2-Pack: Allan Staines Owner Builder & Renovator + Roof Building Manual

How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition The New improved 9th Edition. An all Australian guide with illustrations and text will show you how to renovate a house with the most up to methods applied across Australia. Companion to the Australian House Building Manual. Purchase the 2 together and save. This is all Australian title has large scale drawings to make it easy to understand how the various stages and components fit together. The Owner Builder is shown how to plan the house to suit the chosen allotment and the most economical methods of owner building. You will learn how to identify and correct faulty building practices the correct trade terms to use and how order building products. This manual will teach you how to renovate a house and provide you with confidence to build a typical Australian home in weatherboard, brick veneer, cavity brick or concrete block. – Practical Advice on How to Save Money – How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Owner Building; Successful Planning – Understanding House Construction – Extensions and Renovations – Planning, Specifications, Sub-contractors and Materials – Identifying Improper Building Practices & Common Problems – Using Building Tools & Materials – Measuring & Marking Out; Fastening; Cutting, Planning & Jointing – Extra Building Know How – Designing the House – Weatherboard Houses – Brick Veneer Houses – 2 Story Brick Veneer and Weatherboards Houses – Split Level Houses – Double Brick – Concrete Block Masonry – Adding a Verandah or Carport – How to Supervise the Site – Raising a House – Identifying and Correcting Common Problems - Over 440 illustrations - All Australian Guide The Roof Building Manual With simplified tables and bevels set out for immediate use, The Roof Building Manual is suitable for cut-on-site roof building and cathedral ceiling roofs. This step by step guide is full of easy to follow instructions. It is an indispensable aid for teaching Apprentices, plus quick and easy to use tables and bevels for all roof pitches from 5 degrees to 75 degrees. Bevels drawn on the page ready to transfer directly to the bevel too. A Builder’s dream. – Roof basics – Roof designs – Roofing members and where they fit – Roofing terms – The triangle makes it easy – The Rafter length – Marking out top plates and ridges – Marking out rafters – Cutting out rafters – Erecting the roof – Miscellaneous details – Easy to follow rafter lengths, tables and bevels. * For manufactured truss roof installation use The Australian House Building Manual