Quick Guide: Attics: Step-by-Step Construction Methods [Paperback]

Mark Feirer Mr. (Author)

Book Description

Series: Quick Guide | Publication Date: July 28, 1995

This Quick Guide leads readers through the steps of transforming their attic into a beautiful and useful living space. The most essential information readers need to successfully handle each task is packed into this concise construction manual. Over 190 detailed drawings clearly illustrate the step-by-step instructions, which are written with the do-it-yourselfer in mind. With the help of this Quick Guide, readers can add value to their home while enjoying the greatest possible savings in time, effort, and money.

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"If you're looking for at-a-glance repair guides for the home, Quick Guides will prove perfect...packe(ed) with information...exceptional, clear illustrations."
-The Midwest Book Review

From the Back Cover

This Quick Guide leads you through the steps of transforming your attic into a beautiful and useful living space. The most essential information you need to successfully handle each task is packed into this concise construction manual. Detailed drawings clearly illustrate the step-by-step instructions, which are written with you, the do-it-yourselfer, in mind. With the help of this Quick Guide, you can add value to your home while enjoying the greatest possible savings in time, effort, and money.
Quick Guide: Attics shows you how to:
- Plan and design your new attic room
- Properly prepare the attic space
- Successfully complete wiring and plumbing tasks
- Frame, sheath, and finish dormers
- Construct ceilings and walls
- Install skylights and windows
- Build attic stairs

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: Creative Homeowner; Second edition (July 28, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1880029421
• ISBN-13: 978-1880029428
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #923,125 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #37 in Books > Crafts, Hobbies & Home > How-to & Home Improvements > Remodeling & Renovation > Basements & Attics

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A valuable book for the novice do-it yourselfer., February 3, 1999

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[e-mail] (Warwick, Rhode Island) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quick Guide: Attics: Step-by-Step Construction Methods (Paperback)

Mark Feirer has given the novice Do-It Yourself homeowner an easy to read, step by step guide to attic renovation. "Attics" not only shows how to build floors, walls, ceilings, and dormers; it also covers wiring and plumbing.The part of the book that I found most useful was the chapter on Sizing Up the Project. It is here that Mark gives the reader information to help determine if an attic has the right demensions and meets building codes for renovation.The book is also filled with many detailed illustrations. If your thinking about changing your attic space into living space, this is the book for you!

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars the simplest nuts-and-bolts book anywhere, May 16, 1998

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[e-mail] (Berkeley, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Quick Guide: Attics: Step-by-Step Construction Methods (Paperback)

This book takes you from step one (sizing up the project) through wiring, plumbing, stairs, walls, skylights, ceilings and sub-floors.

My only regret is that it tells you nothing about how to choose and put down a finished floor. But having just turned my attic into a living space, I can say with authority that it is an excellent resource, especially if you're the general contractor for the job.

5.0 out of 5 stars Informational, September 24, 2011

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This review is from: Quick Guide: Attics: Step-by-Step Construction Methods (Paperback)

This book really has practical information to get started your attic reno. It is not a pictorial design idea book. Its a good, "cut to the chase" sort of book.