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Bathroom Remodeling For Dummies
Transform Your Bathroom From Blah to Beautiful. We're a nation of countless bathrooms that are on the brink of being torn apart, redesigned, and remodeled. Bathrooms are big! They've gone from being a convenience to a luxury. Welcome to Bathroom Remodeling For Dummies, where you'll discover how to transform your bathroom from blah to beautiful and inefficient to well-designed. Remodeling a bathroom is a challenge – it's action-oriented and requires extra energy and stamina. But you, undoubtedly, realize it's a challenge you want to take on. This guide can help if you every step of the way.

Be a Successful Remodeling Contractor
AN INSIDER'S GUIDE TO A CAREER IN THE LUCRATIVE REMODELING BUSINESS - The Third Edition of R. Dodge Woodson's - Be a Successful Building Contractor will give you the business savvy you need to set up and manage a profit-making enterprise! Packed with dozens of handy business forms, the book will help you define your business requirements-find desirable building lots-build on speculation-computerize your operations-track financial transactions-hire top-notch employees-and much more.

Build Like a Pro Series:

Builders Essentials: Best Business Practices for Builders & Remodelers
A proven and easy-to-use checklist system to help builders and remodelers reach their full potential for success and profit. Includes over 40 checklists and a dedicated Web site. A special Crisis Control section gives you quick advice and expert tips for solving emergencies and common problems on the job--and helps you learn what you can do to avoid conflicts in the future.

Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement
If you're one of the 50 million plus homeowners who will perform some type of home improvement project this year-here's your chance to save some serious money. Armed with The Complete Photo Guide to Home Improvement, readers can improve the value of their home while saving hundreds or even thousands of dollars each year by doing some or all of the work themselves.

Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies
Step-By-Step Guide to Building with Environmentally Friendly Construction Methods - Want to build responsibly, reduce waste, and help preserve the environment? Green Building & Remodeling For Dummies is your friendly, step-by-step guide to every facet of this Earth-friendly method of construction. Building a home—even a green home—uses plenty of resources and energy. This practical, hands-on book shows you how to build or remodel conscientiously, whether your dream home is a simple remodel or a brand-new multimillion-dollar mansion. You’ll start by identifying green materials and sizing up potential systems and construction sites. You’ll weigh the pros and cons of popular green building methods and identify opportunities for saving money in the long run. Need to find some green professionals to assist you in your venture? We’ll help you do that, too

Home Improvement All-In-One For Dummies
The Best of Nine For Dummies Home Improvement Books in One 720 Page Volume - Put on your grubbies, get out your tools, and get ready to tackle home repairs and improvements with the goof-proof instructions in this guide that combines the best of nine For Dummies home improvement books in one comprehensive volume. Whether you’re an accomplished do-it-yourselfer or a novice, the easy-to-follow instructions, complete with photos and illustrations, will guide you every step of the way.

Home Improvement For Dummies
A Whole-House Repair Manual of Minor Home Improvements You Can Do Yourself - All home improvements don’t require a contractor. Installing a smoke detector, painting a room, and unclogging a sink are all home improvements. In fact, doing the job yourself is often cheaper and always more rewarding. There’s no mystery to home repair. The most important tool you need to make home repairs is know-how—to fix the problem at hand and to buy the other tools and hardware you’ll need! Home Improvement For Dummies is a whole-house repair manual for everyone from fledgling do-it-yourselfers to seasoned handymen and women. This anybody-can-do-it approach will help you with a repair that needs fixing right away or get you started on a project you’ve been planning.

Home Improvement 101
Everyday care & repair is made easy with this maintenance guide for the DIY novice. Home Improvement 101 is an easy-to-understand but comprehensive guide to common home maintenance and repair tasks, written specifically for less experienced do-it-yourselfers. From cleaning stains from carpets to unclogging drains, from dealing with insects and pests to fixing a leaky roof, it's all here-everything you forgot to learn from your parents about maintaining a home. Home maintenance is not only possible; it can be easy and rewarding, with this one-of-a-kind book.

