Building and Remodeling

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Building and Remodeling

Name: Building and Remodeling
Brand: Ashley Crowne Publishing
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Every part of your house, drawn and explained so you finally get it.

The 508-page illustrated guide for homeowners and DIY builders.

You can watch a hundred how-to videos and still not know if the advice is any good, because nobody shows you what right looks like. This book does. Charles Wallace takes you through every part of a house, from the site and footings up through the frame, roof and walls to the plumbing, wiring, heating and finishes. Each topic gets its own page with an original technical drawing, the key sizes in imperial and metric, and plain-English notes. Once you've seen how it should be, you can spot what's wrong, talk to a contractor as an equal, and plan your own project with confidence.

Specifications

Title: Building and Remodeling: A Detailed Illustrated Guide for Homeowners and DIY Builders
Author: Charles Wallace
Publisher: Ashley Crowne Publishing
Edition: First edition, 2026
Format: Paperback, 508 pages, 453 illustrated topics with original technical drawings
Covers: Design • Site • Masonry • Foundations • Wood & Framing • Sheathing • Siding • Roofing • Windows & Doors • Plumbing • Wiring • Insulation & Air Sealing • Floors, Walls & Ceilings • Heating • Cooling & Ventilation • Passive Solar • Lighting • Sound • Fasteners • Planning & Budget
Inside: Step-by-step pages with skill level, time and tools • Sizing tables and typical code values • Symptom-to-cause troubleshooting • Glossary and index
Suitable for: Homeowners • DIY Builders & Renovators • Home Buyers • Students • Anyone planning a remodel

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📐Pro-level detail

It's written for homeowners and DIY builders. Every topic is built around a drawing with plain-English notes, so you don't need any trade background to follow it. Students, home buyers and tradespeople also use the sizing tables and typical code values as a quick reference.

21 chapters and 453 topics: design, site, masonry, foundations, wood, framing, sheathing, siding, roofing, windows and doors, plumbing, wiring, insulation and air sealing, floors, walls and ceilings, heating, cooling and ventilation, passive solar, lighting, sound, fasteners, and planning, budget and measurement. A glossary and index help you find any term fast.

Partly. Every chapter follows four layers: Understanding (how it works), Building It Right (step-by-step pages with a skill rating, time estimate and tool list), Standards & Design (dimensions, sizing tables and typical code minimums) and When It Fails (what goes wrong and how to fix it). Red “Call a pro when” boxes show where a job needs a licensed trade, a permit or an engineer.

Yes. The last pages of every chapter are symptom-to-cause tables: cracks, leaks, drafts, sagging floors, tripping breakers and more, with the repairs you can make yourself and the point where you should call a professional.

Measurements are imperial first with metric in brackets, and typical values follow the US model codes (IRC, NEC and the plumbing codes). The construction principles apply anywhere, and the book reminds you to check the codes adopted where you live, whether that's the UK, Canada, Australia, Singapore or elsewhere.

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“A fantastic resource for anyone interested in how buildings come together, from curious beginners to experienced DIY renovators and builders. It’s packed with detailed drawings and useful reference tables.”

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Unless you're an architect or GC, you're gonna learn something

“Simply a fantastic resource for anyone short of an architect. For the interested layman, or the fairly experienced DIY remodeler or builder, it’s just the bomb! Lots of very good drawings, and lots of data tables.”

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Louis F

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The big “AHA!” moment, over and over again

“I can read how-to and watch YouTube instructional videos all day and still not feel like I understand enough to tell the good advice from the bad. This book helped me understand houses, mechanicals, and how things basically go together.”

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Must have for any contractor, builder, or DIY homeowner

“For anyone doing ANY type of work around the house, regardless of skill level, this book is a wealth of information. My husband has worn out the first edition, and just got our son the 4th edition.”

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One of my favourites

“I have a good bit of building knowledge, but this goes to areas of expertise I have no idea about. It’s a great book, one of my favorites. Illustrations are great too.”

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Lots of pictures and diagrams

“This book is very explanatory with a lot of illustrations. It goes over so many topics and things that could come up on a build. Great for a beginner like me.”

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Great reference book

“Excellent reference book for the apprentice and the journeyman and everything in between.”

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Building and Remodeling book at a house framing site

See your house the way a builder does

You've walked through your own house a thousand times without knowing what's inside the walls, under the floor or above the ceiling. Most homeowners never find out until something goes wrong.

That's because building is learned by looking, and almost everything written about it is just words. This book is drawn: 453 topics, one per page, each built around an original technical drawing that shows how the parts really go together.

Read one chapter and the next contractor quote, inspection report or YouTube video stops sounding like a foreign language.

Every system, from footing to roof ridge

Site and foundations, framing and sheathing, siding, roofing, windows and doors. Plumbing, wiring, insulation, heating, cooling and ventilation. Then the floors, walls, ceilings, lighting, sound and fasteners.

21 chapters, each with the sizes, spans, clearances and typical code values you need to plan, in imperial and metric.

Open book showing Anatomy of a Basement Wall and Poured, Block and ICF Walls pages

Open book showing Roof Trusses and Framing a Floor pages

Learn it, build it, check it, fix it

Every chapter follows the same four layers. Understanding shows how it works. Building It Right walks you through the job step by step, with a skill rating, time estimate and tool list.

Standards & Design gives the dimensions and sizing tables. When It Fails turns symptoms into causes and repairs, and tells you when to call a pro.

Written for the people who live in the house

Charles Wallace wrote this guide for homeowners and DIY builders: plain English, one topic per page, and a take-away box on every page with the practical points to remember.

Use it before you buy, before you hire and before you pick up a tool. Keep it on the shelf for your first project and you'll still be reaching for it on your last.