DeWalt Residential Construction Codes: Complete Handbook
Product ID: 71932629
The DEWALT Residential Construction Codes Complete Handbook uses the 2018 International Residential Code to cover the most common code requirements for building one-family or two-family dwellings, and presents them to users in an easy to navigate and easy to understand format. Sections cover the wide range of residential construction topics that must meet IRC mandates, including building, plumbing, mechanical, and electrical installations, with high-dimensional illustrations to help explain code application. This title is a must-have resource for anyone working on a residential construction project. Its comprehensive coverage includes: administrative standards, definitions of terms, building planning, foundations, floors, walls and wall coverings, roofs and roof coverings, chimneys and fireplaces, and energy efficiency. Mechanical topics include: installation, heating and cooling equipment, exhaust and duct systems, combustion air, boilers, piping, appliances, solar systems, and fuel gas. Plumbing topics include: connections, inspections, design considerations and materials, systems, water heaters, supply, and distribution. Electrical topics include: inspections, equipment, services, branch circuits, wiring methods, power and lighting, devices and luminaires, appliances, and swimming pools. Check out our app, DEWALT Mobile Pro?. This free app is a construction calculator with integrated reference materials and access to hundreds of additional calculations as add-ons. To learn more, visit dewalt.com/mobilepro. Review: Perfect Companion to the IRC. BUY IT! - I subscribe to the actual codes online at the ICC, but the site (and the code) is difficult to navigate and often requires interpretation and cross-referencing various sections, tables, etc. Honestly I purchased this book on a whim and was not expecting much. Most of these types of books are pretty useless. DeWalt however has done a great job pulling the IRC together in a way any building pro can understand, with well organized excerpts from the IRC, relevant photos/diagrams, and a succinct explanation of what you need to know especially concerning the many oddball exceptions that even code enforcement folks often get wrong. Just buy it you’ll thank me. Review: Good information for home owners - This text was prepared by DeWalt and Cengage. The collaboration results in a very readable text with excellent illustrations. I am not an experienced builder, so bought this book to help me evaluate the quotes I received received from contractors for a major home improvement project. Reading this book alone may not make you a journeyman trade person, but the book will help you stay on track to do a project correctly, or to get a sense whether work you contract out is of good quality. Over all, this book is a good value for the money and a handy reference for do-it-yourself home owner or an owner evaluating contracts for home improvements.
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M**O
Perfect Companion to the IRC. BUY IT!
I subscribe to the actual codes online at the ICC, but the site (and the code) is difficult to navigate and often requires interpretation and cross-referencing various sections, tables, etc. Honestly I purchased this book on a whim and was not expecting much. Most of these types of books are pretty useless. DeWalt however has done a great job pulling the IRC together in a way any building pro can understand, with well organized excerpts from the IRC, relevant photos/diagrams, and a succinct explanation of what you need to know especially concerning the many oddball exceptions that even code enforcement folks often get wrong. Just buy it you’ll thank me.
W**W
Good information for home owners
This text was prepared by DeWalt and Cengage. The collaboration results in a very readable text with excellent illustrations. I am not an experienced builder, so bought this book to help me evaluate the quotes I received received from contractors for a major home improvement project. Reading this book alone may not make you a journeyman trade person, but the book will help you stay on track to do a project correctly, or to get a sense whether work you contract out is of good quality. Over all, this book is a good value for the money and a handy reference for do-it-yourself home owner or an owner evaluating contracts for home improvements.
J**N
DeWalt Residential Code Book Review
This edition edition of residential codes has plenty of needed information! 10/10 Would recommend though codes are updated every X amount of year(s).
D**R
Good for beginners
Great pictures, explanations and whatever might be needed for a beginner. Also explains certain aspects of the code should there be a difference of opinion between two carpenters. I want something more code intensive with fewer drawings. More code bookish than a "How to" manual is what I was expecting/hoping for.. It is well done and I'd have no problem giving this to a young man starting out in construction, but for an old timer who wants the code book, compact and precise, this ain't that.
M**C
Very useful code reference
Provides a very good overview of the Residential Building Code. Very useful reference.
J**G
Great reference book
Well organized with lots of drawings/diagrams.
S**E
An index is needed
The contents is OK but an index is needed. I guess I am going to have to read every word to find panel bonding requirements
S**K
Great help in determining how to do it right.
Very detailed and helpful. Lots of photos and diagrams. Tremendous help.
H**R
Muy buena referencia
Libro de dewalt publicado por Cengage (gran editorial) 342p sobre códigos de construcción (USA) residencial divididos en refrigeración, fontanería, instalaciones eléctricas y construcción en madera. La verdad es que está muy bien para tener una referencia de todo en el mismo libro. Está claro que no ahonda mucho en cada campo, porque no hay para más. Pero creo que si no se es profesional de todos los campos, la lectura del libro es un punto de inflexión muy bueno a la hora de intentar diseñar o comprender lo que ya está hecho. Buen trabajo.
M**E
Great reference material
I use this book as a reference all the time, I am not a contractor so all the pictures really help to visualize the code rules
Q**S
Claire picture for all demonstrations
Great tool to learn the basics of constructions
S**R
Informative
Very informative, I like the info it give
S**T
Nice reference
Every technical data you need.
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