Building Your Own Home: A Comprehensive Guide for Owner-builders Paperback – 21 November 2011

by George Wilkie (Author)

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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. This revised edition includes in detail the practical steps that owner builders need to take to ensure their building meets the aims of local regulations in environmental efficiency. The new section covers areas such as power sources, water saving, recycling materials, heating and lighting systems - this incorporates windows, choosing the aspect of the house, insulation systems and building structure.

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Print length

264 pages
Language

English
Publisher

New Holland
Publication date

21 November 2011
Dimensions

20.96 x 2.03 x 28.58 cm
ISBN-10

1742572162
ISBN-13

978-1742572161
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About the Author

George Wilkie has wide experience in architectural practice, design education, town planning, urban design and building administration. His academic work includes developing, directing and lecturing courses in land economics, building construction, architecture, interior design, property management, heritage conservation and intervention and professional practice./p> p> /p> p>Currently he is working in the complex field of urban design, developing plans and recommending actions to improve the public spaces ad public life of our cities and to promote and foster excellence in the education and professional practice of urban designers.

Product details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Holland; 3rd edition (21 November 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 264 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1742572162
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1742572161
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.96 x 2.03 x 28.58 cm

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Al Capuccino

The manual our homes should come with...

Reviewed in Australia on 29 August 2020

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I'm not a builder or particularly handy but it's great to see how a house is constructed. I'm planning on having a go at building a 20sqm timber framed shed, and this book will guide me.

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John mouyat

information about building

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It has a lot of pages with information on building.

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