Coops, Hutches, Barns, Sheds, Pens, Nestboxes, Feeders, Stanchions, and Much More Best Price: $15.97 Great projects, concise writing, great way to add to your design ideas for building...

The Complete Illustrated Guide to Furniture and Cabinet Construction Best Price: $25.18 Had some ok spatterings of information , but overall I found it a bit dissapointing. Its a...	Wind Power, Revised Edition: Renewable Energy for Home, Farm, and Business Best Price: $31.40 This is a very technical book. Loads of details. Eye opening for any amature thinking "Oh,...	Building Kitchen Cabinets Best Price: $10.99 I bought this book and Danny Proulx's Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets (Popular Woodworking)....	National Electrical Code 2005 Softcover Version (National Fire Protection Association National Electrical Code) Best Price: $58.69 Amazon is just lame sometimes. I've been asked to write a review of this book. Review the NEC?...	Trim Carpentry and Built-Ins (Build Like A Pro) Best Price: $7.98 This book is very well illustrated and gives some great examples. I was looking for more...

How to Build Your Own Greenhouse Best Price: $15.94 If you're operating a small or a LARGE greenhouse - this will be your "bible".........	Concrete Countertops: Design, Form, and Finishes for the New Kitchen and Bath Best Price: $18.18 This book really goes through all the important steps. And pictures are worth a million...	Tree Houses You Can Actually Build: A Weekend Project Book (Stiles, David R. Weekend Project Book Series.) Best Price: $8.86 Works for kids, works for adults, very clear and very helpful. Very graphics oriented and the...	Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home (American Institute Architects) Best Price: $15.60 Great book on how to update older or run down homes. The pictures are beautiful. It is a book on...	The Solar House: Passive Heating and Cooling Best Price: $17.78 I've read many other green building books. What I liked about this one was that it really goes...

Stonescaping Idea Book (Taunton's Idea Book Series) Best Price: $7.46 "Walks, pathways and steps play important roles around the exterior of the home. On a...	The Complete Idiot's Guide to Solar Power for your Home, 2nd Edition (Complete Idiot's Guide to) Best Price: $11.14 The title is disparaging but the contents are excellent! Anyone considering attempting to learn...	Fundamentals of Building Construction: Materials and Methods Best Price: $72.98 This book has alot of information in it both on the actual materials properties and production...	The Codes Guidebook for Interiors Best Price: $66.07 This is the best textbook I have found for my introduction to building codes course. The study...	BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and Contractors Best Price: $66.05 This is clearly the most comprehensive book to date on the subject of building information...

Measuring, Marking, and Layout: A Builder's Guide Best Price: $15.16 This is a well written book, in plain language. It will help any amateur considering building,...	The Hand-Sculpted House: A Practical and Philosophical Guide to Building a Cob Cottage: The Real Goods Solar Living Book Best Price: $21.87 There is no better book to curl up with than this one and none more useful. Read it and, if you...	Natural Remodeling for the Not-So-Green House: Bringing Your Home into Harmony with Nature (Natural Home & Garden) Best Price: $13.47 I've been teaching at a community college for 16 years on the topic of energy efficiency,...	The Toyota Product Development System: Integrating People, Process And Technology Best Price: $30.18 I bought this book as a part of my classroom text material. It's an interesting book that talks...	Build a Smokehouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-81 (A Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) Best Price: $1.25 Build a Smokehouse: Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin A-81 (A Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin) A...

Working Alone: Tips & Techniques for Solo Building Best Price: $10.91 If you use just one or two tips from this book (and you will) it is worth the investment in time...	Leedpass - Study Materials Plus Sample Questions Best Price: $69.50 I recieved the book 5 days before the test and did not take a course. I took all the test...	RSMeans Building Construction Cost Data 2008, 66th Edition (Means Building Construction Cost Data) Best Price: $79.98 This book, and its previous editions, has long been a standby reference for building owners,...	Minimum Design Loads for Buildings And Other Structures: SEI/ASCE 7-05 (ASCE Standard No. 7-05) (ASCE Standard) Best Price: $124.75 The new ASCE Standard 7-05 Standard (including Supplement No.1) provides requirements for...	Building a Shed: Siting and Planning a Shed, Building Shed Foundations, Adding Custom Details (Build Like a Pro Series) Best Price: $6.93 Glad I bought this one. I had a customer looking for a shed that didn't look 'prefab' and was...

Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes Best Price: $19.80 First things first.... This is not a fix-it book for the average homeowner. It is a renovation...	Minimum Design Loads for Buildings And Other Structures: SEI/ASCE 7-05 (ASCE Standard No. 7-05) (ASCE Standard) Best Price: $124.75 The new ASCE Standard 7-05 Standard (including Supplement No.1) provides requirements for...	Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes Best Price: $19.80 First things first.... This is not a fix-it book for the average homeowner. It is a renovation...	Essentials of Fire Fighting This manual helps not only the new recruit, but the veteren firefighter to enhance their basic...	The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means: A Hip Pocket Guide Best Price: $1.59 I had heard that Senator Byrd of W. Virginia kept a copy of the US Constitution in his pocket. I...

2006 International Building Code - Looseleaf Version (International Building Code (Looseleaf)) Best Price: $106.19 The IBC Code is almost unintelligible. It's circular conditional process of determining code...	The New Bungalow Kitchen Best Price: $18.72 A beautifully illustrated book full of good ideas for kitchen design. While the focus is on...	Earthbag Building: The Tools, Tricks and Techniques (Natural Building Series) Best Price: $18.34 This is our "go-to" book for very practical descriptions and diagrams of process and...	All the Way Home: Building a Family in a Falling-Down House Best Price: $12.97 I picked up a copy of this book to read later this summer "when I have more time". I...	Code Check Complete: An Illustrated Guide to Building, Plumbing, Mechanical, and Electrical Codes (Code Check) Best Price: $23.00 This is a handy composite easy-to-use reference book of the four major building codes covering...

Hotel Design, Planning, and Development, New Edition Best Price: $60.95 I was assigned to teach at the Master Degree class on "Facility Management" subject...

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