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• catalog abstract "Overview: A classic in the first edition, a masterpiece in the second, this work is the last word in renovation. In nearly 600 pages of text, accompanied by 1000 illustrations, all systems used in the home are covered in detail and with sensitivity for a non-technical reader. If you are renovating a home or even thinking about it, this is the place to start. . . .Essential. . ."--Library Journal.".
• catalog contributor b2822212.
• catalog created "c1991.".
• catalog date "1990".
• catalog date "c1991.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "c1991.".
• catalog description "About 240-volt wiring -- Electric stoves and cook tops -- Furnace -- Air conditioners -- Water heaters -- Clothes dryers -- Dishwashers, garbage disposals, and ventilator fans -- Chapter 12: Plumbing: -- Supply pipes -- DWV system -- Basic tools: -- Plumbing safety -- Materials: -- Fittings -- Measuring pipe -- Working with supply pipe -- Working with DWV materials -- Assessment -- Layout: -- Supply lines -- Sizing DWV lines -- Venting options -- Additional details -- Roughing-in the plumbing: -- Roughing-in the building drain -- Drilling and cutting into framing -- Connecting branch drains and vents -- Testing the DWV system -- Roughing-in supply pipes -- Installing fixtures: -- Disconnecting old fixtures -- Extending pipes to fixtures: a brief review -- Mounting and connecting fixtures -- Conservation and maintenance: -- Water heaters -- Water conservation -- Repairs -- Chapter 13: Conserving Energy: -- Soft machine -- Heat transfer -- Calculating heat loss: -- ".
• catalog description "B: Contractors, architects and money -- C: Security -- D: Simple set of stairs -- E: Building a deck -- F: Building a fence -- G: Annotated bibliography -- Index.".
• catalog description "Case history -- Seismic retrofits: -- Anchor bolts -- Shear walls -- Metal connectors -- Chapter 11: Electricity: -- Understanding electricity: -- Circuit -- Path of least resistance -- Electricity in the house -- Safety system -- Safety tips -- Safety first! Use a voltage tester -- Planning and estimating: -- Assessing the present system -- Code requirements -- Calculating the total electrical load -- Upgrading service -- Improving safety -- Adding or extending circuits -- Mapping the system -- Tools and materials: -- Tools -- Materials -- Wiring basics: -- Boxes -- Working with cable -- Attaching fixtures -- Attaching receptacles -- GFCI receptacles -- Attaching switches -- Rigid conduit and armored cable (BX) -- Extending circuits: -- Locating new outlets -- Fishing wire -- Mounting boxes in existing surfaces -- Surface wiring -- Connections in the service panel: -- Working safely -- Connecting branch circuits -- Attaching a GFCI breaker -- Special-purpose circuits: heavy use: -- ".
• catalog description "Chapter 16: Tiling: -- Facts about tile -- Tools and safety: -- Basic tool list -- Measuring and layout -- Tools for setting tile -- Cutting -- Tools for working mortar -- Clean-up -- Materials: -- Anatomy of a tile job -- Substrate choices -- Curing and waterproofing membranes -- Adhesives -- Estimating tile -- Grout -- Materials summary -- Preparation: -- Assessing the area to be tiled -- Removing obstructions -- Installing substrates -- Layout: -- Four rules to tile by -- Laying out countertops -- Laying out walls -- Setting tile -- Chapter 17: Finish Carpentry: -- Tools and tips: -- Measuring -- Clean cuts, close fits -- Cutting tools -- Shaving and shaping -- Drilling -- Other useful tips -- Casing a doorway: -- Assessing the frame -- Prepping the frame -- Marking a "reveal" -- Square-cut casing -- Corner-block casing -- Mitered casing -- Difficult corners -- Casing a window: -- Marking -- Cutting -- Attaching -- Interior trim: -- Coping a joint -- Specialty molding -- ".
