Central Kansas Library System

Describes how the surveyor, heavy machinery operators, carpenter crew, plumbers, and other workers build a house.

"After escaping an abusive marriage, Cara Brookins had four children to provide for and no one to turn to but herself. In desperate need of a home but without the means to buy one, she did something incredible. Equipped only with YouTube instructional videos, a small bank loan and a mile-wide stubborn streak, Cara built her own house from the foundation up with a work crew made up of her four children. It would be the hardest thing she had ever done....

A young girl narrates her family's move from the city to the country, where they have bought a piece of land and live in a trailer while they build a house from the ground up, with help from relatives and friends.

A step-by-step description of how a new house is built, from the architect's first blueprint to the day a family moves into its new home.

Step-by-step illustrated instructions for building six different houses with a description of the necessary tools and equipment.

Harry Hippo and his friends build a house, step by step from digging a ditch for the pipes to putting in the last joints and plugs.

When an architect learns that he is terminally ill, he gains custody of his son and begins to build his dream house.