Essential Advice for Owner-Builders

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December 2006/January 2007
By David Eisenberg 
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For a more detailed version of this list, visit www.dcat.net/about_dcat/current/codes.php.

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Resources

BOOKS
Homebuilding Debt-Free: Guide for the Owner-Builder
by Lynn Underwood

Building Your Own House: Everything You Need to Know About Home Construction From Start to Finish
by Robert Roskind

You Can Build It!
58 page ICC booklet of code guidelines with information and advice for “do-it-yourselfers.” Available from ICC for $4: (888) 422-7233; www.iccsafe.org/e/catalog.html

WEB SITES
International Code Council

Jefferson County Division of Building Safety

Development Center for Appropriate Technology

— David Eisenberg, director of the Development Center for Appropriate Technology in Tucson, Ariz., is co-author of The Straw Bale House. He writes a column for Building Safety Journal, “Building Codes for a Small Planet,” is a contributing editor to Natural Home and speaks frequently on alternative construction, green building, appropriate technology and building codes.
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