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How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home |
| By Scutella, Richard M. and Heberle, David | |
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Step-by-step blueprint for do-it-yourself home builders. From locating an architect, to hiring workers, to selecting features and fixtures, and more, here's how to build or expand your own home from start to finish--and save! Richard M. Scutella and Dave Heberle's soup-to-nuts guide, How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home, Third Edition, leads you through the perils of homebuilding to make sure you end up with exactly what you want. You get point-by-point tips on choosing a site and style, keeping home traffic patterns sensible, deciding on the right size for rooms, preparing plans, getting permits and more. Unique "quality control" insights into each stage of construction highlight problems to watch out for--foundation, roof, floors, walls, stairs, walkways and driveways, heating and cooling, electrical capacity and wiring, even computer wiring and alarm sensors. From turning the first shovel of earth to the final inspection, this homeowner's construction manual makes sure your dream house will be a dream come true.
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Richard M. Scutella (Erie, PA) is an author of books on new construction, home buying, and home maintenance and safety. He has designed and supervised the construction on new homes.
Dave Heberle (Erie, PA, a former realtor associate, has an extensive background in home-building and design. A professional writer who has authored many articles on home construction, he is currently an environmental and health specialist.
10.1036/0071346090Format: paperback,
450 pages.
Pub date: 31 Aug 1999
Copyright: 2000
$34.95 US
Product Line: McGraw-Hill Professional
