Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Garages 2nd Edition

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Garages 2nd Edition
Author: Editors of Cool Springs Press
Publisher: Cool Spring Press
Total Pages: 243
Release: 2017-05-08
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1591866847

Planning a new garage? This guide covers several new sets of building plans for garages of the most popular sizes and styles. The step-by-step instructions take you through every phase of the garage-building process. You'll also find remodeling plans, as well as a section on rot repair, adding a skylight or window, and updating the roof. A special section highlights smartphone-activated garage doors and openers. -- adapted from back cover

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Sheds, 3rd Edition

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Sheds, 3rd Edition
Author: Editors of Cool Springs Press
Publisher:
Total Pages: 259
Release: 2017-02-15
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1591866731

This exciting new 3rd edition of the bestselling title, Black & Decker Complete Guide to Sheds has the perfect plan for anyone who is building his or her own backyard shed.

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Room Additions

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Room Additions
Author: Chris Peterson
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2011-06-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1610598091

Building a major addition to your house can take over your life or drain your bank account if you aren’t fully prepared with top-notch information. The Complete Guide to Room Additions is both an insurance policy for dealing with contractors and a planning guide that arms homeowners with vital information about the remodeling process. But it also is much more than that: it’s a hardworking how-to manual filled with hundreds of photos that show you the hammer-and-nail details that go into these major projects. From garage conversions to kitchen bump-pout expansions, dormer additions and more, this book will be an indispensable tool for any project that adds new square footage to your home’s footprint.

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Concrete & Masonry, 4th Edition

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Concrete & Masonry, 4th Edition
Author: Editors of Cool Springs Press
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-09-15
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 9781591866374

Love all of your masonry and concrete projects--knowing that you did them yourself!--with help from our experts. No projects offer more aesthetic or financial satisfaction than DIY concrete and masonry projects. Homeowners can routinely save thousands of dollars in labor costs by buying and installing materials that are readily available. This updated 4th edition of Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Concrete & Masonry includes traditional techniques for laying concrete, adapted to make them easy for ordinary homeowners, and also features completely modern materials and techniques, such as tumbled concrete pavers, acid-etching for colored concrete slabs, and important green paving options, such as rain-garden arroyos and permeable pavers. Several cutting-edge projects, like polished concrete countertops and stamped concrete walkways, are included in this book. An exposed aggregate patio, a reinforced concrete block wall, and the latest tools and materials for handling new products are featured. A completely new section on foundation walls shows you all the options, including the latest structural insulated panels, that are now more DIY friendly than ever. No homeowner or do-it-yourselfer will want to miss this chance to master the best methods to create lasting beauty around the house.

Build Your Own Garage Manual

Build Your Own Garage Manual
Author: Design America Inc.
Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing
Total Pages: 684
Release: 2017-04-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1607654555

Build the garage of your dreams by doing all or part of the work yourself. Graphically demonstrates the latest in garage construction techniques, and illustrates every step of the construction process in detail. Readers can select and order more than 175 expertly prepared plans, including construction blueprints and materials lists. Drawing up plans from scratch can be challenging for the inexperienced builder. Makes planning and cost estimating easier. Ideal for building permit applications.

Garage

Garage
Author: Kira Obolensky
Publisher: Taunton
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9781561586455

An illustrated homage to the garage features more than two hundred photographs of more than fifty garages, offering suggestions to improve the style and efficiency of these spaces.

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Treehouses, 2nd edition

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to Treehouses, 2nd edition
Author: Philip Schmidt
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1610597605

This expanded edition of The Complete Guide: Build Your Kids a Treehouse covers every aspect of treehouse building, from choosing a tree and safety considerations to adding interior furniture and even a zip line. Now featuring two all-new treehouse plans with step-by-step photo-illustrated instruction. For kids, a treehouse is a room that never has to be cleaned, a place for muddy shoes and bug jars and adventures real and imagined; a house that you can paint whenever and however you want, without gaining approval. For adults, it’s a room that never has to be cleaned, a place for muddy shoes and…well, you get the idea. But best of all a treehouse is up in a tree. And that’s just cool. Filled with inspiring photos of finished treehouses and easy-to-follow instructions for building your own, learn with your family treehouse basics—choosing a tree, planning and design, treehouse safety—followed by building techniques for: Platforms designed for various tree configurations Framing and finishing walls and railings Finishing interiors with paneling, shelves, and flip-down tables and bunks Doors, both classic and in fun shapes Windows, including shutters and pop-ups Building and framing roofs Modes of access, including ladders, stairs, trap doors, and a fireman’s pole Playthings, including swings, a zip line, a rock climbing wall, slides, and more You can get started right away by following the complete plans and step-by-step photos for making your choice of two popular treehouse designs: an open-air treehouse and a gable house with entry deck. To give you even more to choose from, you will find fully developed plans for six additional treehouse types that you can adapt to your particular trees and wishes. Build the treehouse you and your kids have always dreamed of with BLACK+DECKER The Complete Guide to Treehouses, 2nd edition.

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to a Clutter-Free Home

Black & Decker The Complete Guide to a Clutter-Free Home
Author: Philip Schmidt
Publisher: Cool Springs Press
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009-11-01
Genre: House & Home
ISBN: 1616733942

Finding adequate storage space is an ongoing battle in every household. The Complete Guide to a Clutter-Free Home provides inspired answers and dozens of step-by-step projects that offer creative solutions to common storage challenges. From understairs shelving to full-height medicine cabinets to laundry rooms and lumber racks, this book shows you how to find hidden storage space around your home and how to put it to use efficiently. It is an up-to-date guide to modern storage products and systems that effectively combat the ages-old problem of storage.