Dwelling House Construction fifth edition

In print since 1948 Dwelling House Construction is a homebuilding classic that covers site inspection foundations framing windows roofing and flashing coatings fireplaces and chimneys insulation hardware plastics mobile homes and manufactured housing.. This new edition has been substantially revised to take into account the many changes in materials and building technologies that have occurred over the past decade. The chapter on roofing has been completely revised. The chapters on coatings and plastics have been combined as have those on manufactured and mobile housing. Sections on masonry wood steel steel framing and concrete have been added; the sections on septic tanks balloon framing braced framing plaster and standard requirements have been shortened and specification clauses have been eliminated.