The Complete Visual Guide to Building a House Hardcover – Illustrated, March 18, 2014

If you are a builder, remodeler, or repair handyman, it is a very well written book with good tips and tricks. Obviously the title is BUILDING a house, not installing wires or HVAC systems, etc. so its really a carpentry book. Even for non carpentes working on houses it is a good reference if you need to know how buildings are laid out, where studs and blocking are behind the walls and floors, etc. Definitely will come in handy, plus the neat tricks and tips like using a string. Just a few sentences with good illustration made me get it right away when I used to struggle with it.

Not a 100% definitive of where to ‘place every screw’ for example but barebones basics of how houses are assembled with good details and descriptions, I like it a lot. I would recommend if you know nothing about houses but want to build a house one day!

This book not only spells out each of the major steps in building a house, but includes quite good illustrations.I wish there had been a section on steel roofing, but I’m sure there will always be /something/ missing unless the book is an exhaustive description of all methods of construction. That would take several volumes and this is just a single, albeit thick book. I’ve had some experience on almost all phases of construction, and this is a good reminder of some of the things I had forgotten. The tips also provide helpful tricks.At 520+ pages with great illustrations and descriptions, this book is an excellent reference. It doesn’t cover absolutely everything, but it does address the vast majority of what one would encounter while building a house.

Don’t expect this to cover air quality whatsoever, and you’re all good. I was surprised about this because today’s houses are built tight, and that means there will be humidity issues without mechanical solutions. One star off for that. Otherwise, it’s a good primer on how a house goes together.

I have built several sheds and done remodeling work, but never any house building. I am excited to build our house in Idaho using this book as my guide. It’s very well illustrated and written. I wish I had referred to this sooner. I have learned so much from this. I’ll try to upload pictures of my work as a result of this book.

Can't say enough about this book - the author and illustrator teamed up and built a very engaging and understandable book that shows you everything you need to know about building houses/structures.

Beyond excellent book. But then Taunton always has informative books. Which is why I bought this one. Definitely NOT disappointed :-)

I was thinking it was going to be more informative on all stages of building a house including electrical, plumbing and mechanical. But it only includes framing techniques.