• catalog description "Chapter 4: Building Materials: -- Lumber: -- Lumber, boards, timber -- Units of measure: lineal feet, square feet, and board feet -- Calculating board feet -- Lumber sizes -- Dressed and treated lumber -- Lumber categorized according to use -- Grading lumber -- Other structural choices -- Sheet materials: -- Plywood -- Compositeboard -- Connectors: -- Nails -- Staples -- Screws and bolts -- Metal connectors -- Adhesives -- Chapter 5: Roofs: -- Roof safety -- Repairs: -- Repairing asphalt shingles -- Repairing wood shingles -- Fixing slate -- Metal roofs -- Flat-roof repairs -- Decks on flat roofs -- Preparing for a new roof: -- Stripping the old roof -- Sheathing -- Roofing paper -- Flashing -- Installing a new roof: -- Tools -- Wood shingles -- Asphalt shingles -- New roofing over old -- Chapter 6: Doors, Windows, And Skylights: -- Doors: -- Installing a prehung interior door -- Upgrading a double-door entry -- Hanging a door -- Door frames -- Door hardware -- Common repairs -- ".
• catalog description "Chapter 9: Masonry: -- Terms, tools, and techniques: -- Materials -- Tools -- Setting up the job -- Brickwork: -- Types and terms -- Layout and preparation -- Basic brickworking techniques -- Repointing -- Chimneys -- Adding openings in brick walls -- Concrete block: -- Materials -- Working with concrete block -- Creating an opening -- Concrete: -- Mixture -- Waterproofing basements -- Resurfacing concrete floors -- Replacing an existing floor -- Attachments to concrete and masonry: -- Choosing a fastener -- Attaching to walls and floors -- Chapter 10: Foundations: -- Basics: -- Common foundation failings -- Foundation types -- Jacking and shoring: -- Materials and tools -- Jacking safely -- Placing the jacks -- Putting in a girder: -- Preparation -- Raising the girder -- Steel beams -- Capping or replacing a foundation: -- Supporting the wall -- Replacing the sill -- Tying old concrete to new -- Securing the sill -- Forms -- Pouring the concrete -- Replacing a foundation -- ".
• catalog description "Glass: the great heat loser -- Loss through infiltration -- Spending priorities --Cutting infiltration: -- Assessing infiltration -- Weatherstripping -- Caulking -- Window and door treatments: -- Storm windows -- Windows that sweat -- Glazing and glazing sealants -- Interior windows -- Doors -- Insulation: -- How much insulation do you need? -- What type of insulation is right? -- Insulation materials: a closer look -- Installing insulation -- Installing fiberglass insulation -- Blowing-in insulation -- Applying rigid insulation board -- Chapter 14: Cooling And Heating: -- Ventilation and cooling: -- Ventilating the eaves -- Other vents -- Ventilating crawl spaces and walls -- Whole-house fans -- Air conditioning -- Heating: improving the source: -- Thermostats -- Oil burners -- Gas burners -- Automatic flue dampers -- Other measures -- Servicing your system -- Heating: improving distribution: -- Forced hot air -- Hot-water systems -- Steam heat -- Heating: alternative systems: -- ".
• catalog description "Headers -- Assembly -- Alternative framing methods -- Remodeling: -- Openings in load-bearing partitions -- Openings in exterior walls -- Tying to additions -- Structural Repairs: -- Dealing with deterioration -- Renovating stairs -- Realigning and reinforcing carriages -- Bolstering joists -- Rafter repair.".
• catalog description "Heat pumps -- Heatstick -- Wood heat -- Solar systems -- Chapter 15: Finish Surfaces: -- Drywall: -- Tools -- Sheet materials -- Joint tapes -- Nails, screws, and adhesives -- Preparation -- Furring out -- Laying out a drywall job -- Handling drywall -- Attachment -- Handing drywall sheets -- Drywall repairs -- Wood paneling: -- Preparation -- Installation -- Repairs -- Plastering: -- Small repairs -- Large repairs -- Restoring plasterwork -- Sound-proofing: -- Sound-absorbing materials -- Suspended ceilings -- Isolating sound.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 539-541).".
