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GENERAL EDITOR'S FOREWORD
THE AIM Oof the Teach Yourself Building Series is to assist
those who are desirous of acquiring information concerning
building methods and practice.
It is not intended that these books will take the place of
textbooks or recognised courses of study at Technical
Colleges, but they should appeal to all students of building
because each volume has been written bya specialist in his
own particular subject.
The series covers almost every branch of the building
crafts and allied professional practice.
In placing before the public this comprehensive work on
Building, no apology is necessary for continuing to describe
and illustrate traditional methods of building construction,
because it is of vital importance that the layman who desires
to become acquainted with building technique should be
instructed in the basic principles of building.
There is really very little difference between traditional
methods of building and the form of construction which
has been developed to meet the requirements of the
immediate post-war era. As pre-fabrication and standardi-
sation will be the main features in the construction of
post-war buildings, these materials and methods have been
described and illustrated within the framework of this
series, but no attempt is made to theorise on their
comparative values.