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Framing a roof can be an intimidating project -- figuring precise angles and working high atop a building. But as seasoned roof framers demonstrate in this book, the job is simple when using the right tools and techniques. Updated with 12 new Fine Homebuilding articles, this latest edition covers roof-framing basics as well as advanced techniques on building dormers and raising trusses, and includes information on how to use rafter squares, cordless...
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Here for the first time is a complete visual handbook designed for architects, builders, students, and anyone else interested in wood-frame construction. Inside you'll find hundreds of meticulous drawings illustrating every detail you might ever want to know about when building wood, whether you're building basement walls or framing a chimney opening. This wealth of visual information is mined from actual jobsites. Special attention is given throughout...
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[2014]
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Siding, Roofing, and Trim, from the editors of Fine Homebuilding magazine, provides all the advice you need to get the details right and explains how to fix those that weren't done correctly the first time around. Written by the pros who actually do the work, this edition covers how to safely replace a roof (keeping in mind venting and flashing); how to achieve a long-lasting paint finish, while tackling the tricky issue of lead safety; how to get...
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[2015]
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All new...completely updated best-seller: Framing Floors, Walls & Ceilings. With a fresh new design and the latest, up-to-the-minute content, this edition more than lives up to its billing as part of the For Pros By Pros series. Loaded with essential field-tested information from working pros it's the go-to resource for pros and serious non-pros, covering all this and more:
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[2019]
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Frame Carpentry from the editors of Fine Homebuilding provides the best field-tested information on framing efficiently, safely, and the right way the first time. No source of knowledge on framing is better respected or more widely followed than that provided by the authors of Fine Homebuilding magazine. At 240 pages with more than 350 illustrative on-the-job photos and drawings, Frame Carpentry distills centuries of hands-on builder-tested methods...