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Unbuilding Salvaging the Architectural Treasures of Unwanted

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ISBN-10: 1561588253

ISBN-13: 9781561588251

Edition: 2007

Authors: Brad Guy, Robert H. Falk, Robert H. Falk

List price: $30.00
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The country's two leading expert advocates for salvaging parts of unwanted houses rather than demolishing them explain the "green" art of unbuilding (or deconstruction) and take the reader on a fascinating tour of the process. This is the first and only book that addresses this growing trend.Contains fascinating details on construction techniques for houses both ancient and of more contemporary vintage and methods used to determine their value or salvagability. Covers a variety of projects, from simply dismantling a wall to completely unbuilding an entire house safely, while saving the reusable parts and pieces for another building or for another purpose - including sales. It is satisfying,…    
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Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Taunton Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/20/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.88" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 2.332
Language: English

Director of Operations of the HamerCenter of the Penn State School of Architecture and LandscapeArchitecture. He was previously Associate Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at theUniversityof Florida

Architect Brad Guy is Director of Operations of the HamerCenter of the Penn State School of Architecture and LandscapeArchitecture. He was previously Associate Director of the Powell Center for Construction and Environment at theUniversityof Florida. Bob Falk is supervisory research engineer at the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, involved in the evaluation of engineering properties of reclaimed timber. He has a PhD in Civil Engineering from Washington State University. Falk is a ground-breaking researcher in the recycling and reuse of building materials and has published articles in a variety of engineering and forest products journals as well as in Fine Homebuilding…