Seventeen-year-old Harper Evans hopes to escape the effects of her father's divorce on her family and friendships by volunteering her summer to build a house in a small Tennessee town devastated by a tornado.
Part animated children's storybook, part real instructional book on home construction, this book blends the two to teach children construction in a fun way!
"From the basics of site selection and design to cost estimates and construction, How to Build a House describes all of the steps integral to residential construction from the ground up."--Back cover.
Step by step instructions on each page Construction facts Custom Building Certificate page WHAT WILL BE LEARNED Construction and building methods Slab construction Elements of concrete Framing Subflooring Joists Trusses Roofing Sheathing ...
In How to Build a House, author and professional engineer George Michael Rentz, PE is informative and entertaining while taking the mystery out of residential construction.
Janice wants to build her own house.