Building a house? Setting out, footings and slabs, framing and trusses, brick veneer, weatherboard, wet areas, stairs and fit-off.
Owner building? Choosing a site, designing the house, running trades, extensions and spotting faulty work.
Cutting a roof? The traditional method, built from scratch, with bevels for every pitch from 5° to 75°.
Adding a deck? Design, council approval, span tables, stairs, balustrades and bushfire areas.
Renovating? Restumping, rising damp, termites, cracked walls, leaking showers, new openings.
Also by Allan Staines. How to draw landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes and buildings in pencil, or pen and ink.