Home Maintenance For Dummies
Timesaving, Trouble-Preventing Strategies for Maintaining Your Home - Having a house can be a hassle. But thanks to timesaving, trouble-preventing strategies from these nationally recognized experts, now anyone can keep his or her palace in regal repair and have plenty of time left over for the fox hunts. This friendly book covers everything from plumbing to painting, with handy calendars to ensure nothing falls through the cracks -- including the cracks!

House Check
Finding and fixing common house problems - Bubbling paint. Water dripping from light fixtures. Mysterious smells. Groaning pipes and gurgling tubs. Your house is trying to tell you something. House Check is designed to help you learn what it's saying. With this guide, you can probably figure out quickly what's causing those odd symptoms and what, in a nutshell, you should do to set things right. The information in its charts is based on thousands of houses we've observed, from Vermont to California.

Kitchen Remodeling For Dummies
A Complete, Easy-To-Follow Reference Guide to Remodeling Your Kitchen - Real estate, building, and remodeling surveys reveal that the one project likely to give you a 100 percent return on the dollars invested is a kitchen remodel. And whether the project is as involved as gutting the room back to the wall studs or as simple as applying a fresh coat of paint, each project is an investment in your home’s value and, ultimately, in your enjoyment of using the space. Remodeling a kitchen is a big job, but it’s not so big that anyone – with the right guidance and understanding – couldn’t feel comfortable tackling at least some parts of the job. Kitchen Remodeling For Dummies is the reference tool to use

Profits in Buying & Renovating Homes
Step-by-step instructions for selecting, repairing, improving, and selling highly profitable "fixer-uppers." Shows which price ranges offer the highest profit-to-investment ratios, which neighborhoods offer the best return, practical directions for repairs, and tips on dealing with buyers, sellers, and real estate agents. Shows you how to determine your profit before you buy, what "bargains" to avoid, and how to make simple, profitable, inexpensive upgrades.

Remodeler's Instant Answers
THE FASTEST WAY TO ANSWER ANY REMODELING QUESTION! - If you're a construction contractor intent on finishing your next remodeling assignment on time and within budget, Remodelers Instant Answers is the on-the-job resource you need within arms reach at all times. Its the one book you can count on to solve even the toughest remodeling problem in seconds!

Renovating Old Houses
Bringing new life to vintage homes - The definitive book on how to bring an old house back to life -- without destroying its spirit -- is now updated with all new color photography. Experienced contractor George Nash covers everything -- from replacing foundation walls to repairing old windows, including how to save what's irreplaceable, where to use the best materials, when it's necessary to update (and when it's not), and how to make repairs that will endure. This revised edition also contains a new chapter on preventive maintenance plus a resource guide.

Renovating & Restyling Older Homes
Any builder can turn a run-down old house into a showcase of perfection – if the customer has unlimited funds to spend. Unfortunately, most customers are on a tight budget. They usually want more improvements than they can afford – and they expect you to deliver. This book shows how to add economical improvements that can increase the property value by two, five or even ten times the cost of the remodel. Sound impossible? Here you’ll find the secrets of a builder who has been putting these techniques to work on Victorian and Craftsman-style houses for twenty years

Renovation, 3rd Edition
Get the job done right with spot-on advice from pros who know. The "bible" for home renovators for over 25 years, Renovation has now been completely revised and updated with all new color photography. Completely rewritten with additional chapters and 700 new photos taken on job sites across North America, RENOVATION 3 represents thousands of conversations with carpenters, electricians, engineers, plumbers, painters, masons, architects, and other building professionals.

Remodeling Estimating

2008 National Home Improvement Estimator
Current labor and material prices for home improvement projects. Provides manhours for each job, recommended crew size, and the labor cost for the removal and installation work. Material prices are current, with location adjustment factors and free monthly updates on the Web. Gives step-by-step instructions for the work, with helpful diagrams, and home improvement shortcuts and tips from an expert. Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book, and National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows estimating program, plus an interactive multimedia tutorial that shows how to use the disk to compile home improvement cost estimates.

