Instant answers to any construction-related math question. In the office or out in the field, Mastering Math for the Building Trades, by James Gerhart gives you a perfect tool for accurately performing the calculations required in all the major building trades. Down-to-earth explanations, easy-to-memorize tips and tricks of the trade, worked examples, illustrations and tables make everyday number crunching easier, giving you the step-by-step help you need to complete estimates, meet deadlines, and satisfy new customers. Whether you're an old pro or apprentice...contractor, tradesperson or supplier...whether you're building, repairing, or remodeling...you'll find ready answers for: grading and excavating; concrete and other masonry work; septic systems; fluid mechanics; metal framing; engineered beams; fiber optic cabling; estimating software; floor framing and covering; roofing; finishing interiors; heating and cooling; plumbing; electrical; more!
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TEACH YOURSELF THE MATH YOU NEED
*Down-to-earth explanations
*Easy-to-remember tips & tricks
*Formulas and calculations for construction, carpentry, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, roofing, and more
*Packed with examples
*Metric conversion tables
Get the math you need for framing a wall, spacing beams, figuring water flow, sizing wiring, mixing concrete, preparing estimates, determining loan costs--just about any calculation in the building trades. A complete, compact self-study course, Mastering Math for the Building Trades even helps with tools, from steel square and surveyor's transit to calculators and computers.
Here to help you meet deadlines, avoid costly and wasteful errors, write better estimates and plans, and have happier customers, this self-teaching tool provides the answers you want, in the office or in the field.
New in This Edition:
*All New Examples & Illustrations
*Self-Test Q & A's
*HVAC Load Calculations
*Thermal Performance Calculations
*Fiber Optic Cabling Formulas
*Guidance on Estimating Software
About the Author
James Gerhart is experienced in residential construction, working for a number of years as a project coordinator. He built his reputation, however, teaching subjects such as math, estimating, scheduling, blueprint reading, and surveying to vocational and construction management studies students.
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I am a journeyman carpenter. I took trade math and got really good marks. I purchased this book as a review for future reference. I'm sorry but this is terribly written and is in serious need of being updated. Starts off by telling you how people now use computers for things (I 'm not kidding). It then proceeds to tell you why you might consider getting one and in the most painful way possible lists several ways computers are useful. A little further in it slams you with some math required for figuring out rafter length, no rhyme or reason, no building up to it just slam. Then proceeds to explain the math in a significantly more difficult way than we did in school. It then jumped to being able to solve a very simple math problem needlessly made complicated using a framing square and a straight board to figure out how much excavating a crew can do in 5 hours instead of 8. ... Did i mention it's really bad.
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This OK for a partimer or as a guide for someone just learning. there is too much missing to complete a job.
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The easiest way for contractors to find themselves facing difficulties today is for them not to have a sound understanding of the mathematics involved in their business. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foot floor load, net vent area, estimating labor costs, total suction lift, grade rod, rafter table, cubic yds, valley rafter, brace table, steel square, twelfths scale, hoard feet, thermal shorts, rafter plate, waste factor, hip rafter, annual energy use, common rafter, cave edge, bridge measure, hip jack, finish flooring, jack rafter, instrument height, unit rise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The easiest way for contractors to find themselves facing difficulties today is for them not to have a sound understanding of the mathematics involved in their business. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
foot floor load, net vent area, estimating labor costs, total suction lift, grade rod, rafter table, cubic yds, valley rafter, brace table, steel square, twelfths scale, hoard feet, thermal shorts, rafter plate, waste factor, hip rafter, annual energy use, common rafter, cave edge, bridge measure, hip jack, finish flooring, jack rafter, instrument height, unit rise Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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