Book of the Week: The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling

13 Sep 2016

This week I read The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling, because the previous book on building a home didn’t have anything about electrical and plumbing. Notice how both books are visual in nature. Easier to look at pictures and point rather than trying to read text. This book talked more about design and regulations, which is a good thing. Regulations are important. They are there, because someone died. Kids so often want to remove themselves from the gene pool by sticking their heads between railings, climbing railings and falling from the third floor or dropping from a window. When you are remodeling a building, you need to be able to picture how people will interact with their surroundings when you’re finished. Sometimes it is easier to gut the place and remodel it. Especially if you have neighbors trying to throw a wrench into things.