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- Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction - [book review] Steve Bliss - detailed guide to best construction practices for appearance, code compliance, durability, safety of residential and light commercial structures:
Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction - [purchase at Amazon.com], by Steven Bliss. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, Hardcover: 320 pages, available from Amazon.com and also Wiley.com. See our book review of this publication.
- Cultural Heritage and Aerobiology - [book review] Mandrioli, Caneva, and Sabbioni (English version), in Pan American Aerobiology Association Newsletter. >
Cultural Heritage and Aerobiology, Methods and Measurement Techniques for Biodeterioration Monitoring
[purchase at Amazon.com], Paolo Mandrioli, Guilia Caneva, and Cristina Sabbioni, Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 ISBN 1-4020-1622-0
- Heating Cost Reduction Advice - [book review], Michael Gristick, freeheatingoil.com - How to Reduce Home Heating Costs - Book Review & Actual Heating Savings and Energy Savings Tips for homeowners and service technicians
- Dream Porches and Sunrooms, Designing the Perfect Retreat - [book review], Michael Snow, Collings Design, 2006 - Book Review of this remarkable photo tour of porches and sunrooms
Dream Porches and Sunrooms, Designing the Perfect Retreat -
[purchase at Amazon.com], Michael Snow, Collings Design, 2006, 176pp. ISBN 0-06-084728-x
$35.00 U.S. or $46.50 Canada.
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- Mark Cramer Inspection Services Mark Cramer, Tampa Florida, Mr. Cramer is a past president of ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors and is a Florida home inspector and home inspection educator. Mr. Cramer serves on the ASHI Home Inspection Standards. Contact Mark Cramer at: 727-595-4211 mark@BestTampaInspector.com
- John Cranor is an ASHI member and a home inspector (The House Whisperer) is located in Glen Allen, VA 23060. He is also a contributor to InspectApedia.com in several technical areas such as plumbing and appliances (dryer vents). Contact Mr. Cranor at 804-747-7747 or by Email: johncranor@verizon.net
 Carson, Dunlop & Associates Ltd., 120 Carlton Street Suite 407, Toronto ON M5A 4K2. (416) 964-9415 1-800-268-7070 info@carsondunlop.com. The firm provides professional home inspection services & home inspection education & publications. Alan Carson is a past president of ASHI, the American Society of Home Inspectors. Thanks to Alan Carson and Bob Dunlop, for permission for InspectAPedia to use text excerpts from The Home Reference Book & illustrations from The Illustrated Home. Carson Dunlop Associates' provides:
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- The Home Reference Book, a reference & inspection report product for building owners & inspectors.
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- Carson Dunlop's Home Study Course for Home Inspectors can be examined online at that company's website. More about home inspector education and other educational materials is organized at InspectAPedia.com at Home Inspector Education.
- Carson Dunlop also offers information about the ASHI@HOME home inspection training program - an ASHI version of the Carson Dunlop Home Study Course. Contact the company at 800-268-7070.
- Steve Bliss's Building Advisor at buildingadvisor.com helps homeowners & contractors plan & complete successful building & remodeling projects: buying land, site work, building design, cost estimating, materials & components, & project management through complete construction. Email: info@buildingadvisor.com
Steven Bliss served as editorial director and co-publisher of The Journal of Light Construction for 16 years and previously as building technology editor for Progressive Builder and Solar Age magazines. He worked in the building trades as a carpenter and design/build contractor for more than ten years and holds a masters degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Excerpts from his recent book, Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, Wiley (November 18, 2005) ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, appear throughout this website, with permission and courtesy of Wiley & Sons. Best Practices Guide is available from the publisher, J. Wiley & Sons, and also at Amazon.com
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- Best Practices Guide to Residential Construction, by Steven Bliss. John Wiley & Sons, 2006. ISBN-10: 0471648361, ISBN-13: 978-0471648369, Hardcover: 320 pages, available from Amazon.com and also Wiley.com. See our book review of this publication.
- Cultural Heritage and Aerobiology Mandrioli, Caneva, and Sabbioni (English version), in Pan American Aerobiology Association Newsletter. Cultural Heritage and Aerobiology, Methods and Measurement Techniques for
Biodeterioration Monitoring, Paolo Mandrioli, Guilia Caneva, and Cristina Sabbioni, Eds., Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003 ISBN 1-4020-1622-0
- Dream Porches and Sunrooms, Designing the Perfect Retreat , Michael Snow, Collings Design, 2006 - Book Review of this remarkable photo tour of porches and sunrooms
- Heating Cost Reduction Advice, Michael Gristick, freeheatingoil.com - How to Reduce Home Heating Costs - Book Review & Actual Heating Savings and Energy Savings Tips for homeowners and service technicians
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"The Home Reference Book - the Encyclopedia of Homes", Carson, Dunlop & Associates Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, 2010, $69.00 U.S., is available from Carson Dunlop, and from the InspectAPedia bookstore. The 2010 edition of the Home Reference Book is a bound volume of more than 450 illustrated pages that assist home inspectors and home owners in the inspection and detection of problems on buildings. The text is intended as a reference guide to help building owners operate and maintain their home effectively. InspectAPedia.com ® author/editor Daniel Friedman is a contributing author. Field inspection worksheets are included at the back of the volume.
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