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A comprehensive guide to carpentry and construction that details each step in home building with over 1,500 photographs and illustrations on foundations, framing, roofing, windows, wiring, plumbing, solar heating, skylights, fences, sewage systems, and more

Let's get started -- Site preparation -- Footings and foundations -- Concrete slabs and floors -- Floor frames -- Framing walls -- Framing the roof -- Roofs and roofing -- Windows and doors -- Exterior walls -- House wiring -- Plumbing -- Insulation -- Interior walls and ceilings -- Interior finishing -- Paints and painting -- Special construction methods -- Maintenance and remodeling -- Carpenter and the industry -- Bathrooms -- Construction for solar heating -- Alternative framing methods -- Permanent wood foundation system -- Private water systems -- Private sewage facilities