What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and

 

What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating [Paperback]

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Shube Publishing (January 1, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979983800
• ISBN-13: 978-0979983801
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  

By : Amy Johnston
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Customer Reviews

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If you only buy 1 book on constructing your own residence this should be the 1.

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