A Guide to Major House Repairs

Geoffrey West (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

192 Seiten

2012
The Crowood Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84797-386-3 (ISBN)

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A guide to building damage. It details types of damage and outlines steps for DIY and professional repair work. It also examines how major damage can develop from less serious problems that can be fixed earlier in the process, saving the homeowner time and money.

A Guide to Major House Repairs provides a concise, easy-to-understand guide to building damage. It details types of damage and outlines steps for DIY and professional repair work. It also examines how major damage can develop from less serious problems that can be fixed earlier in the process, savng the homeowner time and money.
Topics include:
Understanding the survey when buying a home.
The different types of construction trades and how to find a builder.
Subsidence damage.
Wall and flat roof problems.
Issues arising from damp and flooding.
Rots and infestations.
Correction of poor DIY work.
Accidental and weather damage.
Issues to consider when repairing listed buildings.

Geoffrey David West is a freelance journalist and author who, since 1989, has specialized in writing articles about the refurbishment of older houses for magazines and newspapers, including Period House & Its Garden, Period Living, Practical Householder, The Times and The Sunday Times. A keen DIY builder, Geoffrey has, amongst other things, built extensions to various houses, renewed floors and walls suffering from dry rot, and taught himself plumbing, carpentry, bricklaying and other building skills.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.8.2012
Zusatzinfo	Illustrations; 250 Halftones, color
Verlagsort	Ramsbury
Sprache	englisch
Maße	189 x 246 mm
Gewicht	722 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Hausbau / Einrichten / Renovieren
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
ISBN-10	1-84797-386-8 / 1847973868
ISBN-13	978-1-84797-386-3 / 9781847973863
Zustand	Neuware