• catalog description "Installing cabinets: -- Cabinet quality -- Preparation -- Upper cabinets -- Base cabinets -- Hanging cabinet doors -- Countertops -- Chapter 18: Painting: -- Tools and materials: -- Brushes -- Rollers and pads -- Spray-painting equipment -- Paint -- Tips about paints and painting -- Safety considerations -- Painting the interior: -- Preparing the wall and ceiling surfaces -- Applying paint to interior surfaces -- Back to natural: stripping and finishing wood: -- Safety -- Equipment for stripping -- Stripping with chemicals -- Refinishing -- Painting the exterior: -- Common paint failures -- Surface preparation -- Exterior paint -- Applying exterior paint -- Chapter 19: Wallpapering: -- Materials: -- Wall coverings -- Pastes -- Selecting and ordering materials -- Equipment -- Surface preparation: -- Sealing the surface -- Drywall -- Plaster -- Surfaces already painted -- Surfaces already papered -- Other surfaces -- Mildew -- Laying out the work: -- Starting and finishing points -- ".
• catalog description "Overview: A classic in the first edition, a masterpiece in the second, this work is the last word in renovation. In nearly 600 pages of text, accompanied by 1000 illustrations, all systems used in the home are covered in detail and with sensitivity for a non-technical reader. If you are renovating a home or even thinking about it, this is the place to start. . . .Essential. . ."--Library Journal.".
• catalog description "Preface -- How to use this book -- Chapter 1: Assessment: -- Roof: -- Roofs in general -- Asphalt shingles -- Wood shingles and shakes -- Slate -- Tile -- Metal -- Flat (hot mop) -- Flat (rubber) -- Chimney -- Exterior: -- Gutters and eaves -- Siding -- Windows and doors -- Around the base -- Foundation -- Interior: -- In general -- Windows and doors -- Bathrooms -- Kitchens -- Stairs -- Upstairs, downstairs: -- In the attic -- In the basement -- Plumbing -- Electrical -- Heating -- Fireplace -- How much work will it be? -- Brief recap -- Chapter 2: Planning, Drawing And Doing: -- Planning: -- Who are you? -- Seeing changes -- Recording what's there -- Design constraints -- Final drawings -- Kitchen and bathroom tips: -- Kitchens -- Bathrooms -- Two houses: -- Sequence in renovation -- Cookes -- Smiths -- Chapter 3: Tools: -- Tool safety: -- Essential safety rules -- Ladders and scaffolding: -- Ladders -- Scaffolding -- Tools to own -- Tools to rent -- ".
• catalog description "Windows: -- Installing a double-hung window -- Repairs and replacements -- Installing a skylight: -- Selecting, situating, and sizing -- Structural considerations -- Cutting and framing the openings -- Installing and flashing the skylight -- Chapter 7: Exteriors: -- Flashing: -- Walls and corners -- Windows and doors -- Exterior trim: -- General preparations -- Door and window casing -- Corners and splashboards -- Cornice and rake trim -- Repairing exterior trim -- Siding: -- Layout -- Wood shingles -- Clapboards -- Stucco -- Gutters: -- Gutter maintenance -- Spot repairs -- New gutters -- Chapter 8: Structural Carpentry: -- Understanding structure: -- Behind the walls -- How big a job is it? -- Getting ready for tear-out: -- Last-minute preliminaries -- Useful tools and equipment -- Electrical safety -- Containing the mess -- Tearing out and beefing up: -- Removing trim -- Cutting into the ceiling -- Floors -- Walls -- Shoring -- Framing a partition: -- Measuring -- Layout -- ".
• catalog description "Woodwork and corners out of plumb -- Three types of seam -- Hanging wall covering: -- Cutting -- Pasting -- Folding -- Hanging -- Trimming -- Getting on with the job -- Some small problems -- Papering around electrical outlets and fixtures -- Papering inside corners -- Outside corners -- Ceilings -- Recesses -- Cleaning and repairing wall covering -- Chapter 20: Flooring: -- Floor repairs: -- Eliminating squeaks -- Replacing flooring -- Subflooring and underlayment -- Stripping and refinishing floors: -- Before sanding -- Sanding equipment -- Sanding -- Staining and refinishing -- Laying new wood floors -- Humidity and wood -- Layout and installation -- Resilient flooring -- Repair and replacing pieces -- Installing new resilient flooring -- Wall-to-wall carpeting: -- Materials and tools -- Measuring and estimating -- Installing conventional carpeting -- Carpeting stairs -- Cushion-backed carpeting -- Appendices: -- A: Glossary of housing terms -- ".
