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Lay the foundation for a career as a carpenter or joiner with this
highly illustrated and accessible book published in association
with City & Guilds. Suitable for the 6706 Diploma, as well as
other Level 1 carpentry and joinery qualifications, the book covers
everything you need to kick-start your journey in the construction
industry: the principles of construction, how to use hand and power
tools, woodworking joints, fixings and ironmongery, and health and
safety. - Study with confidence with content based on the latest
industry standards. - Get ready for the workplace with 'Industry
tips', 'Health and safety' reminders and 'Improve your
maths/English' tasks. - Enhance your understanding of tools and key
concepts in carpentry and joinery with clear and accurate technical
drawings and step-by-step sequences. - Re-cap knowledge with 'Key
terms' features and a detailed glossary. - Prepare for assessment
with practice questions, practical tasks and activities. - Develop
core skills with expert authors Stephen Jones and Stephen Redfern,
who draw on their extensive teaching and industry experience.
Comprehensive but digestible and affordable guide to the
complexities of English and Welsh Building Regulations Has become
the go to for a variety of professionals and students in
Construction, Architecture and Built Environment fields who need a
reference to UK building regs Provides easy to read and ready
reference guidance on the Regulations without having to wade
through the Regs themselves Packed with useful features, notes and
flags to guide the reader on important points and suggestions
The only pocket guide to the UK building regulations on the market
Succinct, portable, reliable guide to UK Building regulations
Essential for anyone involved in building works or renovations in
the UK
Ensure your learners have the knowledge and skills to start a
successful career in the construction industry, with this
comprehensive new textbook published in association with City &
Guilds for the legacy 6706, new 7906 and new Apprenticeship
standard. This brand new title will help students: - Study with
confidence, using the most up-to-date information available for all
specifications and industry standards - Enhance their understanding
of concepts and techniques with clear and accurate technical
drawings and step-by-step photo sequences - Test their knowledge
with end of chapter practice questions - Get ready for the
workplace with industry tips and activities - Develop core skills
with authors Stephen Jones and Stephen Redfern, who draw on their
extensive teaching and industry experience
The Joint Book is the ultimate workshop reference, giving
woodworkers all the knowledge they need to choose the right joint
for the job. It also features step-by-step, illustrated
instructions for making over 70 joints, including mortise and tenon
joints, dovetails, miters and more. In short, it covers every basic
joint in every joint family--including a range of joint variations
and helpful jigs.
The only pocket guide to the UK building regulations on the market
Succinct, portable, reliable guide to UK Building regulations
Essential for anyone involved in building works or renovations in
the UK
'Somerville knows more about wooden barn construction than almost
anyone alive.'-The Telegraph 'A joyful reminder of why nature,
being outside, being together and creating beauty is so good for
the soul.'-Kate Humble, broadcaster and author of A Year of Living
Simply 'For all our advances, it's hard to deny the modern world
brings with it new ills of disconnection and disenfranchisement,
but here in Barn Club they've found their cure.'-Barn the Spoon,
master craftsman and author of Spon Nature meets traditional craft
in this celebration of the elm tree, beautiful buildings and
community spirit. Barn Club calls on us to discover our landscapes
more intimately and to explore the joys of making beautiful things
by hand, together. When renowned craftsman Robert Somerville moved
to Hertfordshire, he discovered an unexpected landscape rich with
wildlife and elm trees. Nestled within London's commuter belt, this
wooded farmland inspired Somerville, a lifelong woodworker, to
revive the ancient tradition of hand-raising barns. Barn Club
follows the building of Carley Barn over the course of one year.
Volunteers from all walks of life joined Barn Club, inspired to
learn this ancient skill of building elm barns by hand, at its own
quiet pace and in the company of others, while using timber from
the local woods. The tale of the elm tree in its landscape is
central to Barn Club. Its natural history, historic importance and
remarkable survival make for a fascinating story. This is a tale of
forgotten trees, a local landscape and an ancient craft. This book
includes sixteen pages of colour photographs, and black and white
line drawings of techniques and traditional timber frame barns
feature throughout.
