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Books on
Finishing or Remodeling Basements
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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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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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Complete Guide To
Finishing Basements - Black & Decker
Step-By-Step Basement
Projects For Adding Living Space Without Adding On
Creating extra living space affordably has never been easier. This
book shows dozens of different uses for basement spaces, then shows
readers exactly how to accomplish each task. Painstakingly clear
photos leave nothing to the imagination, as they teach consumers
exactly how to handle modern materials and tools to add an extra
bathroom, a family room, bedroom, home office, or game room to their
homes. |
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Complete Modern
Guide to Basement Waterproofing
Great Book for Learning About Leaking
Basements and Waterproofing Foundations
The book is written in straight forward, down-to-earth language. It
is well-organized, plus the many useful, full-page illustrations
make understanding easy-even for the novice homeowner. Whether you
are a do-it-yourselfer or seasoned professional, this unique
handbook is an indispensable tool in successfully achieving
permanent solutions to water seepage and structural damage problems,
from minor dampness to full-blown basement flooding. The highly
informative do-it-yourself section is an education at your
fingertips. |
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Dampness In
Buildings
Fully Explains The Nature of Dampness and
Condensation In Buildings
This book explains the nature of dampness in buildings, how to
diagnose a dampness problem before it gets out of hand and how to
deal with it. It covers the problems of rising dampness and
condensation (and how to distinguish them), which are generally not
fully understood, even by many professionals. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Remodeling a Basement -
Revised Edition - Build Like A Pro
Learn How To Remodel A Basement From
Start to Finish
Finishing a basement is one of the easiest and most cost-effective
ways to increase living space and the value of a home. This new
edition of a classic bestseller is updated to the latest code. The
book includes new information about egress windows and takes readers
through the entire remodeling process, showing how to construct new
family rooms, bathrooms, laundry rooms, workshops, and hobby rooms.
Filled with inspiring photos of finished basements, the latest
“Build Like a Pro” release is packed with nuts-and-bolts information
about wiring, plumbing, windows, and doors, as well as basic
construction techniques and the special problems that arise with
basement building. This hands-on guide will help homeowners and
contractors get the job done right the first time. |
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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. |
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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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