From foundations, walls, doors and windows, to roofs, plaster and render, locks and painting.

BUILDING PRELIMINARIES 1
- Site selection / Location plan / Working drawings / Plot and
site clearing / Site organization / Water supply
SETTING OUT 7
- Interfering objects / Uneven ground / Sloping sites / Profiles
FOUNDATIONS 15
- Types of foundations / Functions of the foundation / Dimensions
for strip foundations
NON-CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS 17
- Rubble and boulder foundations / Ashlar masonry foundations /
Bonding principles / Laterite rock foundations / Artificial
stone foundations
CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS 29
- Excavating the foundation trenches / Measurements of stepped
foundations / Levelling the trenches and marking the foundation
depth / Mix proportions / Preparations before casting /
Casting / Levelling the foundations / Curing
FOOTINGS 43
- Functions of the footings / Materials and measurements
SPECIAL BONDS 45
- Different wall thicknesses at a quoin / Different wall thicknesses
at a T-junction / Different wall thicknesses at a cross junction
HARDCORE FILLING 59
- Functions of the hardcore filling / Materials and arrangement /
Compaction of the hardcore
PLINTH COURSE 60
POSITIONS OF DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES 61
DOOR FRAMES 63
- Types of door frames / Joints for door frames / Heads of
door frames / Measurements for door frames / Concrete shoe /
Installing door frames
WINDOW FRAMES 77
- Types of window frames / Measurements of window frames /
Steel cramps / Joints for window frames / Cills of window
frames / Heads of window frames / Installing window frames
WALLING UP BETWEEN FRAMES 87
MOSQUITO PROOFING 87
BURGLAR PROOFING 89
- Types of burglar of burglar proofing for windows
DOORS 91
- Types of doors / Sizes of doors / Position of the door /
Finishing treatment of the door / Ledged and battened doors /
Ledged, braced and battened doors / Panelled doors / Flush
doors / Large doors
WINDOWS 109
- Types of casements / Battened casements / Panelled casements /
Glazed casements / Flush casements / Joints / Louvre windows
WORKING SCAFFOLDS 117
- Jack scaffold / Blocklayers scaffold / Ladder scaffold /
Independent scaffold
SUPPORTING SCAFFOLD 125
PROTECTIVE SCAFFOLDING 127
ARCHES 128
- Technical terms / Stability of arches / The segmental arch /
Types of centring / Setting out the turning piece / Positions of
the archstones / Setting up the centring / Skewback template /
Laying the archblocks
REINFORCED CONCRETE LINTELS 145
- Formwork / Reinforcement / Reinforcement systems /
Corrosion in reinforced concrete
WALLING ABOVE FRAMES 155
FORMWORK SYSTEM FOR RING BEAM 155
ROOFS IN GENERAL 157
- Roof types / Size of the roof / Roof pitch / Effective length
of the sheets / Outline design / Loads
LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES 165
- Basic shape of the roof construction / Technical terms
LENGTHENING JOINTS FOR LIGHT-WEIGHT STRUCTURES 169
- Where to place a lengthening joint / Fish joints / Other
lengthening joints
CONSTRUCTION DETAILS 175
- Lean-to roof / Pent roofs / Gable roof / Designing built-up
trusses / Joints for the truss / Marking out built-up trusses /
Assembly of built-up trusses / Erecting a roof structure for
a gable roof / Purlins / Fascia boards / Verandahs / Anchorage
ROOF COVERING 201
- Alignment of the sheets / Sidelaps / Ridge caps / Helpful hints
for roof covering
HEAT PENETRATION - INSULATION 207
LIGHTENING 207
HIP ROOFS 209
- Setting out and constructing the half truss / Position and
measurements of the hip truss / Constructing the hip truss /
Erecting the hip of the roof / Covering a hip roof
HIP AND VALLEY ROOF 219
- Position and measurements of the hip and valley roof /
Construction of a hip and valley truss / Covering a hip and
valley roof
PLASTER AND RENDER 225
- Composition of plaster or render / Preparing the wall for
plastering / Application techniques / Sequence of operations
for plastering a straight wall / Positions of edge boards for
plastering corners / Positions of edge boards for plastering
around frames / Positions of edge boards for plastering the
tops of gables / Positions of edge boards for plastering the
top of a parapetted pent roof / Positions of the edge boards
for plastering openings
FLOOR CONSTRUCTION 241
- Sequence of operations for one-course work / Verandah floors
STAIRS 249
- Requirements
FORMWORK 251
- Formwork for coping / Formwork for pillars / Formwork for
slabs / General hints for formwork
REINFORCED CONCRETE SLABS 255
- Construction
HANGING DOORS AND WINDOWS
- Hanging a door with butt hinges
LOCKS AND FITTINGS
- Mortice lock / Rim lock
CEILINGS
- Construction, parts and sizes of plywood ceilings
PAINTING
- Preparation of surfaces for painting / How to paint / How to
apply timber preservatives
APPENDIX
WATER PURIFICATION
- Small water filter / Large water filter
HAND-DUG WELLS
- Lining wells / Tools and materials needed / Construction
GRAIN STORAGE SILO
- Construction of a silo / Using the silo / Circular masonry
work / Sequence of operations
PIT LATRINE
- Capacity / Location / Design and construction of the squatting
slab / Construction / Toilet room / Toilet partitions /
Permanent latrine
BUCKET LATRINE
AQUA PRIVY SYSTEMS
SOAKAWAYS
MANHOLES
SEPTIC TANKS