The Complete Guide to Room Additions: Designing & Building, Garage Conversions, Attic Add-Ons, Bath & Kitchen Expansions, Bump-Out Additions (Black & Decker Complete Guide)

"Provides full-color how-to information on adding livable square footage to a home, from garage conversions to bump-out expansions and dormer addditions"--Provided by publisher.;This guide is for the do-it-yourselfer who wants to build a bumpout or expansion, or complete an attic, basement, or garage conversion. It includes instruction and step-by-step photos to show you how easy adding on can be. A breakfast nook next to your kitchen, a rec room for family activities, a new bedroom, a home office in the basement, or a mother-in-law apartment are some of the options you can create.;Introduction -- Gallery of beautiful additions -- Planning & designing. Evaluating your house -- Integrating the addition -- Your budget & financing -- Codes -- Drawing construction plans -- Project scheduling -- The green addition -- Preparing for construction. Site preparation -- Laying out a room addition foundation -- Worksite safety & security -- Excavating the site -- Foundations. Choosing a foundation -- Pouring a footing -- Tying into an existing foundation -- Laying a concrete block foundation -- Installing a poured concrete foundation -- Waterproofing foundation walls -- Insulating foundations -- Framing the floor -- Building a room addition. Additions & bumpouts. Choosing a bumpout or room addition -- Framing a wall -- Constructing the addition's roof -- Installing asphalt shingles -- Sheathing exterior walls -- Building wrap -- Installing siding -- Soffits, fascia & gutters -- Installing windows -- Installing an entry door -- Wiring an addition -- Circuits for a room addition -- Plumbing the addition -- Heating and cooling an addition -- Insulating the addition -- Finishing the interior -- Installing casing -- Choosing floorcoverings -- Attic conversions. Planning an attic conversion -- Building an attic addition floor -- Concealing utilities -- Building an attic staircase -- Building an attic dormer -- Building an attic kneewall with recessed storage -- Attic addition ceilings -- Other additions & conversions. Garage conversions -- Basement conversions -- Basement remodeling codes & practices -- Sunrooms. 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.