Remodeling Books & Addition Books

Remodeling Books & Addition Books

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. $34.95
Professional Kitchen Design Remodeling kitchens requires a "special" touch – one that blends artistic flair with function to create a kitchen with charm and personality as well as one that is easy to work in. Here you’ll find how to make the best use of the space available in any kitchen design job, as well as tips and lessons on how to design one-wall, two-wall, L-shaped, U-shaped, peninsula and island kitchens. Also includes what you need to know to run a profitable kitchen design business. $24.50
Professional Kitchen Design Remodeling kitchens requires a "special" touch – one that blends artistic flair with function to create a kitchen with charm and personality as well as one that is easy to work in. Here you’ll find how to make the best use of the space available in any kitchen design job, as well as tips and lessons on how to design one-wall, two-wall, L-shaped, U-shaped, peninsula and island kitchens. Also includes what you need to know to run a profitable kitchen design business. $24.50
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. $24.75	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. You’ll see what to repair, what to replace and what to leave, so you can remodel or restyle older homes for the least amount of money and the greatest increase in value. $33.50