A bathroom redo is one of the most popular remodelling projects. If homeowners aren't thinking about an update, they're considering a full-scale remodel. No matter what they're planning, they'll find plenty of inspiration in this up-to-date bathroom design sourcebook packed with innovative solutions and practical advice. This revised edition features over 350 ideas covering a range of bathroom styles and sizes. All aspects are considered: choices for fixtures, lighting and cabinetry; finishes fo...
New homes, extensions and DIY remodelling all require solid professional framing. This book explains the tools, techniques and trade secrets expert builders need and use to frame floors, walls and ceilings. Achieve top-notch results without inspection hold-ups or client call-backs! From truing up a mudsill and cutting multiple parts in a single pass of the saw (a tremendous time-saver) to selecting headers, erecting trusses and completing cathedral and coffered ceilings, this guide delivers the...
Reducing energy consumption and costs is an issue of ever-increasing importance and European and national legislation aimed at reducing carbon emissions is tightening up minimum energy standards for new buildings and those being extended or renovated. Energy-saving measures in the home will, therefore, become ever more cost-effective throughout our lifetimes.
By definition, home is a place to share, bet that with family or friends. Yet however gregarious our lifestyles, we all need solitary spaces away to work, relax or unwind after the stresses of the day and Private Places is the book that allows you to create these areas. Part one of the book looks at transforming traditional rooms through furnishing and layout. Part two shows how to carve out quiet spots from unseen places such as corridors or landings. The final part looks at more radical option...
This superb do-it-yourself and home improvements handbook covers all the information you need about maintaining and improving your house or apartment with complete success, with detailed instructions and helpful hints and tips from expert authors. It shows the beginner the best way to tackle problems and gives practical and helpful advice on floors, walls, ceilings, windows, doors, drains, gutters, roofs, paths and drives, insulation and ventilation.
Ageing Safely in the Home of YOUR Choice
by Jean-Francois Pinsonnault
A New Yorker writer composes a thoughtful, adventure-filled, witty look at what the spaces one inhabits says about him or her, and explores the pleasures of home renovation projects great and small.
Built-ins make a house more functional, liveable, personal and comfortable. A smaller kitchen with well-placed built-ins can be more efficient and inviting than a great big kitchen. A bathroom may become instantly more useful and less cramped with the addition of just one or two well-placed built-ins. Buiit-ins Idea Book gathers lots of good ideas into one place: easy to look through, easy to carry, it's an all-in-one resource for design ideas as well as the pros and cons of the many built-in st...
In this book, Anne McKevitt turns her attention to four very different kitchens and shows how to transform them. With something to suit every situation and budget.
Maintaining the Exterior of Small and Medium Size Historic Buildings (Preservation Briefs and Preservation Tech. Notes)