A Practical Guide to Alterations and Improvements | J. Buckland, Mrs B

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A Practical Guide to Alterations and Improvements

ABSTRACT

A practical guide which enables small builders to tackle everyday alteration and improvement projects with confidence.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |1 pages

Introduction

chapter |7 pages

Project 1: Double hung sash windows

chapter |7 pages

Project 2: Side hung casement windows

chapter |7 pages

Project 3: Forming an opening

chapter |7 pages

Project 4: Insulating a domestic roof

chapter |7 pages

Project 5: Replacing an external door

chapter |7 pages

Project 6: Replacing a soil pipe

chapter |7 pages

Project 7: Converting a loft space

chapter |7 pages

Project 8: Loft conversion II: Staircases

chapter |7 pages

Project 9: Loft conversion III: Planning a dormer installation

chapter |7 pages

Project 10: Installation of roof windows

chapter |4 pages

Project 11: Installing secondary glazing

chapter |7 pages

Project 12: Building a small extension

chapter |7 pages

Project 13: Roofing an extension

chapter |4 pages

Project 14: Completing an extension

chapter |5 pages

Project 15: Rebuilding a chimney stack

chapter |7 pages

Project 16 Removing the whole chimney breast and the stack

chapter |6 pages

Project 17: Damp proofing and timber treatment

chapter |6 pages

Project 18: Replacement of flat roof coverings

chapter |6 pages

Project 19 Renewing pitched roof covering on an end terrace house

chapter |6 pages

Project 20 Works to small bay window–1 (replacement of bressummer beam)

chapter |6 pages

Project 21: Works to small bay window—bay underpinning

chapter |7 pages

Project 22 Works to small bay window–III (rebuild bay as existing)

chapter |6 pages

Project 23: Re-pointing a wall over a public highway

chapter |8 pages

Project 24: Modernising a 1930s kitchen

chapter |8 pages

Project 25 Installation of washing machine, water supplies, waste and drainage