• catalog extent "xx, 566 p. :".
• catalog hasFormat "Renovation, a complete guide.".
• catalog identifier "0131593366".
• catalog isFormatOf "Renovation, a complete guide.".
• catalog issued "1990".
• catalog issued "c1991.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall,".
• catalog relation "Renovation, a complete guide.".
• catalog subject "643.7 20".
• catalog subject "Dwellings Remodeling.".
• catalog subject "TH4816 .L57 1990".
• catalog tableOfContents "About 240-volt wiring -- Electric stoves and cook tops -- Furnace -- Air conditioners -- Water heaters -- Clothes dryers -- Dishwashers, garbage disposals, and ventilator fans -- Chapter 12: Plumbing: -- Supply pipes -- DWV system -- Basic tools: -- Plumbing safety -- Materials: -- Fittings -- Measuring pipe -- Working with supply pipe -- Working with DWV materials -- Assessment -- Layout: -- Supply lines -- Sizing DWV lines -- Venting options -- Additional details -- Roughing-in the plumbing: -- Roughing-in the building drain -- Drilling and cutting into framing -- Connecting branch drains and vents -- Testing the DWV system -- Roughing-in supply pipes -- Installing fixtures: -- Disconnecting old fixtures -- Extending pipes to fixtures: a brief review -- Mounting and connecting fixtures -- Conservation and maintenance: -- Water heaters -- Water conservation -- Repairs -- Chapter 13: Conserving Energy: -- Soft machine -- Heat transfer -- Calculating heat loss: -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "B: Contractors, architects and money -- C: Security -- D: Simple set of stairs -- E: Building a deck -- F: Building a fence -- G: Annotated bibliography -- Index.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Case history -- Seismic retrofits: -- Anchor bolts -- Shear walls -- Metal connectors -- Chapter 11: Electricity: -- Understanding electricity: -- Circuit -- Path of least resistance -- Electricity in the house -- Safety system -- Safety tips -- Safety first! Use a voltage tester -- Planning and estimating: -- Assessing the present system -- Code requirements -- Calculating the total electrical load -- Upgrading service -- Improving safety -- Adding or extending circuits -- Mapping the system -- Tools and materials: -- Tools -- Materials -- Wiring basics: -- Boxes -- Working with cable -- Attaching fixtures -- Attaching receptacles -- GFCI receptacles -- Attaching switches -- Rigid conduit and armored cable (BX) -- Extending circuits: -- Locating new outlets -- Fishing wire -- Mounting boxes in existing surfaces -- Surface wiring -- Connections in the service panel: -- Working safely -- Connecting branch circuits -- Attaching a GFCI breaker -- Special-purpose circuits: heavy use: -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 16: Tiling: -- Facts about tile -- Tools and safety: -- Basic tool list -- Measuring and layout -- Tools for setting tile -- Cutting -- Tools for working mortar -- Clean-up -- Materials: -- Anatomy of a tile job -- Substrate choices -- Curing and waterproofing membranes -- Adhesives -- Estimating tile -- Grout -- Materials summary -- Preparation: -- Assessing the area to be tiled -- Removing obstructions -- Installing substrates -- Layout: -- Four rules to tile by -- Laying out countertops -- Laying out walls -- Setting tile -- Chapter 17: Finish Carpentry: -- Tools and tips: -- Measuring -- Clean cuts, close fits -- Cutting tools -- Shaving and shaping -- Drilling -- Other useful tips -- Casing a doorway: -- Assessing the frame -- Prepping the frame -- Marking a "reveal" -- Square-cut casing -- Corner-block casing -- Mitered casing -- Difficult corners -- Casing a window: -- Marking -- Cutting -- Attaching -- Interior trim: -- Coping a joint -- Specialty molding -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 4: Building Materials: -- Lumber: -- Lumber, boards, timber -- Units of measure: lineal feet, square feet, and