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Title: Renovating Old Houses by George Nash ISBN: 1-56158-325-1 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: January, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Best All-Around Renovation Book
Comment: 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 the stresses and strains of living in a house one is fixing up.
One might want to supplement this book with more specific books about the kind of house you are working on, and books which provide more information about how to match materials and aesthetics to the existing fabric of the particular sort of house you have, but this book is not to be missed.
Rating: 5
Summary: Wonderful Reading for the Old House Renovator !
Comment: 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.
Rating: 5
Summary: A must have resource if you're even thinking about the topic
Comment: Don't touch your old house until you read this book. Its an eye opener about what to do and what not to do to renovate an old house and keep it from looking like you did. Didn't notice how many remodels in my neighborhood had been "remuddled" until reading what Nash has to say about keeping architechtural integrity. I live in a historical district, and this book has helped me maintain my 1860s house and given me insight as to how it was built, and how to fix it. Get this book FIRST!
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Title: Renovation: A Complete Guide (Updated 2nd Edition) by Michael Litchfield ISBN: 0806997753 Publisher: Sterling Publishing Pub. Date: 30 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Working Windows: A Guide to the Repair and Restoration of Wood Windows by Terence Meany ISBN: 155821707X Publisher: The Lyons Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Renovating and Restyling Older Homes: The Professional's Guide to Maximum Value Remodeling by Lawrence Dworin ISBN: 1572180293 Publisher: Craftsman Book Co Pub. Date: August, 1996 List Price(USD): $33.50 |
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Title: Caring for Your Old House : A Guide for Owners and Residents by Judith L. Kitchen ISBN: 0471143715 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 28 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Restoring Hardwood Floors (Storey Publishing Bulletin ; A-136) by Mary Twitchell ISBN: 0882663488 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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