Building Your Own Home A Comprehensive Guide for Owner-Builders

by Wilkie, George

• ISBN13: 9781742572161
• ISBN10: 1742572162
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-07-04
• Publisher: New Holland Publishers

Summary

Revised and updated new edition of the popular and best selling handbook for all owner-builders. Home builders can contribute in many ways to reduce the use of products and processes that convert solid and liquid carbon containing materials into gaseous carbon. Everyone is now aware of the advantages of correctly oriented, well insulated houses with sensible ventilation and comfort systems. In this revised edition of the best selling complete guide to building your own home, George Wilkie updates and adds a new section on energy and environmental efficiency. An increasing key factor in building homes now is the environmental efficiency of the building function and its materials. The aim in many local authorities is to mitigate against factors that reduce the quality of the natural environment.

Author Biography

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Table of Contents

1 Contents 5 2 Introduction 6 3 A history of owner-building 8 4 Domestic architecture 11 5 A history of building materials 15 6 A history of building construction 18 7 Buy, build or extend? 21 8 Pre-design 23 9 Designing the home 24 10 Consultants 29 11 Authorities 33 12 Design drawings 37 13 Building drawings 39 14 Specifications 48 15 Schedules 50 16 Costing 52 17 Tendering, contracting and legal 57 18 Subcontractors 60 19 Suppliers 64 20 Administration 68 21 Achieving completion 72 22 Where to now? 73 23 Sites 74 24 The base 80 25 Site preparation 81 26 Footings 84 27 Sub-surface or agricultural drainage 90 28 Retaining walls 92 29 Ground-to-floor systems 96 30 Timber floor frames 98 31 Steel flooring systems 100 32 Concrete slabs 102 33 Walls-introduction 109 34 Timber wall framing 110 35 Metal wall framing 115 36 Brick veneer construction 117 37 Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (AAC) 120 38 Powerpanel® 122 39 Sheet and board claddings 123 40 Sheet and board products 126 41 Solid masonry construction 128 42 Interior linings 138 43 Windows 140 44 Doors 149 45 Roofs 152 46 Conventional roof frames 155 47 Trussed roofs 161 48 Roofs-flat, skillion and vaulted 166 49 Roof tiles 169 50 Roof sheets 172 51 Ceilings 176 52 Special roof details 180 53 Services 183 54 Drainer 184 55 Plumber 189 56 Electrician 193 57 Major appliances (whitegoods) 196 58 Fixing out 198 57 59 Trims 199 60 Kitchens 201 61 Bathrooms 204 62 Robes and presses 210 72 63 Fireplaces 213 64 Stairs and entry 217 65 Cabinet joints 221 66 Options 223 67 Double-storey construction 225 68 Car accommodation 228 69 Thermal comfort 230 70 Floor surface finishes 233 71 Painting 235 72 Building material properties and uses 238 73 Builders 241 74 City conditions 242 75 The green supplement 243 76 Glossary 259 77 Index 263