Goss s Roofing Ready Reckoner provides cutting angle and lengths
for traditional cut roofs and design tables for timber sizing,
based on BS5268 Structural use of timber and now including a
comparison of timber sizes using Eurocode 5 Design of Timber
Structures . Additional information is provided on wall plate and
gable strapping, wind bracing, truss clips and other roofing
metalwork, plus information on tools, equipment and health and
safety matters. Detailed drawings for tiling, slating and other
roof coverings are included, with fixing requirements revised to BS
5534:2014. Information on lead substitutes and roofing putties is
also provided. Design of warm and cold roofs is fully covered,
including ventilation and insulation requirements. The fifth
edition also includes new chapters on engineered timber roofing
components, solar panel fixing and outbuilding roofs.
Woodturners learn how to cut and combine pieces of wood to produce
multicolored geometric designs in turned bowls and vases in this
highly illustrated book. Techniques are provided to achieve the
accuracy required in segmented work, and professional tips reveal
how to create preliminary blueprints. Step-by-step instructions and
hundreds of color photographs explain how to accomplish the
often-complicated tasks involved with sphere turning, building a
porthole-style ring, and inserting diamonds and round
designs.
An ideal reference book for students (undergraduates and
postgraduates) studying Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, or
Architecture, etc. Of use to the Construction-related legal
profession, Property Managers and Letting Agents. Builders (and
homeowners, interested in identifying faults in their property),
should also benefit from this book. Covers a wide range of new and
old building terms, techniques, technologies, and materials, but
much more extensively than the average dictionary. The alphabetical
format makes it easy to check up on terms and subject-areas quickly
-- and the detailed coverage (including helpful
drawings/illustrated figures) provides clear guidance to the
reader.
An ideal reference book for students (undergraduates and
postgraduates) studying Building Surveying, Quantity Surveying, or
Architecture, etc. Of use to the Construction-related legal
profession, Property Managers and Letting Agents. Builders (and
homeowners, interested in identifying faults in their property),
should also benefit from this book. Covers a wide range of new and
old building terms, techniques, technologies, and materials, but
much more extensively than the average dictionary. The alphabetical
format makes it easy to check up on terms and subject-areas quickly
-- and the detailed coverage (including helpful
drawings/illustrated figures) provides clear guidance to the
reader.
If the idea of building your own home with your own hands sounds
positively exhilarating, The Complete Visual Guide to Building a
House will show you how. This step-by-step course in residential
carpentry takes a unique visual approach to instruction, with 1,200
full-color drawings of every step in the building process from
laying a foundation through installing the finishing touch on a
newel post. Combining the expertise of builder John Carroll and the
engaging drawings of illustrator Chuck Lockhart, this guide is just
that: complete. DIYers will quickly learn how to frame floors,
walls, ceilings, and roofs; install windows, exterior doors,
siding, wall and floor coverings, trim and cabinets; hang doors;
builds stairs; and much more."
Originally published in 1881, but here reissuing the 1906 edition
with a new introduction by Stephen J. Scaysbrook, the Mitchell's
Building and Construction Stage 2, 3 and Honours book offers an
unparalleled insight into historic construction techniques and
materials. Originally written to provide a concise handbook and
guide for students and for practitioners, this reissue of
Mitchell's 1906 Advanced and Honours edition now provides a
valuable addition to building pathology, allowing students and
practitioners to research construction methods and materials
pertinent to the period.
Comprehensive but digestible and affordable guide to the
complexities of English and Welsh Building Regulations Has become
the go to for a variety of professionals and students in
Construction, Architecture and Built Environment fields who need a
reference to UK building regs Provides easy to read and ready
reference guidance on the Regulations without having to wade
through the Regs themselves Packed with useful features, notes and
flags to guide the reader on important points and suggestions
"Trim Complete" covers those important finishing touches that give
a house a one-of-a-kind personality: trim and modling. An expert
carpenter, Greg Kossow presents a vibrantly visual guide that
details every possible project, from the most basic baseboards, to
the most complicated casings. He tackles real-world situations with
authoritative advice, never failing to address how to solve
problems when things do go wrong. The book's ingenious design makes
it a snap to find the relevant information for each project and
Kossow includes a crystal-clear table of contents. Plus, unlike
most other books that only deal with basic carptnetry, "Trim
Complete" includes hard-to-find advice on complex crown molding and
making custom modling.
'Machine Woodworking' provides students with all the basic
information needed to reach NVQ level II in wood machining. It
covers calculations, timber science, and all the relevant machines,
and is completed by five simple workshop projects which can be used
to practice and test the necessary skills. The use of each machine
is explained, with ample diagrams and photographs where
appropriate, and each section is rounded off with the relevant
regulations and additional multiple-choice questions to test
understanding.
