Owner/Builder
Following below is additional information on the horse-country vacation home and the homeowners featured in this episode of DIY's Be Your Own Contractor. Francesca is a full time resident of Pasadena, California and has her own antique business. ... [... more]
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Building With Awareness: The Construction of a Hybrid ...
 Awesome resource for green owner/builders using adobe, straw: This is one of the TOP 2-3 resources I have come across for an owner/builder that wants to see ALL STEPS of the construction of a house using adobe and/or straw. While the primary envelope of [... more]
$42.00
Amazon.com |
Affordable Housing: A Resource Guide To Alternative And ...
Affordable Housing: A Resource Guide To Alternative And Factory-Built Homes, New Technologies, And The Owner Builder Option [... more]
$10.68
A1 Books |
Wartime Passenger Ship Disasters
Subtitled: Every Passenger Ship Loss In World Wars I and II. During WWI and WWII more than 400 passenger ships were sunk following torpedo strikes, surface shellfire, aerial bombardment, or scuttling. Here are details of every deep-sea passenger carrying [... more]
$42.95
Motor Books |
Wartime Passenger Ship Disasters
DIVExamines the more than 400 passengers ships that were lost during the First and Second World Wars.PPresents information for each ship including description of the incident providing the date, position, circumstances and number of casualties. Heavily [... more]
$51.87
A1 Books |
The Owner-Builder Book: How You Can Save More Than ...
Very useful if you're planning your first building project: I bought this book last year before I started my first building project and it was very useful. While I agree with some of the negative reviews that there are too many testimonials and some [... more]
$19.95
Amazon.com |
Decorating with Architectural Details
Ideas Galore!: This is the perfect book for someone in the construction phase of their dream home. There are so many pictures providing a pletora of innovative ideas. I really liked the construction pictures that depict how a few separate pieces of [... more]
$19.95
Amazon.com |
Green Remodeling : Changing the World One Room at a Time
decent but commercial and expensive: this book was well written and fairly clear, even to me as a building novice. i was fairly disappointed, though, at how many of the green approaches seemed to focus on expensive, high-tech commercial green materials. [... more]
$29.95
Amazon.com |
Green from the Ground Up: Sustainable, Healthy, and ...
Only in America can Big = Green: Can an SUV be green? If you think so, if you think size and level of consumption are extraneous to the idea of sustainability, then this book is for you. You will learn all manner of ingenious ways to build and condition [... more]
$24.95
Amazon.com |
Strawbale Home Plans
Inspiring Strawbale Houses....: I bought this book seeking inspiration, and I was not disappointed. Evident here is the continuing evolvement of strawbale house design and construction. In this book, you can see what can be done with strawbale. Included [... more]
$24.95
Amazon.com |
Creating the Inspired House: Discovering Your Place ...
'Inspired House' Inspiring: 'Inspired House' introduces you to the owners, architect and builder of the featured homes, giving insight into the ideas behind design and building decisions. Good look at how your house could move from vision to concept to [... more]
$34.95
Amazon.com |
Building An Affordable House: A Smart Guide to ...
Many options, use selectively: This book presents a wide range of cost-saving options on the foundation, framing, insulation, and other components of a new house. You have to pick and choose the ones that work for you. For example, if you have a [... more]
$24.95
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