Builder's Guide to Drainage & Retaining Walls

Builder's Guide to Drainage & Retaining Walls

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<b>Builder's Guide to Drainage & Retaining Walls<br> By Max Schwartz (Author) & Hamid Azizi (Contributing Editor)</b><p> <i>Features more than 100 illustrations, plus 100 details!</i><p> Establishing adequate drainage is a critical first step in many of today's construction projects. And often, retaining walls must be used to provide a sufficiently level grade. These two topics, then - Drainage and Retaining Walls - necessarily go hand-in-hand, and this unique reference provides a comprehensive introduction to doing both right.<br> <ul> <li>Rainfall and Runoff</li> <li>Roof, Basement and Crawlspace Drainage</li> <li>Lot Drainage--including Septic Systems</li> <li>Street Drainage</li> <li>Grading for Drainage</li> <li>Slope Drainage</li> <li>The various types of retaining walls</li> <li>Estimating concrete walls, etc.</li> <li>Concrete and Masonry Retaining Walls</li> <li>Modular units and similar types of Retaining Walls: Bin, Crib, etc.</li></ul> <b>PLUS</b> <i>a full glossary, detailed index, more than 100 new black-and-white illustrations, and 100 sample details.</i><p> <b><i>CD-ROM COMPANION</b></i><br> Included CD-ROM brings you the entire book in Adobe PDF format, for job-site reference and quick word searching. (Printing has been disabled for the book.) A second PDF file on the CD-ROM includes the 100 sample details which you can print out. Requires the FREE Adobe Reader software, available for download from Adobe's web site.<p> Paperback: 304 pages<br> Publisher: Builder's Book, Inc.; 1st edition (January 1, 2007)<br> ISBN-10: 188989267X / ISBN-13: 9781889892672