Super House: Design Your Dream Home for Super Energy Efficiency, Total Comfort, Dazzling Beauty, Awesome Strength, and Economy / Donald R. Wulfinghoff

SUPER HOUSE is the ultimate book for home design, renovation, repairs, and appliance selection. The world renowned author shows you how to make your home super-efficient, totally comfortable, free of health hazards, strong, and beautiful. A host of innovations advance the state of the art, while using conventional materials and construction methods for economy and reliability. You will become an expert about room design and space layout; architectural style; creating beautiful and efficient windows; designing a strong and efficient structure; heating, cooling, and ventilation for comfort, energy efficiency, and freedom from air quality problems; elegant plumbing fixtures; efficient water heating; making your water safe; efficient and visually effective lighting; selecting your appliances; and, working with contractors to get your project done perfectly. You will also learn about alternative energy sources and technologies, including wood burning, solar energy, geothermal heat pumps, earth-sheltered construction, water recycling, and living off the grid, with important cautions about each. SUPER HOUSE shows you how to design and select the best features for your home, while leaving the toil, tools, and special skills of construction to contractors. To enhance your communication with contractors, it includes an illustrated primer on construction methods. Worksheets, checklists, and galleries of illustrations provide the guidance that you need. Each topic recommends the best choices to consider. SUPER HOUSE is a first-place winner of the Benjamin Franklin Award. It has earned rave reviews from Booklist, Publishers Weekly, Foreword Reviews, and Midwest Book Review. SUPER HOUSE is unique, powerful, and fun. It will pay for itself the first time you use it. And, it makes a great gift for anyone dreaming of a perfect home. 704 pages, all color, 620 illustrations, English and metric units, 3-color index.
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