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Additions
Ideas for Increasing the Value and Comfort of a Home Through Well-Designed Additions
In this collection of articles originally
published in Fine Homebuilding magazine, some of Americas best
architects and builders prove that upgrading no longer means
uprooting. All across the country homeowners are increasing the
value and comfort of their homes by incorporating properly scaled
and artfully detailed custom additions. Whether you're thinking
about a substantial full-story addition or just adding the sun porch
you've always wanted, add this book to your library before you draft
the plans or hire a pro. |
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Specifically Geared for the Beginning
Stages of Planning an Addition
Breaks complex information
on structural, system, and site concerns into doable strategies.
Discusses options for materials as well as heating, ventilating, and
air-conditioning needs. Dozens of real-life inspirational
photographs and descriptive illustrations. Easy-to-use charts
streamline and organize planning and make it a pleasant task.
Prepares homeowners to work comfortably with a contractor to meet
design and budget parameters. |
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Builder's Guide to Room Additions
How to tackle problems unique to room additions,
such as requirements for basement conversions, reinforcing ceiling
joists for second-story conversions, handling problems in attic
conversions, and what's required for footings, foundations and slabs.
Explains how to design the best bathroom for the
space. Even covers how to handle upgrades to electrical work in
additions. Besides actual construction techniques, you'll find help in
planning and designing and estimating room additions. |
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Building
Additions
- For Pros By Pros
Field-tested techniques for adding on to your home
Adding onto a house presents builders and
remodelers with tough challenges. Whether framing a roof, tying into
an existing foundation, finishing out the room over a garage, or
building -- on a deck that won’t rot out the sills -- the more
expert advice you have up front, the better your work and the better
your business will be. Builders and remodelers consistently turn to
the experts at Fine Homebuilding magazine for the best
professional-grade information before they start a job. |
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Building Your Own
Home
For Dummies
Turn Your Dream of a Custom Home
Into Reality
Keep
construction on track with helpful checklists. Thinking about building your own home? This
easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build a beautiful
home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the best
architect to overseeing the construction, you get lots of savvy tips
on managing your new investment wisely — and staying sane during the
process! |
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Built-Ins
- Build Like A Pro Series
Expert Advice, Tips and Shortcuts
on Built-Ins to Provide More Storage Space
For anyone with basic
woodworking skills up to the most skilled master craftsman, this
book provides a unique perspective on built-ins - from strategic
planning, to dealing with idiosyncratic spaces, to practical advice
on a wide range of projects. As the latest addition to the
successful Build Like A Pro series, Built-Ins gives you 192 pages of
insights and guidance from longtime how-to author Bob Settich.
You'll discover all the tools, tips and techniques you need to
tackle everything from shelves and drawers to closets and
entertainment centers. |
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Built-Ins and
Storage
- For Pros, By Pros
Field-Tested Techniques For
Adding Storage To Your Home
Storage
never goes out of style. No matter how big the house, families
always need more storage, which makes creating storage one of the
magic words in the world of home building and remodeling. Built-in
details that work well and look great start with the expert advice,
tips, shortcuts, and techniques found in Taunton’s For Pros By Pros®
books. Built-Ins and Storage gives you the information
you need to select the right materials and complete each job to
professional-level standards. |
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Built-In
Furniture
A Gallery of Design Ideas for
Built-In Furniture In Your Home
Here are some of the
best examples of built-in furniture and cabinetry for nearly every
room in the house. Jim Tolpin treats you to a room-by-room survey of
unique design solutions and strategies that you can use to add
functional and delightful built-ins to your home. Built-in
furnishings offer many advantages over freestanding furniture: They
are generally less expensive to build than stand-alone furniture of
the same type and size. They give you great latitude in designing
the look and function of your interior spaces -- you are not limited
to designing around existing furniture pieces. You can also maximize
the use of the most unusual spaces while creating an effective and
aesthetically pleasing design solution. |
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Thorough Planning Guide To Building
Additions and Managing Contractors
Building a major addition
to your house can take over your life or drain your bank account if
you aren’t fully prepared with top-notch information. The Complete
Guide to Room Additions is both an insurance policy for dealing with
contractors and a planning guide that arms homeowners with vital
information about the remodeling process. But it also is much more
than that: it’s a hardworking how-to manual filled with hundreds of
photos that show you the hammer-and-nail details that go into these
major projects. From garage conversions to kitchen bump-pout
expansions, dormer additions and more, this book will be an
indispensable tool for any project that adds new square footage to
your home’s footprint. |
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Home
Extensions: Planning, Managing and Completing Your Extension
Step-By-Step
Guide to Planning and Adding An Extension
Home Extensions is a step-by-step guide designed to assist anyone
planning a new building project. It is filled with all the important
points of good building practice that must be observed during
construction works to ensure that the quality of the work is to an
acceptable standard. Topics covered include initial plans and
planning applications; finding contractors; buying materials;
managing the different stages; completing the work; and tying up
loose ends |
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A Comprehensive Introduction to Basic
Carpentry Techniques
Few of us were fortunate enough to have an experienced carpenter
like Larry Haun to teach us the basics of the craft. With nearly 50
years of experience as a production framer and as a long-time
teacher of carpentry and volunteer for Habitat for Humanity, Haun is
a master of his trade. Homebuilding Basics: Carpentry offers
newcomers to the trade, or anybody interested in acquiring the basic
knowledge of carpentry for their own projects, Larry Haun's many
years of knowledge and experience building accurately, efficiently,
and safely. |
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Humorous Guide to Avoiding the Common
Pitfalls of Building Additions
So you have decided
to build an addition. Have you gotten a loan and your permits? Have
you purchased your materials? Before you even begin, you should read
this hilarious guide, filled with humorous stories as well as
helpful advice on what NOT to do when you undertake a major house
renovation. If you've already built your addition or are in the
midst of your project, you will be nodding your head and laughing at
every page. Mr. Rayment delivers helpful hints on dealing with
inspectors, recruiting neighbors to help and making the project fun.
Chapters cover everything from electrical work, plumbing, finish
carpentry and even digging your foundation. Any book can tell you
how you should do it. W.J. Rayment will go one step further,
pointing out the pitfalls and common problems—what NOT to do. Fun
and informative. |
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New Rooms for Old Houses
Beautiful Additions for the Traditional Home
Published in conjunction with The National Trust for Historic
Preservation, NEW ROOMS FOR OLD HOUSES by renowned architect Frank
Shirley contains more than 300 full-color photos. It is a beautiful
design guide and essential resource for anyone who loves classic
American houses or is considering expanding an old home. Through
words and pictures, Shirley shows how to enlarge a home without
sacrificing the charm and character of the original structure. |
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