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This heavily constructed spiral-bound reference is filled with essential NEC tables, and the most-used basic electrical, voltage and transformer formulas, examples and illustrations that you can use on the job when you need it most. You`ll find NEC tables......Read More about the "2008 Dr. Watts Shirt Pocket Electrical Guide" on the Calculator Source Website

If you`ve ever been stumped by an engineering problem on the job, yet wanted to avoid the expense of hiring a qualified engineer, you should have this book. Here you`ll find engineering principles explained in non-technical language and practical methods ......Read More about the "Basic Engineering For Builders" on the Calculator Source Website

Beam and lumber requirements for many jobs aren??t always clear, especially with changing building codes and lumber products. Most of the time you rely on your own "rules of thumb" when figuring spans or lumber engineering. This book can help yo......Read More about the "Basic Lumber Engineering For Builders" on the Calculator Source Website

Master carpenter Scott Schuttner shows how to build two common staircases: a straight-run stair with plywood treads and risers (to be covered with carpeting), and an L-Shaped stair with house oak treads and risers. You`ll also learn how to: calculate the ......Read More about the "Basic Stairbuilding - Dvd" on the Calculator Source Website

How to read and understand construction documents, blueprints, and schedules. Includes layouts of structural, mechanical, HVAC and electrical drawings. Shows how to interpret sectional views, follow diagrams and schematics, and covers common problems with......Read More about the "Blueprint Reading For The Building Trades" on the Calculator Source Website

New building products are coming out almost every week. Some of them may become new standards, as sheetrock replaced lath and plaster some years ago. Others are little more than a gimmick. To write this manual, the author researched hundreds of products t......Read More about the "Build Smarter With Alternative Materials" on the Calculator Source Website

Creating an adequate drainage system is the critical first step in most construction projects. Retaining walls are integral to the design plan, when used to achieve level grade. These two topics are interrelated, and this book provides a complete introduc......Read More about the "Builder`s Guide To Drainage & Retaining Walls" on the Calculator Source Website

Stucco is a durable, low-maintenance exterior surface widely used on homes throughout the world. This practical manual covers every aspect of stucco design, construction and repair. You??ll find techniques for attaching stucco to wood frames, steel frames......Read More about the "Builder`s Guide To Stucco Lath & Plaster" on the Calculator Source Website

Break into the lucrative swimming pool construction business with this practical how-to guide. Here you`ll learn how to get the permits and do the surveying, planning and layout for a typical pool, including how to read a soils report. You??ll read about ......Read More about the "Builder`s Guide To Swimming Pool Construction" on the Calculator Source Website

Master carpenter Scott Schuttner shows how to build decks one simple, single-level deck that demonstrates the basic principles of deck construction; the other, a custom, wrap-around deck complete with stairs, planters and built-in seating. You`ll learn h......Read More about the "Building Decks - Dvd" on the Calculator Source Website

Framing commercial jobs can be more lucrative than residential work. But most commercial jobs require some form of metal stud framing. This book teaches step-by-step, with hundreds of job site photos, high-speed metal stud framing in commercial constructi......Read More about the "Commercial Metal Stud Framing" on the Calculator Source Website

Our own mistakes make effective, though sometimes expensive lessons. Usually it`s safer to learn from the mistakes of others, and a lot less expensive. In this book you can read about the construction jobs from hell, and hopefully learn how to avoid them.......Read More about the "Construction Nightmares Third Edition" on the Calculator Source Website