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Porches and decks add beauty and value to a house and also make it easy to enjoy being outdoors. But these spaces have to be properly designed and built to stand up to the weather. This collection of practical projects brings together the professional advice you need to build attractive and lasting porches & decks. You'll learn how to: - Design wooden porches and decks that suit any house - Choose materials that resist rot and hold up to damp weather - Add more living space to your home with a screened porch - Build a deck that is plain and simple - Make attractive and ingenious screens that let breezes in but keep bugs out - Create attractive deck details such as built-in furniture, decorative post caps, and railings * For Pros, By Pros series: written by professional builders who actually do the work, then offer the very best design and construction advice plus building site-proven tips and techniques. * Fine Homebuilding is the leading international journal for home builders and architects.
Framing roofs can be one of the most challenging jobs in carpentry because of the difficult angles and intersections involved. Master carpenters explain the techniques they use to lay out, design and build all kinds of residential roofs. This illustrated title is divided into 15 chapters and includes information on how to plan and build gable roofs, hip roofs, dormers and bay windows, and many other types of roofs. It also explains how to frame with trusses and how to handle tough situations, such as irregular hips and pitches.
If you are planning a new kitchen, remodelling an old one, or just trying to decide what type of cabinets and countertop you want to build and install, this text offers professional advice from designer and builders on how to: design a functional and accessible kitchen; remodel your kitchen to your family's needs, choose, build and install quality cabinets; find the best materials to use for a lasting countertop. This is one of a series of books written by professional builders who actually do the work, then offer the best design and construction advice along with building site-proven tips and techniques.
In this book, Taunton present 21 articles from past issues of "Fine Homebuilding" magazine, - all of which deal with windows and doors-choosing them, building them, installing them, fixing them. Written by builders, these articles represent hard-won knowledge and years of experience. Because they're often called on to remodel homes, builders see first-hand what has and hasn't worked. You'd be hard pressed to find better advice than what's collected here. You'll learn techniques that yield weather-tight installation, how to choose energy-efficient units, how to install specialty doors, how to make stock windows a custom look, and more.
This book is bound to secure its reputation as the most respected, widely followed how-to guide for dedicated pros and passionate amateurs. Building a good foundation is critical to any home, it's vital as it provides a solid structure upon which all other work rests. Written by seasoned builders, this revised edition of "Foundations and Concrete Work" features 15 new articles from "Fine Homebuilding" magazine. With more than 300 on-the-job photos and drawings, this resource distils decades of hands-on, builder-tested methods and techniques, and places them right into your hands.