Carpentry and Construction, Sixth Edition

by Mark R. Miller, Rex Miller

Overview

Fully updated home carpentry, construction, and remodeling instruction

This thoroughly revised, DIY guide takes you through every step of home construction. Discover how to select tools, pour foundations, build walls and floors, and install tiles—even handle electrical wiring, plumbing, and insulation! Easy-to-follow instructions, along with more than 1,500 photos and illustrations, clearly demonstrate each technique. Logically organized by building stages, this new edition offers complete coverage of home remodeling, building additions, and making household repairs.

Carpentry and Construction, Sixth Edition, shows how to tackle:
• Site preparation
• Footings and foundations
• Concrete slabs and floors
• Floor frames
• Walls and roof framing
• Windows and doors
• Exterior and interior walls
• Electrical Wiring
• Plumbing
• Insulation
• Interior finishing
• Kitchen and bathroom remodeling
• Tile setting
• Solar heating installation
• Termite prevention
• Installation of Skylights
• Fences, decks, and patios
• Private water and sewage systems
• And much more

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781259587436
Publisher:	McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date:	02/03/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	816
File size:	221 MB
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About the Author

Mark R. Miller (Tyler, Texas) is Professor of Industrial Technology and coordinator of that section of the Department of HRD & Technology at the University of Texas at Tyler. Dr. Miller teaches courses in construction for future middle managers and has authored or co-authored more than 35 technical books and many technical articles.

Rex Miller (Round Rock, Texas) is Professor Emeritus of Industrial Technology at the State University of New York College at Buffalo where he taught technical curriculums at the college level for more than 40 years. Dr. Miller authored or co-authored more than 100 texts for vocational and industrial arts programs.