The House Handbook: Guidelines for Building or Remodeling Your Home
Editor's note
The following abstract describes a publication that is only available for purchase. A link to ordering information is on this page.
The House Handbook replaces the popular House Planning Handbook, Second Edition (1988). It discusses everything necessary to build or remodel a house that is affordable, attractive, convenient, efficient, healthy, and adaptable to changing needs throughout life.
Dozens of drawings plus black-and-white photographs complement the clearly written text.
Keywords
- Making decision to build or remodel.
- Locating and working with needed professionals
- Lenders
- Real estate agents
- Builders
- Landscapers
- Selecting a building site.
- Analytical decisions about individual areas and rooms
- Kitchen
- Bathroom
- Bedroom
- Home office
- Laundry
- Foundation
- Entryways
- Hallways
- Stairways
- Doors
- Storage areas
- Electrical
- Mechanical
- Environmental
- Water
- Sewer systems
Pages
MWPS16, reviewed May 2006