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

Product Description: AVOID COSTLY MISTAKES WHILE ADDING VALUE AND LIVING SPACE TO YOUR HOME! Increase the livable square footage and market value of your homewithout 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 throughfrom 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. Written in clear, easy-to-understand language by a 30-year veteran of the construction and remodeling industry, Tips & Traps for Remodeling Your Attic, Basement, and Garage delivers expert guidance to help you: Choose the right existing space to remodel, based on your needs Plan and work with contractors and subcontractors Understand "hard" construction data like raising the roof, and framing floors and walls Address stairways and exterior considerations Plan for plumbing, electrical, and HVAC issues Select appropriate fixtures and finishes Packed with dozens upon dozens of informative illustrations, this indispensable resource also provides a wealth of time- and money-saving forms to make dealing with contractors and construction matters easier than ever before. Don't begin your home improvement project without it!

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AVOID COSTLY MISTAKES WHILE ADDING VALUE AND LIVING SPACE TO YOUR HOME!

208 pages, Paperback
Published October 2006
ISBN: 0071475575
ISBN-13: 9780071475570