Dwelling House Construction, Fifth Edition

Rating:
Summary: Good but old fashioned
Review: Note the quaint, outdated "dwelling house" in the title. This book almost describes how to build a 1940's house, with references to plank subfloors, counterweighted sashes, asphalt siding, etc. Even the writing sounds old, as from another era. Newer information is conspicuously tacked on, and an updated chapter by a different author is clumsily written. Too bad. Kind of ruins what was, in its day, probably a pretty good book.

Anyway, the author's clear writing makes it enjoyable to read, so a beginner would probably still learn a lot.