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Working Alone is a useful resource for those handling tasks and jobs on their own or who don't have an assistant available. Instead of passing up a job, or if you're a homeowner who wants to do a job on their own home without calling in for help, this is the book for you. Written by a builder with 30 years' experience, Working Alone is packed with more than 50 innovative tips and techniques that will teach you how to handle nearly every aspect of home construction alone. This innovative, practical reference covers everything from foundation layout to raising walls to building decks, and is filled with a myriad of unique solo solutions and clever techniques that will have you solving common problems safely and efficiently. 160 pp.
Written by a builder with 30 years' experience, Working Alone is
packed with more than 50 innovative tips and techniques. You'll learn how to
handle nearly every aspect of home construction alone, from foundation layout to
raising walls to building decks.
This book, the only one of its kind, offers a myriad of unique solo
solutions. A perfect example is the problem of bringing a large sheet of plywood
up a ladder. Even with a helper, this is a difficult and dangerous task. But if
a large C-clamp is fastened to one end of the plywood, it's easy to pull the
sheet up the ladder from behind. Clever techniques like this will have you
solving common problems safely and efficiently. 160 pp.
Working Alone - Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Replacing a Helper's Hands
- Masonry Work
- Floors and Walls
- Stick-Built Roofs
- The Shell
- The Interior
- Decks
- Limitations of Working Alone
- Resources
- Index
Working Alone Tips & Techniques for Solo Building
