Build your own brick house / Gerald Cole.

By: Cole, Gerald [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Marlborough, Wiltshire : Crowood Press, 2013Copyright date: ©2013Description: 240 pages : colour illustrations, plans ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781847974853Subject(s): Bricklaying | Brickwork | House construction -- Amateurs' manuals | Brick housesDDC classification: 693.21
Contents:
1. Why Build in Brick? -- 2. How to Self-Build -- 3. Making a Budget -- 4. Finding a Plot -- 5. Assessing and Buying a Plot -- 6. Obtaining Finance -- 7. Choosing a Design -- 8. Designing with Brick -- 9. Finding a Designer -- 10. Obtaining Planning Permission -- 11. Obtaining Building Regulations Approval -- 12. Hiring a Main Contractor -- 13. Hiring Sub-Contractors -- 14. Managing Your Build -- 15. Last-Minute Preparations -- 16. Groundworks -- 17. Ground Floor -- 18. Walls -- 19. The Roof -- 20. Windows, Doors and Rainwater Goods -- 21. First Fix -- 22. Plastering, Dry-Lining and Screeding -- 23. Second Fix -- 24. Completion and Snagging.
Summary: "Build Your Own Brick House" follows the process of a self-build, using traditional brick and block techniques, enabling the self-builder to understand both the individual stages and the nature of the build as a whole. It takes a practical approach, focusing on the best use of time, abilities and budget, and on communicating more clearly and effectively with designers and tradespeople in order to make the build as smooth as possible.
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Includes index.

1. Why Build in Brick? -- 2. How to Self-Build -- 3. Making a Budget -- 4. Finding a Plot -- 5. Assessing and Buying a Plot -- 6. Obtaining Finance -- 7. Choosing a Design -- 8. Designing with Brick -- 9. Finding a Designer -- 10. Obtaining Planning Permission -- 11. Obtaining Building Regulations Approval -- 12. Hiring a Main Contractor -- 13. Hiring Sub-Contractors -- 14. Managing Your Build -- 15. Last-Minute Preparations -- 16. Groundworks -- 17. Ground Floor -- 18. Walls -- 19. The Roof -- 20. Windows, Doors and Rainwater Goods -- 21. First Fix -- 22. Plastering, Dry-Lining and Screeding -- 23. Second Fix -- 24. Completion and Snagging.

"Build Your Own Brick House" follows the process of a self-build, using traditional brick and block techniques, enabling the self-builder to understand both the individual stages and the nature of the build as a whole. It takes a practical approach, focusing on the best use of time, abilities and budget, and on communicating more clearly and effectively with designers and tradespeople in order to make the build as smooth as possible.

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