Название: Ceramic and Stone Tiling: A Complete Guide
Автор: John Ripley
Издательство: Crowood Press
Год: 2005
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 83 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Many tiling books adopt a hypothetical stance, presenting easy choices involving perfectly flat walls and tiles that are always simple to cut. This book demonstrates how a do-it-yourself enthusiast can carry out a tiling job to a high standard in situations that exist in the real world. The author, whose 50-year career has encompassed every aspect of the tiling trade, has considerable experience of what can go wrong. Here, he passes on his extensive knowledge, showing the reader how to avoid problems and how to overcome them when they do arise. Thoroughly and accessibly, the book covers all the basic processes, from design to the final grouting and cleaning; trouble-shooting; and tiling with ceramic, terracotta, marble, slate, and granite.

Название: Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Finishing Basements
Издательство: Cool Springs Press
Год: 2009
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 24 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Creating extra living space affordably has never been easier. This book shows dozens of different uses for basement spaces, then shows readers exactly how to accomplish each task. Painstakingly clear photos leave nothing to the imagination, as they teach consumers exactly how to handle modern materials and tools to add an extra bathroom, a family room, bedroom, home office, or game room to their homes.

Название: Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Finishing Basements (2013)
Издательство: Cool Springs Press
Год: 2013
Формат: PDF
Размер: 116 Мб
Язык: английский / English

A fact-filled, 240-page manual that covers every aspect of designing and planning a basement conversion/remodeling project. With more than 600 color photographs, this book goes into thorough detail on crucial subjects like moisture and climate control, egress, ventilation, lighting, and many other issues. It deals comprehensively with adapting home mechanical systems to basement conditions. The many featured projects include finishing a bathroom stub-out, installing an all-new basement bathroom, insulating, repairing foundation walls, installing sump pumps, dehumidification strategies, as well as many other projects designed for livability.

Название: How to Build a Simple Three Bedroom Shipping Container House
Автор: Bill Hebner, Chad Smith
Издательство: Independently Published
Год: 2014
Формат: EPUB
Размер: 10 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Architects in the western world spend their time creating “form”, building that are not just buildings… they are an expression of art… When architects use shipping containers to build they are creating something cool… too cool for most of us that want a practical place to live. Township people in Africa and other developing countries want “function”. With whatever I can find, please just give me a place to be safe and to sleep out of the rain. Shipping containers used as homes this way are nothing but a box, and they can get hot, too hot….

Название: Все о кровле. Секреты мастера
Автор: Беспяткин Э.
Издательство: СПб.: Питер
Год: 2012
Cтраниц: 128
Формат: pdf
Размер: 11 мб
Язык: русский

Эдуард Беспяткин – профессиональный кровельщик с огромным опытом работы. Эта книга должна быть в библиотеке каждого домашнего мастера! Особенно, если предстоит дачное строительство. Просто и доступно в ней изложена технология устройства кровли и ее элементов, представлен сравнительный обзор всех необходимых материалов и инструментов, даются советы по выбору бригад и организаций для строительства.

Название: Современные погреба, гаражи, летние кухни и летний душ
Автор: Романченко Е.
Издательство: Аргумент Принт
Год: 2013
Формат: PDF
Размер: 22 Мб
Язык: русский

Книга предназначена всем, кто хочет своими силами спланировать, спроектировать и разместить на своем участке хозяйственные постройки — гараж, погреб, летнюю кухню и летний душ. Вы узнаете, как правильно выбрать место строительства, какие инструменты необходимы для проведения работ, а также найдете детальную информацию о всех этапах строительства.

Название: Installing Floors
Автор: Joseph Truini
Издательство: Taunton Press
Год: 2010
Формат: PDF
Размер: 21 Мб
Язык: английский / English

There is a wide variety of flooring options available -- wood, tile and stone, laminate, resilient vinyl, bamboo, and cork -- and Installing Floors shows homeowners how to lay them all like a pro. In this new title from the successful Build Like A Pro series, contractor and experienced author Joseph Truini covers the subject in great detail; he walks readers through the process of installation -- made attainable through more than 350 step-by-step photos and illustrations -- and explains the benefits and unique properties of different materials. Like previous titles in the series, this book delivers on its promise of, "expert advice from start to finish."

Название: DIY Projects for the Self-Sufficient Homeowner
Автор: Betsy Matheson
Издательство: Cool Springs Press
Год: 2011
Формат: PDF
Размер: 38 Мб
Язык: английский / English

Build your way to a more self-sufficient lifestyle with step-by-step projects for backup and supplementary utilities--including independent water, heat, and electricity--growing and storing food, raising small livestock, beekeeping, and more. Many of the projects require basic materials available at your everyday home center, but this book also provides valuable DIY resources for solar, hydro, greenhouse, and gardening needs. This book will help you build security with utility backup systems and become more sustainable, resulting in less dependence on city systems for basic needs. Whether you have a city plot or simply pots, this book includes all of the information needed to plan, build, and succeed with greater self-sufficiency.

Название: Trim Complete: Expert Advice from Start to Finish
Автор: Greg Kossow
Издательство: Taunton Press
Год: 2008
Формат: PDF
Размер: 114 Мб
Язык: английский / English

If you want to give your house a one-of-a-kind personality, all the finishing touches have to be just right. Of course, that includes the interior trim and molding that's so crucial to the inner beauty of your home. Trim Complete delivers all the information you'll need to handle these important projects like a pro. With detailed instructions and over 800 step-by-step photos, expert carpenter Greg Kossow shows you how to complete every possible trim project, from simple baseboards to complicated casings. He even includes hard-to-find advice about complex crown moldings and creating custom moldings.

Название: Беседки, перголы, ротонды и другие малые архитектурные формы
Автор: Самойлов В.С., Левадный В.С.
Издательство: Аделант
Год: 2009
Страниц: 321
Формат: PDF
Размер: 10 МB
Язык: русский

Тема возведения на приусадебном участке построек в виде малых архитектурных форм стала особенно актуальной. Но литературы по этому вопросу до сих пор очень мало. Настоящая книга призвана восполнить этот пробел.