How to build your own home (Successful home improvement series)

A housing expert tells you how to run your dreams into reality, and save money while doing it. With over 600 photographs and drawings, here are just some of the topics covered: Mortgages for the Owner-Builder, Cutting Through Red Tape-Permits and Codes, Selecting a Site & Survets, Finding a Floor Plan, Foundations, Framing, Doors and Windows, Plumbing & Wiring, Energy Savings & Insulation, Kitchen & Bath, Landscaping, Garages, Basements, Painting & Finsihing off, and more...Construction methods and instructins are included for ranch, split-level, one-and-a-half story, and two-story homes, with specific remeendations for material and products. Author Robert C. Reschke is a contibuting editor to Professional builder.