Many Americans dream about building their own home. With this book you can make those dreams a reality. As innovative and original as it was when first published in 1972, Ken Kern's "The Owner-Built Home" is an aspiring DIY homebuilder's bible. Finally, after years of demand, it is back in print for the next generation of owner-builders.

The product of years of research and experimentation with innumerable design and construction techniques around the world, "The Owner-Built Home" is full of practical tips. It describes in refreshing, straight-forward language, everything involved in...