Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project and one where you need to be an expert on everything from planning laws to landscape design, and all that's in between. Self Build and Renovation For Dummies takes you through every step of the process, from choosing and buying a plot of land, through to the building's design and on to the actual build – plus all the financial and legal stuff – using plain English in an easy-to-understand format. Here is everything you need to know to create your perfect home.
By:
Nicholas Walliman (Oxford Brookes University UK)
Imprint: For Dummies
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 236mm,
Width: 190mm,
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 709g
ISBN: 9780470025864
ISBN 10: 0470025867
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 27 October 2006
Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part I: Preparing to Create the Perfect Home 7 Chapter 1: The Basics of Self-Build 9 Chapter 2: Forking Out the Finances 15 Chapter 3: Finding and Assessing the Building Plot 25 Chapter 4: The Legal Stuff 39 Part II: Before the Build: Getting Everything into Place 47 Chapter 5: Designing Your Home 49 Chapter 6: The Green Light: Getting Permissions and Approvals 59 Chapter 7: Construction Management, Builders, and Subcontractors 77 Chapter 8: Buying Materials 99 Chapter 9: Getting Connected to Services 111 Part III: Structurally Speaking: Understanding Construction 123 Chapter 10: Preparing the Ground 125 Chapter 11: Holding up the House: Walls and Structures 139 Chapter 12: An Open and Shut Case: Windows, Doors, Insulation, and Partitions 157 Chapter 13: Floors and Stairs 177 Chapter 14: Raising the Roof 187 Part IV: The Inside Story 207 Chapter 15: Forming the Landscape 209 Chapter 16: Putting in the Pipes and Wrapping Up Warm 229 Chapter 17: Let There Be Light (And Power and Communications) 249 Chapter 18: Kitchens and Bathrooms 263 Part V: Renovating, Extending, and Converting 275 Chapter 19: Internal Finishes 277 Chapter 20: Upgrading Old Houses 289 Chapter 21: Adding Space 305 Chapter 22: Buying a Property for Conversion or Replacement – the Opportunities and Dangers 317 Part VI: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 23: Ten Good Reasons for Building Your Own Home 329 Chapter 24: Ten Good Reasons to Renovate 337 Chapter 25: Ten Things You Must Do Before Starting to Build 343 Appendix: Directory of Directories 351 Index 359
Nicholas Walliman is a professional architect and lecturer in building construction. He built his own home and has since worked on numerous self-build and renovation projects.
Reviews for Self Build and Renovation For Dummies
Full of info, it demystifies impenetrable technical jargon. (Grand Designs, January 2007) ?a great introduction. (Build IT, January 2007) ?This is a great reference for anyone seriously considering a self build.? (Self Build And Design, March 2007) ...provides the concrete know-how on all the regulations, design and financial implications of self build and renovation projects. (Self Build & Design, November 2007)
