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  • The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods: Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster, Straw, Beer Cans, Bottles, Cordwood, and Many Other Low Cost Materials

    by Jon Nunan ...
    In the United States alone, the annual construction of over one million new homes causes a very substantial drain on natural resources. Today, approximately 60 percent of the timber cut down in our country is used for building homes. Using alternative home building materials and creating a greener home are about creating better homes that are environmentally friendly, are less expensive in the ... Read more

    $13.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Complete Guide to Alternative Home Building Materials & Methods

    Including Sod, Compressed Earth, Plaster, Straw, Beer Cans, Bottles, Cordwood, and Many Other Low Cost Materials

    by Jon Nunan ...
    In the United States alone, the annual construction of over one million new homes causes a very substantial drain on natural resources. Today, approximately 60 percent of the timber cut down in our country is used for building homes. This book shows you how to identify, locate, and effectively use alternative building materials. You will learn about straw bale, cordwood, cob, adobe, rammed earth, ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

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  • How to Open & Operate a Financially Successful Redesign, Redecorating, and Home Staging Business

    by Mary Larsen ...
    Are you planning to become part of this redesign or real estate staging network? During this time of phenomenal growth, these businesses may be worth your investigation. If you can answer yes to the following questions, then the redesign or home staging business may be just right for you. Do you love decorating your home? Are you addicted to home decorating shows and magazines? Do you know exactly ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Classic Hewn-Log House

    A Step-by-Step Guide to Building and Restoring

    by Charles McRaven ...
    A classic of early American architecture, the hewn-log house has a unique rustic charm and character. In this engaging and informative guide, Charles McRaven provides illustrated step-by-step instructions that cover every aspect of building your own log house, from selecting the site and hewing the first log to laying the final chimney stone. Whether you're building a new house or restoring an old ... Read more

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  • Building a Garage

    A Complete Guide

    by Laurie Williamson ...
    Building a Garage is a practical, step-by-step guide which covers all aspects of the build from the planning and design stage through to construction and completion. Whether you would like to build a garage yourself or employ a builder, whether you want to construct a double or a single garage, whether you wish to build with bricks or wood, and whether you require a garage just to house your car ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • Complete Loft Conversion Book

    Planning, Managing and Completing Your Conversion

    by Julian Owen ...
    Loft conversions are one of the most popular types of home alteration and, as this book shows, they can be an enormously useful and stylish addition to a house. If you have not been involved in a building project before, The Complete Loft Conversion Book guides you through the entire process with chapters arranged so that they follow the sequence of events in a real project.Shows how to identify ... Read more

    $20.09 USD

  • AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology: All Material Categories and Systems

    by Bryan Williams, Louise Attwood, Pauline Treuherz, Dave Larby, Ian Fawcett, Dan Hughes ...
    Series series AQA GCSE (9-1) Design and Technology
    Exam Board: AQALevel: GCSESubject: D&TFirst Teaching: September 2017First Exam: June 2019Build in-depth understanding and inspire your students to tackle design challenges both practically and creatively, with a textbook that delivers the Core Technical plus Specialist Technical and Design & Making Principles needed for the 2017 AQA D&T ... ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Understanding NEC3: Engineering and Construction Short Contract

    A Practical Handbook

    by Kelvin Hughes ...
    Series series Understanding Construction
    As usage of the NEC (formerly the New Engineering Contract) family of contracts continues to grow worldwide, so does the importance of understanding its clauses and nuances to everyone working in the built environment. This set of contracts, currently in the third edition, is different to others in concept as well as format, so users may well find themselves needing a helping hand along the way ... Read more

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  • Energy Management and Operating Costs in Buildings

    by Keith Moss ...
    Managing the consumption and conservation of energy in buildings must now become the concern of both building managers and occupants. The provision of lighting, hot water supply, communications, cooking, space heating and cooling accounts for 45 per cent of UK energy consumption.Energy Management and Operating Costs in Buildings introduces the reader to the principles of managing and conserving ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Country Cottage Conservation

    A Guide to Maintenance and Repair

    by Bevis Claxton ...
    Country Cottage Conservation is essential reading for everyone who loves rural cottages. From simple DIY redecoration to employing architects and builders to tackle significant repairs, this book is full of helpful information. The author explains how cottage owners are able to protect and enhance their investment, and discusses various repair and redecoration options and their consequences. The ... Read more

    $17.69 USD

  • How to Design and Build a Green Office Building: A Complete Guide to Making Your New or Existing Building Environmentally Healthy

    by Jackie Bondanza ...
    As energy costs rise, more and more companies are looking to create green offices buildings. The energy use statistics are staggering: The heating, cooling, and powering of offices accounts for 40 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in the United States and are responsible for more than 70 percent of the country’s total electricity usage. Office computers consume $1 billion of electricity annually ... Read more

    $13.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus