Building Additions - For Pros By Pros

Adding 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 wont 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

-Convert a garage into living space

-Design and build a second-story addition thats compatible with the house

-Build a covered entryway

-Construct a family-room addition

-Build a screen porch

-Add a coffered ceiling

-Build a gable-dormer retrofit

-Frame an opening in a bearing wall

To get the best remodeling results, you need solid advice from the best in the business. For Pros By Pros books bring you field-tested techniques and real-world experience from the expert builders and remodeling pros who write for Fine Homebuilding magazine.

Paperback, 160 pages.

ISBN 978-1-56158-699-8

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