The Not So Big House: A Blueprint for the Way We Really Live

A completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house - whether Tudor, Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian, authorised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

Provides easy-to-follow advice and tricks of the trade from more than seventy experts.

Many of Britain's four million Victorian and Edwardian houses were shoddily built and often require 'essential repairs'. Problems like rising damp, timber decay, bowed roofs and subsidence are well-known, but how can you tell if your house has major defects or is just typical for its age? Forget 'makeovers': this easy-to-use manual shows where to look for danger signs, what's 'normal' and what ...

Believed to be the first ever comprehensive record/logbook for the individual home. Similar to a car logbook, service record and manual, with technical data and guide notes through information on planning permission down to details such as where to find the stopcock.

Dampness can become an enemy when it invades our interior space, when it persists, it spreads and damages our domestic fittings, finishes and furnishings, and it stimulates the spread of fungus and decay in the structure of our houses. This is a guide to the causes and treatment of dampness.

Covers building codes and inspections, installation tools and drywall panels, fasteners, adhesives, attachment techniques, trim and corner beads. This book tells you how to cope with problems raised by truss rises; gable, stair and curved walls; and furred-down areas.

The 1930s house is a design icon and the first truly modern British home, with over three million built. But many are now in need of 'essential repairs'. Problems like cavity wall tie failure, corroded metal windows, unstable bays, collapsing drains and subsidence are well-known, but how can you tell if your house has major defects or is just typical for its age? Forget 'makeovers': this easy-to-u

This handy guide is designed to make household projects a breeze for anyone trying to save time and money! From winterizing windows and unclogging drains to painting and wallpapering, this reference helps readers take control of their projects.

This is a comprehensive guide. It first points out the advantages of remodelling. Buildings are responsible for 40 per cent of world-wide energy flow and material use; so how you remodel can make a difference. Upgrading furnaces, cabinets and toilets means less fossil fuel pollution, reduced resource depletion, and fewer health risks. Green remodelling is more energy-efficient, more resource-c

Covers various materials, from traditional wood lap siding, brick, concrete block, stucco, stone veneer and wooden shakes, to vinyl, raised metal roofing, and cementitious sidings. This title discusses tends in materials, like EPDM, architectural, bonded selvedge edge and pyramid shingles.