Carpentry

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Carpentry tools and equipment

• Electrical power tools (streamed video)
• Hand tools - safety and technique (streamed video)
• Metalwork tools (streamed video)
• Hand Tool Basics : Woodworking Tools and How to Use Them
• Setting out tools (DVD)
• Tools : The Ultimate Guide
• Machine Tools (Workshop Technology)

Height safety

• Construction skills: work safety at heights; use expolosive power tools; operate elevated work platforms; erect & dismantle restricted height scaffolding
• Height safety essentials (DVD)
• Elevating work platforms (streamed video)
• Step ladders: General guidelines (streamed video)

Joinery

• Advanced building and joinery skills
• The complete illustrated guide to joinery
• Carpentry and Joinery 1
• Carpentry and Joinery 2
• The City and Guilds Textbook: Carpentry and Joinery for the Level 1 Diploma
• Guide to kitchen & bathroom construction
• Woodworking for dummies

Stairs

• Timber stairs, balustrades abd handrails Class 1 buildings - construction
• Stairs
• Simply stairs: the definitive handbook for stair builders
• Stairs: types-design-measurement (DVD)

Sustainable construction

• Sustainable construction
• Sustainable Construction Techniques : From Structural Design to Interior Fit-out: Assessing and Improving the Environmental Impact of Buildings
• Construction Materials, Methods, and Techniques : Building for a Sustainable Future

Windows and doors

• Carpentry and joinery: doors and windows
• Windows and doors: expert advice from start to finish
• Windows and Doors: Verifying Structural Strength (journal article)
• Building simply: wooden windows