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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.
Building room additions and conversions is a multi-billion-dollar business every year. If you're already experienced in home building, you have the skills you need to succeed in this lucrative niche of the construction field. But it takes more than knowing how to frame straight and true. This manual shows you how to tackle items that are unique to room additions - like what is required for basement conversions, how to best box around unsightly beams and joists, methods of reinforcing ceiling joists for second-story conversions, requirements for bathroom additions, and how to complete attic conversions.
Each job you take will have its challenges. And the greater the challenge, the better your profit potential. The trick is to identify problems and solve them before they dissolve your profit and erode your reputation. This book covers the problems you're likely to run into when converting basements, attics, garages, and adding rooms to existing houses - from the footings to the roof.
Here you'll find how to build just about every item needed in constructing room additions:
- What's required for footings, foundations and slabs.
- How to plan floor, wall and ceiling framing.
- How to design and construct basement, attic, and main floor stairs.
- How to install sheathing and roofing.
- How to install interior and exterior finishes.
- How to design the best bathroom for the space.
- What's required in installing fireplaces and chimneys.
- How to tackle electrical work in additions.
And there's more. Besides the actual construction, you'll find help in designing, planning and estimating your jobs. Manhour charts, based on actual jobs the author has encountered in his long career, are provided for each part of the addition or conversion. They should improve the accuracy of your cost estimates, so you're sure you'll make a good profit, even on work you've never tackled before.
Finally, there's a chapter on making a business plan, with advice on marketing, financing, hiring and record-keeping. If you're thinking of taking on room additions and conversions, you can't afford to be without this complete guide.
Contents
Chapter 1: Starting Out. Chapter 2: Footings, Foundations and Slabs. Chapter 3: Basement Conversions and Construction. Chapter 4: Floor Framing. Chapter 5: Wall Framing. Chapter 6: Ceiling and Roof Framing. Chapter 7: Easy Steps to Stair Construction. Chapter 8: Modular Construction. Chapter 9: Sheathing, Roofing and Cornices. Chapter 10: Finishing Exterior Walls. Chapter 11: Finishing Walls and Ceilings. Chapter 12: Finish Floor Coverings. Chapter 13: Building the Bathroom. Chapter 14: Attic Conversions. Chapter 15: Building Fireplaces and Chimneys. Chapter 16: Electrical Work in Residential Additions. Chapter 17: Finishing with Paint and Wallpaper. Chapter 18: Making a Business Plan. Index.
About the Author
Jack P Jones has been building and remodeling homes for over 25 years. He's a skilled carpenter, plumber, mason and electrician. He's handled all types of residential and light commercial jobs, from minor remodels and add-ons to building highly-profitable spec homes. When housing prices and high interest rates forced many growing families to increase the living space in their current home rather than buy a larger house, Mr. Jones turned their need into a successful niche for himself. In this manual, his sixth for the construction industry, he shows exactly how to add quality living space to just about any home, in almost any price range. |
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