This is a quick access reference guide to construction and remodelling. It is organized into 30 chapters, each giving insight into a particular topic and also includes a separate chapter devoted to terms and abbreviations commonly encountered in construction.
This is a quick access reference guide to construction and remodelling. It is organized into 30 chapters, each giving insight into a particular topic ...
Increase Profits by Incorporating Sustainable Practices into Your Building Operations
Filled with environmentally friendly methods that reduce the impact of housing on natural areas, Be a Successful Green Builder contains everything needed to get started in the green building business and develop a thriving enterprise.
Successful contractor and bestselling author R. Dodge Woodson explains how to select green building products, understand zoning requirements associated with green building, write winning proposals, find suitable financing, and deal with brokers. He...
Increase Profits by Incorporating Sustainable Practices into Your Building Operations
The latest radiant floor heating methods and materials
In this fully updated guide, master plumber and long-time contractor R. Dodge Woodson explains, step by step, how to install, test, and debug in-floor heating systems--the healthy, quiet, economical, and clean heating method.
Radiant Floor Heating, Second Edition now offers details on alternative fuel sources and covers new material options and installation procedures, updated code information, and state-of-the-art piping and heating equipment. Revised illustrations featuring modern products are included in this practical...
The latest radiant floor heating methods and materials
In this fully updated guide, master plumber and long-time contractor R. Dodge Woodson explai...
The success of a repair or rehabilitation project depends on the specific plans designed for it. Concrete Structures: Protection, Repair and Rehabilitation provides guidance on evaluating the condition of the concrete in a structure, relating the condition of the concrete to the underlying cause or causes of that condition, selecting an appropriate repair material and method for any deficiency found, and using the selected materials and methods to repair or rehabilitate the structure. Guidance is also provided for engineers focused on maintaining concrete and preparing concrete...
The success of a repair or rehabilitation project depends on the specific plans designed for it. Concrete Structures: Protection, Repair and Rehabi...
Disturbing asbestos materials during construction is a serious hazard that all contractors may encounter. Because of the insidious nature of the material as a health hazard, EPA regulations require that even when a structure is to be completely demolished, asbestos (and all other hazardous materials) must be removed by a qualified contractor prior to general demolition. A construction contractor contemplating abatement work needs to ascertain regulatory applicability under one of the following: OSHA-approved state program, Federal OSHA regulations (applicable to the private sector and...
Disturbing asbestos materials during construction is a serious hazard that all contractors may encounter. Because of the insidious nature of the ma...
