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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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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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Builder's Instant Answers
The Book Builders Turn to When They Need an
Answer FAST! - Whether you’re a construction professional who
needs a solution-oriented, quick-find manual or a homeowner who
wants help tackling tough weekend repairs, Builders Instant
Answers is the on-the-job resource you should always keep
within reach. Its the one book you can count on to solve even the
most difficult building problem in minutes! It features just enough text to answer your question -- but
not waste your time -- and all the charts, photos, illustrations,
and tables you need to speed to a solution. |
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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
Transform Your Bathroom From Blah to
Beautiful.
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! Keep construction on track with helpful
checklists, turn your dream of a custom home into reality! |
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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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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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Additions
Builders Instant Answers
Building Additions
For Pros By Pros Series
New Built-Ins Idea Book
Building Your Own Home
For Dummies
Homebuilding Basics
Carpentry |
