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Product Description
Everything you need to know about carpentry, exterior and interior finishing, as well as tips and tricks for evaluating new construction. Bob Syvanen combines five decades of experience, straightforward talk, and dry humor to provide hundreds of proven methods for building a house. With 73 chapters, nothing is left to chance. In addition, this book is an unmatched resource for learning how to assess a building’s quality…. More >>
Carpentry: Tricks of the Trade for Building and Finishing Your House
November 16, 2009 at 3:51 pm
This book received a great review in the November 1999 issue of “Fine Homebuilding” magazine.
Rating: 5 / 5
November 16, 2009 at 6:05 pm
This book is filled with quick tips and lots of illustrations covering everything from foundations to roofing. Everyone is sure to find a useful or better way of accomplishing some task in building a home. The problem is some of the recommendations are too brief to fully explain the how and why. Most of the illustrations are helpful, but many are more cute than useful and some more annoying than cute. In short, it is a quick read that will probably gain you a tip or two worth the cost and effort, but for a more substantial understanding of home construction and finishing, look elsewhere.
Rating: 3 / 5
November 16, 2009 at 8:10 pm
I used to be a finish carpenter and Tricks of the Trade taught me lots of little shortcuts and lessons learned by a carpenter the hard way. The simple illustrations reinforced and clarified the lessons. Aside from all the tricks and hints I also learned, what for me, has become a most important bit of advise from this book, make your mistakes work to your advantage. If you want to learn some lessons about carpentry the easy way then buy this book, otherwise buy a few extra pieces of wood for your next project to learn the lessons them the hard way.
Rating: 4 / 5