"Plain talk for restorers, from soup to nuts (and bolts). Here's thorough, practical advice that's sensitive to both history and budget".--The Old House Journal.
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This is a reincarnation of Nash's out-of-print classic, Old House: A Rebuilder's Manual ( LJ 1/15/80), substantially rewritten and reorganized. The focus is the major defects of old houses: the heaved foundation walls, defunct mechanical systems, rotted structural timbers, damaged roofs, and broken staircases. Nash is both an artful writer and a knowledgeable renovation specialist. He writes with poetic grace about the unique character and hidden beauty of old houses, yet he's remarkably clearheaded and resourceful when dealing with their often maddening irregularities. There isn't a better sourcebook on the larger structural challenges of renovation. Most libraries should have this as a companion volume to Michael Litchfield's Renovation: A Complete Guide ( LJ 8/90. rev. ed.).
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
- Bill Demo, Tompkins Cortland Community Coll., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
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A must have resource if you're even thinking about the topic,
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This review is from: Renovating Old Houses (Best of Fine Homebuilding) (Paperback)
Don't touch your old house until you read this book. Its an eye opener about what to do and what not to do to renovate an old house and keep it from looking like you did. Didn't notice how many remodels in my neighborhood had been "remuddled" until reading what Nash has to say about keeping architechtural integrity. I live in a historical district, and this book has helped me maintain my 1860s house and given me insight as to how it was built, and how to fix it. Get this book FIRST!
27 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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Somewhere to start.,
This review is from: Renovating Old Houses (Best of Fine Homebuilding) (Paperback)
From the moment you open the cover, you are reassured of your decision to buy this book. It offers an overview of many options of renovations. From Basement Casement walls, to roof-top peeks, this book supplies you with the information to base your projects on. Before YOU start a renovation project, or are just in need of ideas to creating additional living space in YOUR old house, get this book. You will not regret it.
30 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
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Best house renovation book I have ever read,
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This review is from: Renovating Old Houses (Best of Fine Homebuilding) (Paperback)
Having renovated 3 houses, I am always looking out for good books on the topic. Sadly, many of them are very superficial. This book is the exception. The information and attitude that Mr. Nash puts forth in this book is deep and highly informative. A must read for old house nuts.
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I remember quite well that leaden April morning, the front end of our ancient van clanking in protest as we climbed the steep washboard road through the forest, where stale snow still clung to the dark places, climbed to where the woods shrank back from the dull, matted fields to reveal the ridges rolling away to the mountains at the end of the valley, like some moldering purple blanket that had lain out by the garden all winter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jacking timber, sisson fitting, flashing cement, rotted sills, staging planks, cellar posts, structural rot, terne metal, sheathing boards, subfloor boards, steel roofing, rafter pair, existing shingles, drip edge, new sill, flue tiles, jack posts, ridge shingles, stairwell opening, parting bead, taping knife, entrance panel, roll roofing, perimeter insulation, old roofing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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I remember quite well that leaden April morning, the front end of our ancient van clanking in protest as we climbed the steep washboard road through the forest, where stale snow still clung to the dark places, climbed to where the woods shrank back from the dull, matted fields to reveal the ridges rolling away to the mountains at the end of the valley, like some moldering purple blanket that had lain out by the garden all winter. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
jacking timber, sisson fitting, flashing cement, rotted sills, staging planks, cellar posts, structural rot, terne metal, sheathing boards, subfloor boards, steel roofing, rafter pair, existing shingles, drip edge, new sill, flue tiles, jack posts, ridge shingles, stairwell opening, parting bead, taping knife, entrance panel, roll roofing, perimeter insulation, old roofing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New England, Organizing Priorities, Home Heating Systems, Joe English, World War, National Electrical Code, Operation Rescue-Replacing, Running Cable New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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