| If you're a do it yourself or or a homeowner who | | | | my father. |
| every once in a while, once to tackle a small or large | | | | I had about 50 books on home building and soon found |
| project but doesn't know where to begin, can gather | | | | myself doing large home remodels, with no formal |
| useful information from home building books. I have | | | | education. I would attribute almost everything that I |
| been using these books for years and may have been | | | | learned outside of house framing to books. These |
| worth their weight in gold. | | | | books have proven invaluable to me over the years |
| I started my career working for my father and my | | | | and with a relatively small investment. I couldn't have |
| father worked for his father as a Carpenter. Our job | | | | spent over $200 purchasing these books but have |
| was to frame the house and we built a Lotta homes. I | | | | used the knowledge from them to save myself |
| learned how to frame and developed some great | | | | thousands of dollars. |
| carpentry skills from my father and working with other | | | | One $20 home building books [ or home repairs, can |
| skilled carpenters. Over the years, if you're paying | | | | save you lots of money, if you're willing to do a little |
| attention, even a monkey can figure out, how to | | | | research and the labor to complete almost any home |
| assemble almost anything. | | | | building project. |
| The only problem that I faced, was learning how to | | | | By the way, if you're interested in learning how to |
| build the rest of the home. I would often ask questions | | | | repair a roof, build your own house, interior decorating, |
| to other building trades like plumbers, electricians, | | | | structural engineering, building a deck, gathering some |
| roofers and construction superintendents. Some of | | | | more information about home painting or even |
| these people were helpful and others were not. When | | | | remodeling your bathroom. An online home building |
| I was in my early 30s, I purchased my first book on | | | | bookstore can save you money if you're willing to do |
| home building. This book lead to other books and soon | | | | the work. |
| I found myself with more home building knowledge that | | | | |