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Bulk Bundle of Brand New Allan Staines building books 5 Books
These classic Allan Staines manuals have become the go to books for Apprentices, Builders, Owner Builders, Renovators and the home handy man in Australia for many years. These new editions brings the illustrations and text right up to date with the latest methods applied across Australia
The Australian House Building Manual 9th Edition
The 9th Edition of this popular title A book worth its weight in gold to everyone involved in house building.
This entirely Australian manual is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian Timber, Brick, Concrete and other relevant associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style.
It now has over 660 clear and technically accurate drawings covering each stage of construction. The text and drawings correlate well. The manual covers the foundations and carpentry aspect in detail as well as brick veneer, cavity brick and concrete brick systems and weatherboard.
The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text.
Over 660 illustrations
-Timber Frame Weatherboard construction
– Brick veneer construction
-Cavity brick construction
-Concrete Block Construction
-Setting out the site
-Foundations and Footings
-Footing and Slab floors
-Timber floor framing
-Truss roof construction
-The installation of fittings such as:Windows, doors, weatherbaords, baths, shower recesses and mouldings
-Wet areas
-Flashings, stair and handrail construction
-Plan reading
-Estimating Quantities
-Termite proofing
-Building in bushfire areas
-Retaining walls
-Adhesives and sealants
-Thin section render
-Safety and more
How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator
The New improved 9th Edition. An all Australian guide with illustrations and text that bring it up to date with the latest methods applied across Australia.
Companion to the Australian House Building Manual.
This is all Australian title has large scale drawings to make it easy to understand how the various stages and components fit together. The Owner Builder is shown how to plan the house to suit the chosen allotment and the most economical methods of owner building.
You will learn how to identify and correct faulty building practices the correct trade terms to use and how order building products.
This manual will provide you with confidence to build a typical Australian home in weatherboard, brick veneer, cavity brick or concrete block.
– Practical Advice on How to Save Money
– How to Avoid the Pitfalls of Owner Building; Successful Planning
– Understanding House Construction
– Extensions and Renovations
– Planning, Specifications, Sub-contractors and Materials
– Identifying Improper Building Practices & Common Problems
– Using Building Tools & Materials
– Measuring & Marking Out; Fastening; Cutting, Planning & Jointing
– Extra Building Know How
– Designing the House
– Weatherboard Houses
– Brick Veneer Houses
– 2 Storey Brick Veneer and Weatherboards Houses
– Split Level Houses
– Double Brick
– Concrete Block Masonry
– Adding a Verandah or Carport
– How to Supervise the Site
– Raising a House
– Identifying and Correcting Common Problems
Over 440 illustrations
All Australian Guide
**** The renovation section of this book is almost entirely devoted to room extensions. For general home renovations see The Australian Renovator’s Manual
Australian Decks & Pergolas Construction Manual including deck construction in bush-fire localities
This book is another in Allan Staines popular range of building books. His graphic and technical skills based on practical experience and the most recent technology will make this book a must for the professional and the ‘Do-it-Yourselfer”
Includes industry tables for:
Designers and Architects
Easy to follow Step-by-step building instructions
Tradesman’s methods and hints
This all Australian manual is packed with ideas and know how and will suit the Builder, Architect or Home DIY’er. It provides many fresh ideas in colour and easy to follow step-by-step instructions cover every procedure. From Designing and drawing an acceptable plan for Councils to constructing the post-supports, attaching decks or pergolas to the house, methods of handrailing and lots more.
All using proper trade procedures. The easy to follow tables included have been prepared by the Timber Associations – TDA in Sydney and Timber Queensland in Brisbane. These cover footing sizes, posts, bearers, joists, deck fastening, handrailing, pergola bearers, rafters and battens. The manual is an indispensable tool in the hands of Designers and Architects.
The book is roughly divided into two sections, the first on decks and the second on pergolas. Each section starts with designing and estimating, looking at the different basic designs, the requirements for Council approval, basic terminology and timber qualities such as stress rating and treatment levels. After the preferred design for the deck or pergola has been chosen, there are step-by-step details of its construction, including handrails, balustrades and steps.
At the end of Australian Decks and Pergolas, there are a number of tables, covering post and stirrup footing sizes, deck bearer and stair stringer sizes, roof beam and rafter span tables, design loads of various fastening brackets, cyclonic strength ratings for various components and other information essential to the successful design of a deck or pergola.
The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual is an invaluable reference for any homeowner intending to build, or hire someone to build, a deck or pergola
Roof Building Manual
The new improved and enlarged 5th Edition This easy step by step guide describes roof building in an easy to grasp style with new quick and easy table and bevels essential to all trades persons or owner builders.
This manual is for pitching he conventional cut-ion-sit. This step by step guide is full of easy to follow instructions. An indispensable aid for teaching Apprentices, plus quick and easy to use tables and bevels for all roof pitches from 5 degrees to 75 degrees. Bevels drawn on the page ready to transfer directly to the bevel too. A Builder’s dream.
-Roof basics
-Roof designs
-Roofing members and where they fit
-Roofing terms
-The triangle makes it easy
-The Rafter length
-Marking out top plates and ridges
-Marking out rafters
-Cutting out rafters
-Erecting the roof
-Miscellaneous details
-Easy to follow rafter lengths, tables and bevels.
***** For manufactured truss roof installation use the House Building Manual
The Australian Renovator’s Manual
The Updated 7th Edition – covers most of the popular renovations and alterations around the home with trade methods and hints described. The all Australian practical guide for renovations and alterations in line with the Building Code of Australia.
This book is specifically designed to deal with problems confronted when renovating or altering an existing dwelling. It also shows step-by-step how to accomplish popular renovation projects.
It solves problems such a:
-rising damp,
-floor and wall cracking,
-decay in members,
-small kitchens and bathrooms,
-leaking shower recesses,
-and termites.
It also describes:
-how to support the roof when making openings in walls.
-How to build attic rooms.
-Installing skylights, guttering, shelving.
-Replacing existing floor joists, flooring,
-Fixing sagging roof rafters.
-Installing french doors.
-Building carports, enclosing patios and verandah,
-installing sliding patio doors,
-enlarging window openings.
-applying Gyprock,
-re-stumping.
-cooling a hot house,
-attaching laminate
-fixing laminate panelings in shower recesses.
-Wall floor tiling.
-Painting.
-Gives the correct adhesives, sealants and fillers to use and much more.
****For house-room extensions see How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator.
Landscape Sketching & Architectural Rendering
The beginner is led from beginner sketching step-by-step, choosing equipment, visualising perspective, creating tonal values and understanding composition.
The book covers not only landscapes but also all the elements found in the landscape as well as seascapes on to buildings and architectural renderings in pencil or pen and ink.
Skilled artists will appreciate the many new landscape ideas and even the Allan Staines style, enabling them to broaden their approach and thinking.
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