Building

In this super fun book, Todd Davis, star of HGTV's "Design Star", offers up 25 awesome projects for dads to build with their kids. Skate ramps, zip lines, go-carts, and more!

This book shows how to build five complete sheds, but its real value to the would-be shed builder is the detailed coverage of materials options and construction techniques. It can be used in two ways, as a handbook of shed building techniques or a set of instructions to build one of the sheds in the book. Because a wide variety of options are shown, the reader can mix and match them to build a truly custom shed. Like all the books in this series, Building A Shed, offers advice from a true, experienced professional and delivers on t... read more

Fences and garden walls are the vertical design elements that define the boundaries of outdoor living spaces, lending them privacy and security. This new edition includes 30 fence, wall and gate projects, including unique regional styles not found in other books. Among the new projects found in this expanded edition are how to build lattice fences, sided fences, basket-weave fences, split-rail fences and a panelled gate. All of these special features make this book a tempting and worthwhile investment for anyone interested in fence... read more

A comprehensive deck design tool that is packed with useful information and stunning, full color photos. From choosing deck materials to complementing the architecture of your house, this book covers every aspect of the design process to help you create a custom deck that's perfect for your home and yard. Written and researched by noted DIY author and designer Chris Peterson, this is an all new expansion of backlist favorite Portfolio of Deck Ideas. More than 250 all new photos, plus all new text and all new attitude make this the ... read more

Salvage & Save takes green remodeling and construction practices to new extremes. From deconstruction methods and salvaging tips to plotting efficient cutting plans and devising creative news uses for everyday items, it is packed with clever ways to obtain low cost materials (and reduce landfilling in the process). This book contains the answer to a question most of us have wondered about at some point: is that pile of used maple flooring I saw on Craigslist worth taking? From plywood to hardwood flooring, to windows, doors, and mo... read more

Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build shows how average "do-it-yourself" families can easily and affordably bring to life a "Hobbit's Treehouse," a "Pirate's Playhouse," or a "Crow's Nest" in their own backyards! There are a lot of books out there filled with enchanting photos of elaborate treehouses and playhouses built by professionals and costing tens of thousands to build. For the rest of us, there's bit of elbow grease, a lot of imagination, a trip to the hardware store - and Treehouses & Playhouses You Can Build.

"Building Treehouses" is a basic yet complete presentation of how to plan, design and build a safe, fun treehouse structure for children. The book begins with an inspirational chapter showing the many treehouse variations that are possible. Next, a chapter on basic techniques shows how the essential treehouse platform can be built and secured in any tree configuration, whether nestled high among the branches or designed so the trunk passes up through the center, and every variation in-between Separate chapters show the techniques f... read more

Just what it sounds like.

Aimed at those with limitations on space and budget, this guide shows how to lay basic brickwork including corners, openings and lintels, throwing a foundation, screeding and plastering. Information is included on basic tools and equipment as well as fitting doors and basic roof structures.

Daniel Snow is a waller, an artisan who builds walls, terraces, caverns, and the occasional sphere or pool out of dry stone. It's an ancient skill - building with only what the earth provides. No mortar, no nails, nothing to hold his creations together except gravity, an invisible glue he can sense in the stones'"conversations" of squeaks and rumbles. A hollow sound means a void needs to be filled; a solid fit is secured with the sound of a bolt being thrown. Snow's evocative prose and Peter Mauss' richly textured photographs of Sn... read more

If you are planning on building a vacation retreat or retirement home, this book will offer you many fine plans from which to choose. For each and every home shown there are complete construction blueprints available, allowing you to save time and money and to build the retreat of your dreams

More than seventy world-famous chateaux are presented in this stunning photographic book.