Book Description

OUT OF PRINT

A download version of all the Good Building Guides and Good Repair Guides can be found here. A CD version of the Guides can be found here.

BRE Good Building Guides tell you how to achieve good quality building. Drawing mainly on BRE site experience and research they provide clear technical advice and solutions.
Covering a range of subjects from roofing to offsite construction, the full set of available Good Building Guides - worth over £650 individually - is just £150.

Collated in a ring binder for ease of use, this set gives a library of information to any construction professional.

Good Building Guides are backed by the Department of Trade and Industry under the Partners in Innovation scheme.

The full set contains the following guides (PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME OF THESE GOOD BUILDING GUIDES ARE PRINTED FROM A SCANNED COPY)

• Achieving airtightness: Part 1: General principles GG67/1 (SCANNED COPY)
• Achieving airtightness: Part 1: Practical guidance on techniques: floors, walls and roofs GG67/2 (SCANNED COPY)
• Achieving airtightness: Part 3: Practical guidance on techniques: windows and doors, sealing methods and materials GG67/3
• Assessing external rendering for replacement or repair GG23
• Basement construction and waterproofing: Part 1: Site investigation and preparation GG72/1
• Basement construction and waterproofing: Part 2: Construction, safety, insulation and services GG72/2
• Below-ground drainage systems GG78
• Bracing trussed rafter roofs GG8 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building a new felted flat roof GG36 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building brickwork or blockwork retaining walls GG27 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building damp-free cavity walls GG33
• Building in winter GG34
• Building masonry with lime-based bedding mortars GG66 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building on brownfield sites: Part 1. Identifying the hazards. GG59/1 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building on brownfield sites: Part 2. Reducing the risks. GG59/2 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building reinforced, diaphragm and wide plan freestanding walls GG19 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building simple plan brick or blockwork freestanding walls GG14 (SCANNED COPY)
• Building without cold spots GG35
• Buildings and radon GG25
• Carbon monoxide detectors GG30
• Choosing external rendering GG18 (SCANNED COPY)
• Climate change GG63
• Connecting walls and floors - 2 part set GG29
• Construction and demolition waste: 2 part set GG57 (SCANNED COPY)
• Construction site communication: 2 part set GG54
• Disposing of rainwater GG38 (SCANNED COPY)
• Domestic chimneys for solid fuel - flue design and installation GG46
• Domestic floors - 5 part set GG28 (SCANNED COPY)
• Erecting, fixing and strapping trussed rafter roofs GG16
• Foundations for low-rise building extensions GG53 (SCANNED COPY)
• Freestanding brick walls - repairs to copings and cappings GG17
• Gravity drainage systems for buildings GG76
• Habitability guidelines for existing housing GG9
• Installing domestic automatic door controls GG48
• Installing domestic automatic window controls GG49
• Installing smart home digital networks GG77
• Installing thermal insulation: Part 1: Good site practice GG68/1 (SCANNED COPY)
• Installing thermal insulation: Part 2: Good site practice GG68/2 (SCANNED COPY)
• Installing wall ties GG41 (SCANNED COPY)
• Insulated external cladding systems GG31
• Insulated profiled metal roofs GG43 (SCANNED COPY)
• Insulating ground Floors GG45
• Insulating masonry cavity Walls - 2 PART SET GG44 (SCANNED COPY)
• Insulating roofs at rafter level: sarking insulation GG37
• Insulating solid masonry walls GG50
• Joist hangers GG21
• Level external thresholds GG47
• Lighting: Part 1. General principles GG61/1 (SCANNED COPY)
• Lighting: Part 2. Domestic and exterior GG61/2 (SCANNED COPY)
• Lighting: Part 3. Non-domestic GG61/3 (SCANNED COPY)
• Loft conversion: Part 1: Structural considerations GG69/1
• Loft conversion: Part 2: Safety, insulation and services GG69/2
• Maintaining exterior wood finishes GG22
• Minimising noise from domestic fan systems GG26
• Offsite construction: an introduction GG56 (SCANNED COPY)
• Outline guide to assessment of traditional housing for rehabilitation GG6
• Plasterboard: Part 1: Types and their applications GG70/1
• Plasterboard: Part 2: Fixing and finishing non-separating walls and floors GG70/2
• Plasterboard: Part 3: Fixing and finishing separating compartmenting walls and floors GG70/3
• Plastering and internal rendering: Part 1: Design and specification GG65/1 (SCANNED COPY)
• Plastering and internal rendering: Part 2: Workmanship GG65/2
• Protecting pipes from freezing GG40
• Providing temporary support during work on openings in external walls GG15 (SCANNED COPY)
• Provision of sanitary appliances and their space requirements GG79
• Radon protection for new domestic extensions and conservatories with solid concrete ground floors GG73
• Radon protection for new dwellings: Avoiding problems and getting it right! GG74
• Radon protection for new large buildings GG75
• Reed beds 2 part set GG42 (SCANNED COPY)
• Removing internal loadbearing walls in older dwellings GG20 (SCANNED COPY)
• Repairing external rendering GG24 (SCANNED COPY)
• Repairing or replacing lintels GG1 (SCANNED COPY)
• Replacing failed plaster GG7 (SCANNED COPY)
• Retro-installation of bed joint reinforcement in masonry
• Simple Foundations for low-rise Housing. 3 part set GG39 (SCANNED COPY)
• Site-cut pitched timber roofs: design. 2 part set. GG52
• Supplementary guidance for assessment of timber-framed houses: part 1. Examination GG11
• Supplementary guidance for assessment of timber-framed houses: part 2. Interpretation GG12
• Surveying brick or blockwork freestanding walls GG13 (SCANNED COPY)
• Surveying masonry chimneys for repair or rebuilding GG2 (SCANNED COPY)
• Temporary support for openings in external walls: assessing load GG10 (SCANNED COPY)
• The Quality Mark Scheme GG55
• Thin layer mortar masonry GG58
• Tiling and slating pitched roofs: Design criteria, underlays and battens GG64/1
• Tiling and slating pitched roofs: natural and manmade slates GG64/3
• Tiling and slating pitched roofs: plain and profiled clay and concrete tiles GG64/2
• Timber frame construction: an introduction GG60 (SCANNED COPY)
• Ventilated and unventilated cold pitched roofs GG51
• Ventilating thatched roofs GG32
• Water services for domestic properties GG80
• Working with local businesses and residents GG71

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