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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Habitat for Humanity How to Build a House Revised & Updated(Habitat for Humanity)by: Larry Haun  List Price: $24.95 Amazon.com's Price: $16.47 You Save: $8.48 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 690.837 EAN: 9781561589678 Edition: Revised, Updated ed. Format: Illustrated ISBN: 1561589675 Label: Taunton Manufacturer: Taunton Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: September 09, 2008 Publisher: Taunton Release Date: September 09, 2008 Studio: Taunton Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Amazon.com Review: The world-famous volunteer organization Habitat for Humanity now offers its best nuts-and-bolts expertise in an easy-to-follow home construction handbook. Whether the reader contemplates building his or her own house or plans on volunteering to build for others, Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a House delivers on the promise of its title. Step-by-step instructions by author and veteran crew supervisor Larry Haun are provided in plain, simple English, with lots of encouragement and no condescension to beginners. Practically every page contains an extra "helping hand" tip on materials, tools, building codes, or safety precautions. In hundreds of color photographs and black-and-white line drawings, the book follows the construction of a single house--from choosing its location to the final step of installing its exterior door locks. Reassuring personal stories from Habitat volunteers are scattered throughout, along with confidence-inspiring promises from the author such as "building a simple house is not a mystery." Millard Fuller, founder of Habitat, has written a foreword to this book, and a percentage of the book's proceeds will be donated to the organization to help build more homes. Habitat for Humanity, founded in 1976, has built more than 100,000 affordable houses throughout the world. --Judy Fireman Product Description: Since its founding in 1976, the non-profit Habitat for Humanity International has built more than 255,000 houses for more than one million people and families in need world wide. First published in 2002, Habitat for Humanity How to Build a House has helped thousands more build simple, energy-efficient homes of their own by helping guide them from foundation to roof, through all interior finishes and fixtures. Written by long-time carpenter and Habitat volunteer, Larry Haun, this extensive revision features up-to-date information on residential codes, construction methods, and materials -- as well as an updated design inside and out. Haun also provides new sections on tools, siding, ventilation, and landscaping. With Clear information on everything from obtaining a site and permit to finishing touches like installing door locks and cabinets, this is the best single-volume resource for the beginning homebuilder. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - A timeless referenceEven if you're not building homes for Habitat for Humanity, the processes, hints and reference material from this book will help you build your own, add on or simply unravel the confusion of house building. I DO work for Habitat for Humanity and this book has been by my side for 8 of my 15 builds. It's one of the three references that I recommend to any of my new project leads. It's geared for the inexperienced volunteer not the professional. Don't build a home without it. Rating:  - Highly recommendAs a shop teacher I looked forward to receiving this book both from a practical sense, but also from a academic sense. You could practically build or do a remodel of an existing home with this book. Nice step-by-step processes and with good supporting pictures. There is information for the season contractor, builder as well as superb information for a 1st timer. With some basic building and tool knowledge a person could build a simple building or at the least ... Read More Rating: - HFH How to build a house Excellent book to help beginners understand to 'How Tos" of house building. Rating: - Habitat for Humanity: How to Build a HouseThis soft-covered manual provides a remarkably concise overview of the elements of home building from A to Z. I have been a weekly construction volunteer with Habitat for 5 1/2 years, so this book is particularly appropriate and useful. Don't expect any coverage of plumbing or electrical work, but the remaining trades are very well done. Foundations, floor systems, walls and roofs are all covered, explained well, and accompanied by good pictures. For non-Habitat purposes, there are ample applications ... Read More Rating: - A Complete Novice's PerspectiveI am a complete novice and therefore I have looked at many books. Three things stood out about this book that I did not see anywhere else: 1. It has a cookbook approach. After looking at other books I was not completely clear when in time to do what task. This book arranges all the tasks in the chronological order. That facilitated for grasping the whole process mentally before beginning to build. 2. This book is exceptionally lucid, it is written in an unhurried language. The author has a gift ... Read More 
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