Item #: 280-0114-03
Author: JLC
Publisher: JLC
ISBN:192858011-4
Format: Paperback
Your Price: $89.95
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The JLC Field Guide features more than 440 detailed technical drawings!
The JLC Field Guide sets a new standard of best practice in residential construction. By following the principles, materials and methods detailed in this book, you'll be able to produce not only safe, durable structures, but fine-quality homes that will delight your clients and establish your reputation as a skilled construction professional.The JLC Field Guide is the ultimate visual guide to custom construction. 380 pp.
- It's packed with practical, first-hand professional know-how on virtually every aspect of building a sound structure and durable exterior shell.
- It contains the professional details and proven techniques successfully applied by builders, remodelers, subcontractors, engineers and architects who are setting the standards for quality residential building and remodeling.
- It's a practical visual guide to every stage of a building project: planning & design, construction, inspection, and troubleshooting. And it features more than 440 detailed technical drawings and concise instructions on the fundamental principles, proven techniques, and practical rules of thumb every builder and remodeler needs to know.
- Organized in order of construction
- Cross-referenced to JLC articles for even more information
- Proven construction principles clearly explained
- Key dimensions, rules of thumb, and critical details
- State of the art materials and methods
- Spiral bound with heavy-duty cover
- 380 pages, with more than 440 detailed diagrams & illustrations
JLC Field Guide to Residential Construction - Table of Contents:
- Foundations
- Estimating
- Soils
- Sitework
- Drives And Roadways
- Concrete
- Footings
- Rebar
- Anchors
- Poured Concrete Foundations
- Concrete Block Foundations
- Waterproofing And Damproofing
- Drainage
- Backfill
- Slabs
- Pier Foundations
- Insulation
- Permanent Wood Foundations
- Retaining Walls
- Framing
- Estimating Materials
- Selecting Lumber
- Nails
- Framing Connectors
- Floors: Dimensional Lumber
- Floors: Subflooring
- Floors: Wood I-Joists
- Floors: Trusses
- Walls
- Roofs: Dimensional Lumber
- Roofs: Wood I-Beams
- Roofs: Trusses
- Seismic And Wind Bracing
- Energy-Tight Details
- Steel In Wood Frames
- Span Tables
- Roofing
- Estimating Roofing Materials
- Asphalt Shingles
- Wood Shingles And Shakes
- Clay And Concrete Tile
- Metal Panels
- Slate
- Low-Slope And Flat Roofs
- Flashing
- Gutters
- Roof Ventilation
- Exteriors
- Estimating Siding Materials
- Sheathing Wrap And Flashing
- Siding Nails
- Wood Trim
- Board Siding
- Vinyl Siding
- Fiber-Cement Siding
- Hardboard Siding
- Stucco
- Brick Veneer
- Exterior Caulks And Sealants
- Exterior Finishes