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Basic Masonry (Sunset New Basic) [Paperback]

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If you know absolutely not the first thing about masonry, here's an excellent basic starter book from the editors of Sunset Magazine that includes clear explanations of tools, materials, and step-by-step guidelines for a wide range of masonry projects for the do-it-yourselfer. Like all of Sunset's how-to books, it's well illustrated, well indexed, and written in clear language to help anyone get a working, hands-on start to the art and science of masonry.

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Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Sunset Publishing Corporation; 2nd edition (March 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0376015829
ISBN-13: 978-0376015822
Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.1 x 0.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces

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Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #850,236 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Great masonry book for the homeowner., November 7, 1998

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This is a good book for the homeowner who wants to know how to build a garden wall, pave an area, or lay cast concrete. Covers tool selection and uses, building techniques with brick, stone, blocks, adobe, and concrete. Excellent step-by-step instructions and illustrations show you how. Learn tricks of the trade, even how to make you own paving blocks. Also covers maintaining and reparing masonry.

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Made of various clay mixtures, bricks once were molded by hand but now are usually extruded: The clay is forced through a die, then cut to size with wires. Read the first page

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