Build Your Own Frame House

by S. Blackwell Duncan

Book Overview

Building a home is never easy, but it is within the capabilities of anyone with an understanding of basic carpentry tools and techniques. Using step-by-step illustrations and procedures, this manual details phases in the construction of a platform or balloon framed house. After a discussion of site preparation and layout, Duncan steers readers all the way from choosing and designing a foundation to installing cabinetry, staircases, fireplaces, porches...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0830684530
• ISBN13: 9780830684533
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Tab Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.