Building Tips for the Homeowner

Neil Tschida

Oct 2020 · Neil Tschida

About this ebook

"This is the book that I wish I'd read years ago." Written by someone with over thirty years experience, Building Tips For The Homeowner shows tips, techniques, and methods that are used for working on a house -- for anything from simple repairs, finishing off the basement, remodeling a bathroom, building a deck, or even putting an addition on the house. Some of the subjects covered are: framing, wiring, plumbing, heating, insulation, and sheetrock. Also included are step-by-step instructions on how to build stairs, hang doors, install trim and baseboard, and finish off egress windows -- plus simple jigs and scaffolds that you can make, codes and size requirements, etc.   463 pages with hundreds of photos and drawings

Ratings and reviews

“Building Tips for the Homeowner” contains an unbelievable amount of detailed information, but not so detailed as to make it unreadable. It has a nice, readable flow that makes it quite easy to follow. Note that this is not a step-by-step primer. This is a text devoted to telling you in detail how to do something, as well as the why/why not, any options and common mistakes. The documenting of the mistakes and circumstances to watch out for are based on his experiences, lending further credibility to the information provided. The book makes extensive and very informative use of diagrams, photos and graphics, all of which advance the narrative of the job being discussed. If you want to know, really know, and be fully aware of how to do something, this 450+ page book is for you.

About the author

For over thirty years, Neil Tschida has been helping homeowners with their projects. It all started one summer back in the 1970s when he helped remodel the family cabin. When that was finished, he started helping his brothers and sisters on their houses. Then he started working for friends, and then friends of friends, until it became a regular job. Even today, on most of his jobs he still works alongside the homeowner. This gives him a different perspective than others in his field. It also means that most of the time he has to figure out a way to do a job by himself or with the help of one other person, pretty much the same as most homeowners.