A Practical Guide to Alterations and Improvements [Paperback]

A practical guide which enables small builders to tackle everyday alteration and improvement projects with confidence.A practical guide which enables small builders to tackle everyday alteration and improvement projects with confidence.Buckland, J.; Cooper, Mrs B M; Cooper, R.Introduction, Project 1: Double hung sash windows, Project 2: Side hung casement windows, Project 3: Forming an opening, Project 4: Insulating a domestic roof, Project 5: Replacing an external door, Project 6: Replacing a soil pipe, Project 7: Converting a loft space, Project 8: Loft conversion II: Staircases, Project 9: Loft conversion III: Planning a dormer installation, Project 10: Installation of roof windows, Project 11: Installing secondary glazing, Project 12: Building a small extension, Project 13: Roofing an extension, Project 14: Completing an extension, Project 15: Rebuilding a chimney stack, Project 16: Removing the whole chimney breast and the stack, Project 17: Damp proofing and timber treatment, Project 18: Replacement of flat roof coverings, Project 19: Renewing pitched roof covering on an end terrace house, Project 20: Works to small bay windowreplacement of bressumer beam, Project 21: Works to small bay windowbay underpinning, Project 22: Works to small bay windowrebuild bay as existing, Project 23: Re-pointing a wall over a public highway, Project 24: Modernising a 1930s kitchen, Project 25: Installation of washing machine, water supplies, waste and drainageUS