Healthy House Building: A Design and Construction Guide - Softcover

Of course, having comprehensive text on healthy housing is important. But Healthy House Building (Second Edition) by John Bower takes this information further--by actually showing readers how to build a healthy house from the ground up. Want to see how to lay a ceramic tile floor using a self-made, no-additive grout; how to install a metal roof; or how the air-tight drywall approach should be done? These and all the other steps required to build a "model healthy house" are explained in text--but also with over 250 photographs, and 25 pages of detailed house plans. This is the type of information you'll be able to apply to your next building or remodeling project.

"Indoor air pollution accounts for 50% of all illness," according to a Massachusetts Special Legislative Commission, but you can protect yourself by reading this book. Healthy House Building reveals the unsuspected sources of indoor air pollution that you and your family breathe on a daily basis. But more importantly, it gives you real world, readily available solutions. Everything about a house is covered, including foundations, flooring, cabinets, painting, filters, ventilation, etc., and a complete set of house plans is included. Healthy House Building is a valuable illustrated resource. It will be useful for homeowners and renters who have never picked up a hammer, as well as experienced builders and designers who are after up-to-date information on the subject. If you are planning to build a new house or simply remodel an existing one you need Healthy House Building.