By The Editors of Fine Homebuilding
magazine
Field-tested techniques
for adding on to your home
Building additions 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.
Written by the pros who actually do the work, these articles will
help you to:
- Add a foundation addition that anchors
solidly with the existing foundation
- Build a classic sunroom addition
- Convert a garage into living space
- Design and build a second-story addition
that’s compatible with the house
- Build a covered entryway
- Construct a family-room addition
- Build a screen porch addition
- Add a coffered ceiling
- Build a gable-dormer retrofit
- Frame an opening in a bearing wall
About the For Pros by Pros series
To get the best results when building or remodeling, you need advice
from the best professionals in the business. For Pros By Pros books
bring together the expert designers, builders, and remodeling pros
who have written for Fine Homebuilding magazine.
Introduction:
Mosquitoes weren’t on my mind when I climbed
up on the porch roof to replace an old layer of roll roofing with a
new one, but the bugs soon discovered me. Without the protection of
insect repellent, the feast was on. But I had brought along a secret
weapon: two gallons of blind nail cement. This sticky asphalt
emulsion is essential for adhering roll roofing to the roof deck and
to itself. Soon I was covered with the stuff. And with every
well-directed slap, my face, neck, and upper body began to take on a
leopard-like appearance. I discovered that the tar spots were immune
to insect attack, and I noted that the goo captured and doomed the
bugs careless enough to land on it.
Fortunately, the work of winterizing the porch -- my first addition
project -- proceeded more smoothly after the roofing episode. Today,
countless construction projects later, I’ve been able to improve my
skills and my design sense by paying attention to Fine
Homebuilding’s expert authors. They’re among the best
professionals in the building business -- veteran contractors and
designers with the experience and know-how to guide you through a
broad range of addition projects—from building basic foundations and
porches to framing dormers and hanging drywall.
For any addition project to succeed, good design is just as
important as sound construction. That’s why you’ll also find an
inspiring selection of case studies included here. These projects
demonstrate creative, cost-effective ways to build additions and
convert existing parts of the house into living space. If you’re
aiming to make a small house bigger, the ideas and expert advice on
these pages will help you achieve topnotch results.
-
Tim Snyder - Executive Editor, Fine Homebuilding
Contents:
1. Basements, Foundations, and Masonry
An Addition Foundation
Supporting an Addition
Laying Up Concrete Block
2. Porches, Decks, and Sunrooms
A Builder’s Screen Porch
A Dining Deck
Adding a Sunroom with Porch
A Classic Sunroom
3. Framing and Finishing Solutions
Keeping a Dormer Addition Clean and Dry
A Different Approach to Rafter Layout
A Gable-Dormer Retrofit
Supporting a Cantilevered Bay
Remodeling with Metal Studs
Solo Drywall Hanging
4. Case Studies: Innovative Additions
A Dramatic Family-Room Addition
A Well-Lit Addition
Converting a Garage into Living Space
A Suburban Metamorphosis
Adding a Second Story
Credits
Index
Soft-cover, 8-1/2 x 10-7/8 in., 160 pages,
with color photos and drawings
Published 2005
ISBN 978-1-56158-699-8
Building Additions
For Pros By Pros
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