board feet -- Calculating board feet -- Lumber sizes -- Dressed and treated lumber -- Lumber categorized according to use -- Grading lumber -- Other structural choices -- Sheet materials: -- Plywood -- Compositeboard -- Connectors: -- Nails -- Staples -- Screws and bolts -- Metal connectors -- Adhesives -- Chapter 5: Roofs: -- Roof safety -- Repairs: -- Repairing asphalt shingles -- Repairing wood shingles -- Fixing slate -- Metal roofs -- Flat-roof repairs -- Decks on flat roofs -- Preparing for a new roof: -- Stripping the old roof -- Sheathing -- Roofing paper -- Flashing -- Installing a new roof: -- Tools -- Wood shingles -- Asphalt shingles -- New roofing over old -- Chapter 6: Doors, Windows, And Skylights: -- Doors: -- Installing a prehung interior door -- Upgrading a double-door entry -- Hanging a door -- Door frames -- Door hardware -- Common repairs -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Chapter 9: Masonry: -- Terms, tools, and techniques: -- Materials -- Tools -- Setting up the job -- Brickwork: -- Types and terms -- Layout and preparation -- Basic brickworking techniques -- Repointing -- Chimneys -- Adding openings in brick walls -- Concrete block: -- Materials -- Working with concrete block -- Creating an opening -- Concrete: -- Mixture -- Waterproofing basements -- Resurfacing concrete floors -- Replacing an existing floor -- Attachments to concrete and masonry: -- Choosing a fastener -- Attaching to walls and floors -- Chapter 10: Foundations: -- Basics: -- Common foundation failings -- Foundation types -- Jacking and shoring: -- Materials and tools -- Jacking safely -- Placing the jacks -- Putting in a girder: -- Preparation -- Raising the girder -- Steel beams -- Capping or replacing a foundation: -- Supporting the wall -- Replacing the sill -- Tying old concrete to new -- Securing the sill -- Forms -- Pouring the concrete -- Replacing a foundation -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Glass: the great heat loser -- Loss through infiltration -- Spending priorities --Cutting infiltration: -- Assessing infiltration -- Weatherstripping -- Caulking -- Window and door treatments: -- Storm windows -- Windows that sweat -- Glazing and glazing sealants -- Interior windows -- Doors -- Insulation: -- How much insulation do you need? -- What type of insulation is right? -- Insulation materials: a closer look -- Installing insulation -- Installing fiberglass insulation -- Blowing-in insulation -- Applying rigid insulation board -- Chapter 14: Cooling And Heating: -- Ventilation and cooling: -- Ventilating the eaves -- Other vents -- Ventilating crawl spaces and walls -- Whole-house fans -- Air conditioning -- Heating: improving the source: -- Thermostats -- Oil burners -- Gas burners -- Automatic flue dampers -- Other measures -- Servicing your system -- Heating: improving distribution: -- Forced hot air -- Hot-water systems -- Steam heat -- Heating: alternative systems: -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Headers -- Assembly -- Alternative framing methods -- Remodeling: -- Openings in load-bearing partitions -- Openings in exterior walls -- Tying to additions -- Structural Repairs: -- Dealing with deterioration -- Renovating stairs -- Realigning and reinforcing carriages -- Bolstering joists -- Rafter repair.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Heat pumps -- Heatstick -- Wood heat -- Solar systems -- Chapter 15: Finish Surfaces: -- Drywall: -- Tools -- Sheet materials -- Joint tapes -- Nails, screws, and adhesives -- Preparation -- Furring out -- Laying out a drywall job -- Handling drywall -- Attachment -- Handing drywall sheets -- Drywall repairs -- Wood paneling: -- Preparation -- Installation -- Repairs -- Plastering: -- Small repairs -- Large repairs -- Restoring plasterwork -- Sound-proofing: -- Sound-absorbing materials -- Suspended ceilings -- Isolating sound.".
