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Homing Instinct Using Your Lifestyle to Design and Build Your Home

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ISBN-10: 0070123462

ISBN-13: 9780070123465

Edition: 1999 (Revised)

Authors: John Connell

List price: $34.95
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For anyone planning to build a home, this is the only book to combine both design and construction advice. With emphasis on the newest sustainable materials and techniques, the book uses helpful checklists and questionnaires at each stage of building.
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing
Publication date: 12/31/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 10.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

John Connell, AlA, is a Yale-trained architect, and the founder of Yestermorrow Design/Build School which offers hands-on courses in home design and construction for homeowners and young professionals. Mr. Connoll is also an accomplished builder and author of "Homing Instinct.

Beforeground and Background
The Story of How Vernacular Architecture Was Run Over by Henry Ford's Assembly Line
The History of Philosophy of the Yestermorrow School
The Grand Design: Site, Studio, and You
The Site: Your Place in the World
Site Design and Development
The Program: The Endless Questions
Bubbles and Storyboards: Diagramming Your Program
The Building: Foundations and Liquid Stone
Walls and Wallness
Frames, Framing, and Skeletons
What Works and What Doesn't
Looking at the Interconnected Effects of Gravity, Temperature, Moisture, and Ethics
Masonry: Piling Things Up
The Roof and the Sky
A Window for Your Spirit, A Door for the Dance
Understanding the Thermal Comfort of Your Building's Envelope
Energy, Choices and Heating Systems
Plumbing and DWV (Drainage, Waste, and Venting)
Power and Lights
Finishes, Finishing and Punchlist
Appendices
Program Questionnaire
National Weather Information Degree Days
Heat Loss Calculation Example
Drafting Conventions
Foundation Design Guide
Earthquake Basics
Structures for Everyone: Beams and Span Charts
Structures for the Brave: Deflection, Columns, Modulus of Elasticity, and Moment of Inertia
Framing Square Basics: Layout Out a Rafter
Count Rumford's Basic Relationships for Fireplace Design
Building Codes and Your Friend the Inspector