house construction

Cara Brookins discusses her experiences building a house with her family.

Briefly describes the steps in building a house.

Provides illustrated instructions for every step of house building from laying the foundation to putting on the roof; and includes photographs, drawings, and diagrams, as well as advice on tools, materials, and safety.

Provides step-by-step instructions for a variety of carpentry-related tasks. Explores such topics as tools, building walls, framing roofs, and installing siding and features more than 900 color photographs and illustrations.

Mouse's friends help her build and decorate a new home, but as soon as she settles in she begins to hear strange noises.

Simple text and fold-out pages reveal which craftsmen use six different groups of tools.

Describes how the surveyor, heavy machinery operators, carpenter crew, plumbers, and other workers build a house.

A textbook that provides lessons on the tools, materials, and techniques of the modern residential construction industry, with information about careers available in construction, and units on planning, design, and building codes; reading prints; and energy efficiency.

Presents information on detecting and eliminating household pollutants, poisons, and safety hazards.

Harry Hippo and his friends build a house, step by step from digging a ditch for the pipes to putting in the last joints and plugs.