Handbook of Alternative Materials in Residential Construction
- List Price: $64.95
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition: 1
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
- Publish date: 01/01/2005
Description:
The building materials industry is going through a revolution, with many new products on the market that are cheaper, more durable, and easier to work with than traditional materials. Most importantly, as wood becomes scarcer and more expensive, it makes more sense than ever before to switch to alternative materials.
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The Handbook of Alternative Materials provides some-builders and contractors with the only comprehensive source to proven new building materials with:
-- Methods to cut costs and speed construction
-- Cost, durability, and handling comparisons to traditional materials
-- Examples with actual plans and CAD drawings from homes built entirely of alternative materials
-- An index of manufacturers and suppliers
Whether exploring the use of alternative materials for their fire resistance, or for economical or ecological properties, builders and architects will find this book the most comprehensive resource for locating and using alternative materials.
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