All Weather Home Building Manual

This manual summarizes the basic principles and techniques of leading edge home building in Canada. It is not intended to be an exhaustive treatment of building science or design, nor is it a building code. Rather, it outlines the fundamental principles of building high quality, energy and resource efficient homes with enough detail to show how they can be applied to the houses that you are currently building. Finally, the manual takes a look forward at some of the trends and technologies which are likely to influence new home construction through to the end of the decade.

Presents sound, time-tested principles for wood frame house construction, complete with expert advice on selecting suitable building materials. Technical notes, an annotated list of suggestions for additional reading, and a glossary round out the book.

Set includes revised editions of some issues.