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5 Steps to a Dry Basement or Crawl Space
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5 Steps to a Dry Basement or Crawl Space
Learn How to Fix Wet Basement Problems
It's raining, water starts seeping into your home's basement; what can a homeowner do? Fortunately, a new comprehensive book from Welkin House can help fix that wet basement problem without expensive waterproofing methods. The author, Ronald Gay, is a veteran in the field of residential construction and consulting for over twenty years, specializing in wet-basement consulting for over ten. In this ground-breaking guide for homeowner and professional, new lessons are taught that make all the difference in solving this stressful, home-maintenance nightmare. This is an easy-to-understand, hands-on approach. Finally, every homeowner with a wet-basement or crawl space has a true ally.

Basement Ideas That Work

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Basement Ideas That Work
Your Dream Addition Is Right Under Your Feet -- In The Basement
How do you turn your basement into the place to be? You transform it from a cramped, musty space to terrific rooms your family members will want to be in. No more dreaded trips to put in a load of laundry in a dark, dank locale or retrieve something from gloomy, cavernous storage. Instead, you'll enter a warm, welcome family room, a cozy home office, or a slick gym. For the motivation to pull these basement renovations off, look to Basement Ideas That Work. Filled with practical and budget-friendly advice, Basement Ideas That Work not only helps you to get more enjoyment from your home, but increases its value in a single leap -- a finished basement reportedly earns an average of 90% of its remodeling cost back at resale.

Basement Design Guide (Better Homes & Gardens)

0696234580
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Basement Design Guide by Better Homes & Gardens
Step-By-Step Guide to Planning and Designing Your Basement Remodel Job

For basements that need more than a fresh coat of paint, the Basement Design Guide is a great place to start. This book offers step-by-step instructions on designing and planning the project, as well as practical advice for staying on budget, working within local building codes, choosing low-maintenance materials, and keeping moisture, fire codes, and heating and cooling in mind. Full-color photos throughout the book showcase stylish yet attainable basements complete with the newest design trends, from paneling to lighting to home entertainment systems.

Basements : Your Guide to Planning and Remodeling

0696208970
$12.95
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Basements: Your Guide to Planning & Remodeling
Excellent Resource for Remodeling Your Basement

Even the darkest, most cavernous space can be transformed into an attractive, practical area perfect for your needs! Helps you assess your basement's remodeling potential. Leads you step-by-step through transforming wasted square footage into practical living space. Covers playrooms, spare bedrooms, hobby spots, home offices and entertainment areas. How to deal with moisture and radon. Bonus room arranging kit with templates and graph are bound into the book

Built-In Furniture

RC-T070528
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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.

Built-Ins and Storage - For Pros, By Pros

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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.

Design Ideas for Basements (2nd Edition)

1580114245
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Design Ideas for Basements
Hundreds of Great Design Ideas for Your Basement
Design Ideas for Basements presents hundreds of ideas for turning a basement into stylish, comfortable living space. It also provides the information a homeowner needs to know before embarking on the project, including advice regarding permits, how to tackle moisture issues, providing light and access, and camouflaging the furnace and pipes.
Many examples of finished projects are featured: media and game rooms, home theaters, laundry facilities, offices, wine cellars, guest quarters, family rooms, built-in storage and closet, plus and more.

New Built-Ins Idea Book

RC-T070755
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New Built-Ins Idea Book
New Storage and Built-In Furniture Design Ideas For Any Room In The House
From cozy libraries and innovative cabinetry for electronics to clever storage in nooks and crannies, New Built-Ins Idea Book is a visual clip file of fresh ideas for incorporating built-in furniture and storage in any room of the house. More than 250 ideas from leading designers and architects show the wide range of possibilities for creating a room that functions well and looks great.

The Original Basement Waterproofing Handbook

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Original Basement Waterproofing Handbook
Learn The Options Available to Waterproof Your Basement
The handbook is unique in many ways. It is the only consumer oriented book to be written about this important subject. Since fully half of the homes in America ,with basements, leak water, it is indeed an important subject. The book is written in straight forward non-technical language. This, plus the fact that it is fully illustrated, make understanding easy-even for novice home owners. Of course pricing is included, as a protection against paying too much for a given service. The book is updated annually, to include new technology ,new pricing and new ideas. The list goes on, but perhaps most important of all, free consulting services are made available to every reader. For the first time, experts, myself included, are standing by on a daily basis to answer any lingering questions. The stakes can be very high when a home is being assaulted by ground water. Consulting Services will allow us to provide a level of reader satisfaction which this type of problem demands

Remodeling a Basement - Build Like a Pro Series

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Remodeling a Basement - Build Like A Pro
Learn How To Remodel A Basement From Start to Finish
Finishing a basement is one of the fastest and most cost-effective ways to increase living space in a home. Remodeling A Basement will help you visualize an inspiring range of basement remodeling possibilities, and go about the remodeling process in an organized and efficient way. You’ll find all phases are covered, from the physically demanding “dirty work” to rewarding finishing touches. It covers basic construction techniques and the special problems associated with basement building, such as moisture, framing against concrete, and plumbing for bathrooms and laundry rooms.

Tips & Traps for Remodeling Your Attic, Basement, and Garage (Tips and Traps)

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Tips & Traps for Remodeling Your Attic, Basement and Garage
Avoid Costly Mistakes While Adding Value To Your Home

Increase the livable square footage and market value of your home—without succumbing to the budget-busting pitfalls that typically plague home improvement projects. With Tips & Traps for Remodeling Your Attic, Basement, and Garage, you'll find everything you need to see your project through—from planning and design to assembling the right team of pros. You'll also do it without the expense and hassle of an addition, by using the existing elements of your home to maximum potential.

Ultimate Guide to Basements, Attics & Garages: Plan, Design, Remodel

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Ultimate Guide to Basements, Attics & Garages: Plan, Design, Remodel
Turn Attics, Basements & Garages into Useful Spaces
Found space...that’s what this book is all about. Readers will learn how to maximize the usable but unfinished areas in their house as new living space for their growing family, without the expense of a costly addition and without the trouble of moving to a larger house. Dozens of inspirational, colorful photographs exhibit delightful design alternatives for the basement, attic, and garage. Over 580 full-color drawings and photographs illustrate construction techniques in detailed, step-by-step procedures. Some of the topics covered in Ultimate Guide to Basements, Attics & Garages include planning and design; framing attics, basements, and garages; installing skylights; finishing walls and ceilings; building stairs and framing floors; installing windows and doors; and much more.
 

 

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Basement Ideas That Work
Basement Ideas That Work

Built-In Furniture
Built In Furniture

Taunton’s For Pros by Pros: Built-Ins and Storage
Built-Ins and Storage

Remodeling a Basement: Build Like a Pro
Remodeling a Basement