Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way, 2nd Edition (Revised Second)

Title: Independent Builder: Designing & Building a House Your Own Way, 2nd Edition (Revised Second)
Author: Sam Clark
ISBN: 9780930031855
Publisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: Revised second edition
Number of Pages: 528
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:

This is a comprehensive manual of design and building methods for owner-builders as well as professional builders and their clients. In addition to presenting specific building techniques, the book explains the design principles and planning processes that underlie all good building, so that readers can develop their own exceptional designs, independently.

Independent Builder develops subjects not covered thoroughly in other books, but critical to success:

Designing small houses that seem big

Understanding innovation

Estimating and controlling costs

Incorporating ergonomics and accessibility

Doing drawings and scale models

Making contracts that work