• catalog tableOfContents "Installing cabinets: -- Cabinet quality -- Preparation -- Upper cabinets -- Base cabinets -- Hanging cabinet doors -- Countertops -- Chapter 18: Painting: -- Tools and materials: -- Brushes -- Rollers and pads -- Spray-painting equipment -- Paint -- Tips about paints and painting -- Safety considerations -- Painting the interior: -- Preparing the wall and ceiling surfaces -- Applying paint to interior surfaces -- Back to natural: stripping and finishing wood: -- Safety -- Equipment for stripping -- Stripping with chemicals -- Refinishing -- Painting the exterior: -- Common paint failures -- Surface preparation -- Exterior paint -- Applying exterior paint -- Chapter 19: Wallpapering: -- Materials: -- Wall coverings -- Pastes -- Selecting and ordering materials -- Equipment -- Surface preparation: -- Sealing the surface -- Drywall -- Plaster -- Surfaces already painted -- Surfaces already papered -- Other surfaces -- Mildew -- Laying out the work: -- Starting and finishing points -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Preface -- How to use this book -- Chapter 1: Assessment: -- Roof: -- Roofs in general -- Asphalt shingles -- Wood shingles and shakes -- Slate -- Tile -- Metal -- Flat (hot mop) -- Flat (rubber) -- Chimney -- Exterior: -- Gutters and eaves -- Siding -- Windows and doors -- Around the base -- Foundation -- Interior: -- In general -- Windows and doors -- Bathrooms -- Kitchens -- Stairs -- Upstairs, downstairs: -- In the attic -- In the basement -- Plumbing -- Electrical -- Heating -- Fireplace -- How much work will it be? -- Brief recap -- Chapter 2: Planning, Drawing And Doing: -- Planning: -- Who are you? -- Seeing changes -- Recording what's there -- Design constraints -- Final drawings -- Kitchen and bathroom tips: -- Kitchens -- Bathrooms -- Two houses: -- Sequence in renovation -- Cookes -- Smiths -- Chapter 3: Tools: -- Tool safety: -- Essential safety rules -- Ladders and scaffolding: -- Ladders -- Scaffolding -- Tools to own -- Tools to rent -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Windows: -- Installing a double-hung window -- Repairs and replacements -- Installing a skylight: -- Selecting, situating, and sizing -- Structural considerations -- Cutting and framing the openings -- Installing and flashing the skylight -- Chapter 7: Exteriors: -- Flashing: -- Walls and corners -- Windows and doors -- Exterior trim: -- General preparations -- Door and window casing -- Corners and splashboards -- Cornice and rake trim -- Repairing exterior trim -- Siding: -- Layout -- Wood shingles -- Clapboards -- Stucco -- Gutters: -- Gutter maintenance -- Spot repairs -- New gutters -- Chapter 8: Structural Carpentry: -- Understanding structure: -- Behind the walls -- How big a job is it? -- Getting ready for tear-out: -- Last-minute preliminaries -- Useful tools and equipment -- Electrical safety -- Containing the mess -- Tearing out and beefing up: -- Removing trim -- Cutting into the ceiling -- Floors -- Walls -- Shoring -- Framing a partition: -- Measuring -- Layout -- ".
• catalog tableOfContents "Woodwork and corners out of plumb -- Three types of seam -- Hanging wall covering: -- Cutting -- Pasting -- Folding -- Hanging -- Trimming -- Getting on with the job -- Some small problems -- Papering around electrical outlets and fixtures -- Papering inside corners -- Outside corners -- Ceilings -- Recesses -- Cleaning and repairing wall covering -- Chapter 20: Flooring: -- Floor repairs: -- Eliminating squeaks -- Replacing flooring -- Subflooring and underlayment -- Stripping and refinishing floors: -- Before sanding -- Sanding equipment -- Sanding -- Staining and refinishing -- Laying new wood floors -- Humidity and wood -- Layout and installation -- Resilient flooring -- Repair and replacing pieces -- Installing new resilient flooring -- Wall-to-wall carpeting: -- Materials and tools -- Measuring and estimating -- Installing conventional carpeting -- Carpeting stairs -- Cushion-backed carpeting -- Appendices: -- A: Glossary of housing terms -- ".
• catalog title "Renovation, a complete guide / Michael W. Litchfield.".
• catalog type "text".