Home Repair and Renovation

This book is concerned with what and why as much as it is with how-to. From foundations to finish flooring, you'll find the tools and materials you...

Profit-boosting residential remodeling techniques! "Cosmetic remodeling" gives you a powerful way of offering cost-conscious clients fabulous home ...

Insurance restoration, the repair of buildings damaged by water, fire, smoke, storms, and other disasters, is an exciting and challenging field of ...

While new construction has slowed to a crawl and upgrading to a bigger house is no longer a sure thing, more and more homeowners are choosing to re...

Remodeling a kitchen is fun, practical, and one of the best return-on-investment, home-improvement projects out there. Taunton's proven Build Like ...

Compiling the most useful material from the first four editions of Architectural Graphic Standards published between 1932 and 1951, this book bring...

Sarah Susanka's The Not So Big House spoke to millions of disenchanted homeowners who want to downsize their dream home without diminishing the dre...

The attractive and distinctive fireplace mantels in this book will inspire homeowners to undertake one of the most popular renovation projects in t...

Why is my faucet leaking, my toilet running, or my dishwasher refusing to start? Can I fix it myself? What's causing the heating system to smell ba...

"I started with very little capital, some basic construction skills, a few tools and a willingness to learn and take chances. That was 12 years ago...

Home Repair and Maintenance provides students with the basic information needed to safely use hand tools, power tools, and assorted building materi...

They have researched hundreds of warranty issues for NAHB members and wrote Warranties for Builders and Remodelers to help inform and protect build...

Kitchen renovations are one of the most popular types of renovation projects -- resulting in thousands of jobs per year for the savvy remodeler who...

To get the best results when building or remodeling, you need advice from the best professionals in the business. For Pros By Pros books bring toge...

Step-by-step instructions for selecting, repairing, selling "fixer-uppers." Chapters on inspecting a structure for renovation potential precede sec...

If you're interested in getting new jobs by expanding the usable living space in your customer's homes, finishing a basement is a smart way to make...

This latest edition of Kitchen Remodeling from the editors of Fine Homebuilding provides all the advice you need to remodel a kitchen of any size o...

So long McMansions and rambling square footage...small homes are in! Easier to maintain and more affordable in hard economic times, small houses ar...

Smaller is big, says architect and author Katie Hutchison, whose book The New Small House shows those looking to downsize how they can live smartly...

Turf maintenance and facilitating can be a difficult job, especially when there aren’t too many texts and resources to go off of.  Turf Maintenance...

The Complete Book of Locks and Locksmithing is the most updated and current volume of locks and lock information on the market. You won’t find a be...

The Simplified Irrigation Design, 2nd Edition is the perfect guide for irrigation designers, installers, and students.  This guide will help make i...

A complete guide to estimating painting costs for just about any type of residential, commercial, or industrial painting, whether by brush, spray, ...

Current labor and material prices for home improvement projects. Provides manhours for each job, recommended crew size, and the labor cost for the ...