Originally published in 1881, but here reissuing the 1906 edition
with a new introduction by Stephen J. Scaysbrook, the Mitchell
Building and Construction books offer an unparalleled insight into
construction techniques and materials. Originally written to
provide a concise handbook and guide for students and for
practitioners, this reissue of Mitchell's 1906 First Stage or
Elementary Course edition now provides a valuable addition to
building pathology, allowing students and practitioners to research
construction methods and materials pertinent to the period.
Including over 1000 drawings, it is of no surprise to see
Mitchell's First Stage or Elementary edition start with a detailed
explanation of the instruments and methods of drawing with pencil
ink and tracing paper, emphasising the need to learn basic drawing
skills and the need to think about a detail and the materials used
to create a detail capable of lasting well over 100 years or more.
The simple act of making a scale from a drawing with only one
dimension may be lost to modern-day students, but not to Charles
Mitchell, who describes the method and its use.
Carpentry and Joinery 3 is the third in a series of three books,
which together provide an authoritative and thoroughly practical
guide to carpentry and joinery for students following City &
Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and students working
towards an Institute of Carpenters qualification. This book is also
ideal for a wide range of amateur and professional woodworkers.
Volume 3 builds on the fundamental knowledge introduced in volume
1, and accompanies volume 2 with coverage of additional advanced
topics and procedures, including working with particular door and
window types. The reader is shown how to apply the basic theory
introduced in volume 1 to actual carpentry and joinery practice in
a highly illustrated, easily accessible text. This second edition
has been fully updated in line with changes to the Building
Regulations and current legislation, the third edition also
incorporates developments in current best practice, with a
comprehensive match to the latest qualifications in Wood
Occupations.
Carpentry and Joinery 2 is the second in a series of three books,
which together provide an authoritative and thoroughly practical
guide to carpentry and joinery for students following City &
Guilds and CITB courses, NVQ candidates, and students working
towards an Institute of Carpenters qualification. This book is also
ideal for a wide range of amateur and professional woodworkers.
Volume 2 builds on the fundamental knowledge introduced in volume
1, by covering more advanced topics and procedures, including
machine tools. Essential 'back-up' topics are presented throughout
the text to revise the key aspects covered in volume 1. The reader
is shown how to apply this basic theory to actual carpentry and
joinery practice in a highly illustrated, easily accessible text.
The third edition has been fully updated in line with changes to
the Building Regulations and current legislation, the third edition
also incorporates developments in current best practice, with a
comprehensive match to the latest qualifications in Wood
Occupations.
Building and architecture has developed a language of its own, with
terms and jargon that can confuse an expert let alone an outsider.
Misunderstandings over what a word means can be irritating but
unimportant, but could in the worst cases be costly or even
dangerous. Traditional building dictionaries rely on the reader to
already know what the correct word is, and that's not always the
case. Roxanna McDonald's technique is radically different, and
makes full use of the power of visual communication to convey
information. Each stage of the building and design process is
illustrated, and each hand-drawn illustration is carefully labelled
with the relevant technical terms, to ensure that each term is used
correctly and consistently by everyone working on a project. The
'Illustrated Building Pocket Book' is a radical approach to the
age-old problem of the ambiguous use of technical language in
building and architecture. By using drawings - which leave little
room for ambiguity - clarity, safety and certainty can be achieved.
While working at a Boston newspaper, Nina MacLaughlin applied for a
job as a carpenter's assistant. In Hammer Head she tells the story
of becoming a carpenter-the joys and frustrations of making things
by hand; the challenges she faced as a woman in an occupation that
is 99 per cent male-and how manual labour changed the way she sees
the world.
Simply Stairs is a 'how to' book which guides the reader through
all aspects of the design and construction of a wide range of
timber staircases, step-by-step. It provides anyone with a basic
knowledge of woodwork with the know-how and confidence to build
this most important of building elements - from start to finish!
The author's philosophy of methodical working, checking and
double-checking, avoiding pitfalls and mistakes, and reaping the
rewards of producing strong, well-designed staircases which fit
beautifully in their intended locations will be appealing to all
readers. This is recounted in a relaxed and informal writing style
which maintains the reader's interest. The book will be a valuable
guide for students of carpentry and joinery, apprentices, lecturers
and trades people and professionals as well as those involved with
DIY and self-build projects
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