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Do-It-Yourself Housebuilding: The Complete Handbook Paperback – June 30, 1995

by George Nash (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 58 ratings
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“Clearly written text is complemented by nearly 1,800 illustrations as well as a solid index. A great introduction to the issues of housebuilding. Recommended.”—Library Journal. “The most complete one-volume work that I’ve seen on how houses and their systems are put together.” —Fine Homebuilding.
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This tome on housebuilding covers all aspects of typical projects. Nash, author of numerous home renovation books, among them the accomplished Renovating Old Houses (LJ 3/15/92), is considered one of the best in the field. In his aptly subtitled volume, Nash guides the reader through each step in building or remodeling a home. His clearly written text is complemented by nearly 1800 illustrations as well as a short but solid index. As a planning document, this is a great introduction to the issues of housebuilding. Recommended for most do-it-yourself collections.
Alex Hartmann, INFOPHILE, Williamsport, Pa.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Union Square & Co.; Edition Unstated (June 30, 1995)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 704 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0806904240
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0806904245
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 0.01 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 1.5 x 10.25 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Invaluable construction resource
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018
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My husband and I have built two houses. We had this book for our more recent home, and it was invaluable. The combination of index and table of contents allows the reader to find the relevant section. We repeatedly used the text and illustrations as a step by step guide as we progressed through the building process. I have a rather large library of home building books. The is the only one I would be unwilling to do without.

We built our first home in 1984. We completed our second home in 2009. The internet made the second build much easier, providing access to materials and techniques and videos. However, when it came down to figuring out how to do a specific task, this book was the most direct and most helpful, not least because it combines most of the information the builder needs in one place.

You may wonder why I waited so long to review this book. Well, there was no time when we were building. By time we finished, I didn't really want to think about construction. But with the hindsight of nine years, I STILL find this book the best resource we used. I have loaned it to friends but always asked for it to be returned.
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B. Yetter
5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough to the point of vertigo
Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2013
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At first I hated this book, since I was really looking for something much more basic. After poring over this for a few months, I'm really impressed with how thorough and broad the scope of this book is. The diagrams are incredibly detailed and helpful. Varying techniques and materials are compared, giving the reader an invaluable resources in the planning process.

The only drawback of this book, is that its expansiveness can at times be frustrating when looking for simple and quick answers. Also, some of the sections could stand to be updated to reflect some new processes that have been introduced since its publishing. All that said, it is a must have for the owner-builder.
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Marysue Mosley
5.0 out of 5 stars It was the perfect gift for our new homeowner son
Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2017
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It was the perfect gift for our new homeowner son. He was ecstatic that he no longer needs to check out this book from the library since their copy is so dog-eared and worn. This copy is in great shape.
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Henry Perkins
4.0 out of 5 stars FULL of details, but clarity often gets lost in them
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2003
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This book is about BUILDING a conventional stick-built American house. There's scant attention to design issues. This also isn't the book if you want to construct anything other than a standard stick-built house (no domes, concrete houses, log cabins, & c.), or to incorporate elements like solar heating or super-insulated shells. George Nash assumes that you'll follow the road most travelled.
Given that limitation, the book is just CHOCK FULL of construction details. Just as an example, the chapter on framing a roof goes on for more than 60 pages. IF you can follow it, there's a lot of meat inside. But if you're like me, even with a fair amount of carpentry experience you'll find yourself getting lost on more than one occasion.
There's no list of definitions (lexicon), and carpentry in particular has its own vocabularly. On top of that, Nash freely interchanges synonyms (such as "jack" and "trimmer" -- two terms for the same type of framing stud) in the text. Plus the index refers only to words in the text, and omits those in the MANY illustrations entirely. The end result is that I frequently had to do some time-consuming page flipping to track down a term that had escaped my memory.
The illustrations bear particular attention because of their ability to confound. The (black and white) photographs are described by Nash as "my collection of old negatives, prints, and snapshots". Many of them have poor contrast, so they don't clearly delineate the features that are supposed to be of interest. The line drawings are professional product, with strict attention to proportional representation, but nonetheless frequently do a poor job of illustrating what the text is talking about. This is the case for three reasons: (1) they were created independent of the text, and stitched together by an editor, NOT the author OR illustrator; (2) their strict proportional representation means that important but small details can get lost; and (3) each one was reduced in size (by an editor) to squeeze more onto each page and reduce the total book length. The end result is that the text and illustrations do NOT make a unified or even particularly complementary whole.
If you know what you're trying to accomplish, and have the time to slog through the details, this book will tell you most of what you need to build your own stick-built house.
For less detail, but a FAR superior starting point for creating your own house, buy "The Real Goods INDEPENDENT BUILDER: Designing & Building A House Your Own Way" by Sam Clark. Read Clark's book cover-to-cover, then keep it open to the same subject area as you read "Do-It-Yourself HOUSEBUILDING"; anytime the Nash book confuses you, you can step back and get a clear overview from Clark's excellent work before you dig back into the details of the Nash book. (Even Clark's index is superior. Clark's book is about 500 pages with generouse whitespace; Nash's book is about 700 dense pages. Yet Nash's index is only 3/4 as long as Clark's.)
Overall, George Nash has pumped his tome full of almost all the construction details a do-it-yourself housebuilder could hope to find in one place. But this is NOT a book for beginners.
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Reviewed in the United States on February 1, 2020
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JM
3.0 out of 5 stars Beginner's handbook at best.
Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013
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This is a good book for helping out a handyman or beginning builder. Illustrations are just fair and detailed information falls short of professional standards.
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William
5.0 out of 5 stars For an older book on housebuilding there is still some ...
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2016
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For an older book on housebuilding there is still some structurally sound practices and fundamentals to be found in this book
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Joy Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017
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This is my second copy. I wore the first one out.
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M. Kelly
4.0 out of 5 stars It would have been even more helpful if a better descriptions were given for what is depicted in the ...
Reviewed in Canada on October 27, 2014
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This book has made it possible for me to build an entire small cabin, with all amenities and services, single-handedly. It would have been even more helpful if a better descriptions were given for what is depicted in the diagrams, and some of the photos were too muddy/dark to comprehend. While a few areas of knowledge are absent, the remainder is clear and concise, thus not a definitive guide, but key companion.
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