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List Price: $37.95Price: $14.97 You Save: $22.98 (61%)as of 09/02/2010 11:08 EDT
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 643.7
Fabric Type: 9780942391657
Fax Number: Second Printing
Legal Disclaimer: 0942391659
Maximum Color Depth: Taunton Press
Metal Type: Taunton Press
Publisher: 1
Region Code: 343
Total External Bays Free: April 01, 1995
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For those who know how to do the repair work, an old house can be a good investment. This book is aimed at home owners who want to renovate their houses with professional results, as well as the professional contractor who is serious about renovation. George Nash begins by offering advice on whether an old house is worth taking on or not. He tells you how to set priorities and how to handle virtually every aspect of renovation. The techniques explained include how to replace foundations, rebuild windows, install roofing and siding, repair plaster, upgrade wiling, plumbing and heating systems and much more.
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I am working on an old house restoration and from my reading this book has useful and sage advice. It is not a beginners guide and does not waste time explaining tools and materials other than to point you to more complete sources of information. A very useful book for the intermediate woodworker or builder taking on an old house project.
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Fantastic, comprehensive book on old house restoration as well as maintenance. This one book contains more useful real-world information than a whole shelf's worth of those Home Depot, Black & Decker, etc. DIY books. And it's all delivered with intelligence, character and an occaisional dose of humor. This is a must have for anyone restoring or renovating and old house, living in and maintaining an old house and would be especially helpful to anyone who is about to 'go shopping' for an old house!
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in Kansas City. He read one chapter and pronounced it a collossal time saver, a validation of techniques he has heard from "old timers" in the craft, valued the colloquial and earthy writing style.
He especially appreciated the details on plasterwork, tile, window frames, rim joists and other esoterica.
I have given him many many books, and this won the Best Book Gift Ever award. That is saying quite a lot.
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If I had to recommend just one book on renovating old houses it would be this one. Like most similar Taunton Press books, the book is accurate, well written, and informative about techniques that a real person might want to use. It includes lots of information about how old houses are constructed, the kinds of things that tend to go wrong with them over time, and techniques for fixing them. It is realistic about budgets and time constraints. And, perhaps most important, it gives fair warning about ... Read More
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I believe this is the greatest book to read first in any attempt to restore and older home. Most homes relate to the late 1800's, but is revealing even for homes built in the early 1900's. Much detail from foundation to roof on restoring any part of an old cherised home for the do - it -yourselfer.
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