2008 National Renovation & Insurance Repair Estimator
Current prices in dollars and cents for hard-to-find items needed on most insurance, repair, remodeling, and renovation jobs. All price items include labor, material, and equipment breakouts, plus special charts that tell you exactly how these costs are calculated. Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows estimating program, plus an interactive multimedia video that shows how to use the disk to compile construction cost estimates.

2008 National Repair & Remodeling Estimator
The complete pricing guide for dwelling reconstruction costs. Reliable, specific data you can apply on every repair and remodeling job. Up-to-date material costs and labor figures based on thousands of jobs across the country. Includes a CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book with National Estimator, a stand-alone Windows™ estimating program, plus an interactive multi-media video that shows how to use the disk to compile construction cost estimates.

BNI Home Remodeler's Costbook 2008
Published in conjunction with the National Association of Home Builders, this Building News Costbook is a companion reference to the Home Builder's Costbook. The cost data are presented as unit prices listing all components of home construction, including the unique intricacies of remodeling. These cost data are used for detailed estimates, bids, checking prices, changing orders--instances where accuracy is key. Plus, man-hour tables, reference tables, and an expanded, geographical index, featuring all 50 states and over 200 cities

BNI Remodeling Costbook 2008
Costs are Broken Out by Easy-to-Work-With Categories for Fast, Accurate Figuring Material Costs: Represent national averages for prices a contractor would expect to pay, plus allowances for allowing. Researched as close to publication time as possible for maximum accuracy and timeliness. Labor Costs: Prevailing rates - appropriate for each trade and type of work. Eliminates costly "guesstimates." Overhead and Profit: Commonly applicable taxes, insurance and other factors are included. No confusion about what a number includes and what it doesn't.

Estimating & Bidding for Builders & Remodelers
All the information you need for estimating and bidding construction and home improvement projects. Explains what you need for a career as a construction estimator, how to construct a take-off from the plans, how to check the details of an estimate, prepare a schedule, deal with subs, and calculate project overhead and profit. Also covers how to estimate remodeling work for typical remove and replace jobs, and include markup for remodeling work.

2006 Gulf Coast Reconstruction Estimator
Here you’ll find current prices for reconstruction of hurricane damage for the Gulf states. Covers specialty items like cleaning, mold remediation, and repair work. All prices include labor, material, and equipment breakouts. Over 600 clear illustrations help you identify exactly what is being estimated. Area modifications for over 50 cities in the Gulf area help you modify the costs in this book to the city nearest you. Includes waste factors, equipment rental costs, labor cost per man, and productivity expected. Includes a FREE CD-ROM with an electronic version of the book, a stand-alone estimating program (National Estimator for Windows™) and a multimedia tutorial.

Repair and Remodeling Estimating Methods
Focuses on the unique problems of estimating renovations of existing structures. It helps you determine the true costs of remodeling through careful evaluation of architectural details and a site visit. This step-by-step guidance, coupled with a CSI division-by-division discussion of potential pitfalls and two sample estimates, gives you a real foundation for estimating remodeling work

RS Means Contractor's Pricing Guide: Residential Repair & Remodeling 2007
Reliable Construction Cost Information Just for You - the Residential Repair and Remodeling Contractor. Total unit price costs for every aspect of the most common repair and remodeling projects. Now in a new format! Organized the way you build - from frame to finish. Covers every step needed to complete each task. Includes demolition, installation, painting, cleaning and more.

RS Means Repair & Remodeling Cost Data 2007 Book
- For anyone who must make accurate estimates for rehab and renovation projects… If you are working in J.O.C., D.O.C., or S.A.B.E.R. environments, you will definitely need the new 2007 Means Repair & Remodeling Cost Data - since all their contracts specify Means Data. This year, take the guesswork out of estimating any repair and remodeling project, anywhere in the country, from simple to complex projects: office space, manufacturing, historical preservation, retail, schools and hospitals, and more. more also on CD-ROM + Combos available