Shows how to develop plans for functional and attractive basement rooms including laundry rooms storage spaces bathrooms kitchens laundry rooms recreation rooms and more. Ive looked up reviews on amazon of books and none have glowing reviews. Complete the finishing touches.
I realize that was not the intent of the author as there are rows and rows of books focused on specific projects such as framing electrical etc.
Books on finishing a basement. A fact filled 240 page manual that covers every aspect of designing and planning a basement conversionremodeling project. Now you have all of your walls finished your wiring done and your plumbing fixtures installed you need to complete the finishing touches to make your basement look nice. It skims over framing plumbing electrical etc never getting into detail such as framing around windows proper dwv sizing etc. Its almost there just not quite.
Also i rarely see comments where someone says. I would definitely recommend this book to others and i am glad i bought it for i got out of it what i needed and wanted. Finish your basement this book and set of videos will show you how to finish your basement on your own. Projects and practical solutions for converting basements into livable space.
So the book needs to assume that i know only math and that i am thorough and can follow instructions. Ive read a couple of other books regarding finishing a basement and this is by far the most useless. Those are the details that you would really want to get from a book like this. Shows all the tools materials and techniques needed to finish a basement from framing walls to installing finish flooring and fixtures.
With more than 600 color photographs this book goes into thorough detail on crucial subjects like moisture and climate control egress ventilation. The complete guide to finishing basements. Just bought my first house and want to finish the basement myself. A major part of the finishing touches is the flooring.
This includes any woodwork such as hanging the doors and any trim work. I have never done construction or anything so im looking for a book to give me detailed instruction from first step on how to finish my basement. The best thing about the book is that it is very good with showing how to finish out a room or new bathroom or whatever type of room you decide to build or finish out in your basement it also gives tips and ideas about the most basic of codes for building which is good. Im preparing to begin work on finishing our unfinished basement and while this book is great at a project management level it doesnt go quite deep enough in detail on some topics as much as i would like.
I used this book from start to finish of my finished basement which is what im looking for. No previous experience required professional results easy starter projects a space for kids to be kids build an extra bathroom build that awesome theater room build a 35000 basement for 12000 how to get. Look at a few but they expect you to know certain stuff already. Instead it seems to focus on building your confidence by using a lot of.
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