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|  | | JLC's Construction Tips & Techniques
Save valuable job time with these straight-forward answers to more than 300 advance contractor questions, covering all aspects of residential building and remodeling, from foundation to finish.
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| |  | | Advanced Framing
This book contains 46 of the best framing articles published in JLC written by hands-on experts and covering topics on tools, building layout, floor, wall, and roof framing, engineered lumber, energy details, and more.
| | |  | | The Contractor's Legal Kit
The updated edition of JLC's best-selling legal guide for Builders and Remodelers
| | |  | | The JLC Field Guide Spanish Edition - Framing
A practical visual guide to every stage of a building project: planning & design, construction, inspection, and troubleshooting.
| | |  | | JLC Field Guide - Volume 2
A practical visual guide to every stage of a building project: planning & design, construction, inspection, and troubleshooting.
| | |  | | JLC Field Guide - Volume 1
A practical visual guide to every stage of a building project: planning & design, construction, inspection, and troubleshooting.
| | |  | | Finish Carpentry
Professional finish carpentry demands expert skills, precise tools, and a solid understanding of the design principles at work. This best-selling book by master craftsman Gary Katz shows you how to produce top quality work on time and on budget using the latest materials and techniques.
| | |  | | The Lead Carpenter Handbook
This guide covers everything contractors and lead carpenters need to know to make the system work, including how to hire and train staff, implement the program, monitor its progress, and troubleshoot typical problems. Lead carpenters will learn effective cost controls, people management skills, scheduling, and paperwork management.
| | |  | | Managing The Small Construction Business — A Hands-On Guide
This book includes articles on writing job-site procedures manuals, simple profit sharing, contracting without a crew, remodeling estimating checklist, practical change order procedures, a guide to double-entry accounting, pricing for profit, and more.
| | |  | | Residential Structure and Framing
This hands-on guide explains how to calculate loads, size joists and beams, and tackle many of the common structural problems faced by residential contractors — including cantilevered floors, complex roof structures, tall window walls, and seismic and wind bracing.
| | |  | | Troubleshooting Guide to Residential Construction
Just about every costly construction problem is covered in this book with contributions from over 50 of JLC’s building experts. Learn how to avoid problems with foundations, flashing, retaining walls, chimneys and flues, brick and masonry and more.
| | |  | | A Roof Cutters Secrets
The Newest Edition of A Roof Cutters Secrets from author Will L Holladay. Unveil the hidden tricks of a professional roof cutter. Quick layouts, cutting and framing techniques for every type of roof, ceiling and wall imaginable, plus an appendix with key calculations using Construction Master calculator make this an invaluable resource.
| | |  | | JLC Guide to Moisture Control
From roof to basement, here's a practical guide for contractors on how to keep moisture out of a house. The editors of The Journal of Light Construction have assembled the best advice from dozens of residential construction experts on foundations and drainage, air and vapor control, exterior cladding, roof systems and mechanical ventilation.
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