Tips & Traps for Building Decks, Patios, and Porches - R. Dodge Woodson

Tips & Traps for Building Decks, Patios, and Porches

Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2005
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-145042-3 (ISBN)
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Offers information about hiring pros as well as designing and planning for a deck, patio or porch. This guide includes coverage of: screening and selecting contractors, obtaining proper permits, avoiding zoning problems, choosing a design and having working plans and specifications prepared, specific code issues, and selecting suitable sites.
Whether you're looking for more usable outdoor space or you want to create more curb appeal to add value to your home, "Decks, Patios, and Porches" is exactly the resource you need. An easy-to-read guide that can save you thousands of dollars and prevent big, expensive mistakes, this book arms you with everything you need to know about hiring pros as well as designing and planning for a deck, patio or porch. Readers will learn about screening and selecting contractors, obtaining proper permits, avoiding zoning problems, choosing a design and having working plans and specifications prepared, specific code issues, selecting suitable sites, pros and cons of different materials, avoiding underground obstacles, such as utilities and bedrock, choosing a suitable foundation, sample pricing, and the bidding process.

R. Dodge Woodson is a licensed Class A Builder and Master Plumber with almost three decades' experience in the construction field. He also holds the real estate license Designated Broker, the highest classification of professional real licensure available. The author of numerous books on construction, real estate, and plumbing for both amateurs and professionals, he also wrote Tips & Traps for Hiring a Contractor. Woodson is the president and owner of The Masters Group, Inc., of Brunswick, Maine. He bought his first piece of land in 1974 and has been a progressive land developer, builder, and remodeler in Virginia and Maine for the last 29 years.

ABOUT THE AUTHORINTRODUCTIONChapter 1: Should You Be Your Own Contractor for Home Improvements?Chapter 2: Screening and Selecting ContractorsChapter 3: Avoiding Zoning ProblemsChapter 4: Avoiding Violations of Covenants and Deed RestrictionsChapter 5: Choosing a Design: Preparation of Working Plans and SpecificationsChapter 6: Selecting Suitable Sites for Each Type of ConstructionChapter 7: Hiring a General ContractorChapter 8: Avoiding Underground ObstaclesChapter 9: Choosing a Suitable Type of FoundationChapter 10: Sample Pricing to Keep Your Contractor HonestChapter 11: The Bidding Process When Seeking a ContractorChapter 12: Putting It In WritingINDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag 1.9.2005
Reihe/Serie Tips and Traps
Zusatzinfo 75 Illustrations
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Freizeit / Hobby Heimwerken / Do it yourself
ISBN-10 0-07-145042-4 / 0071450424
ISBN-13 978-0-07-145042-3 / 9780071450423
Zustand Neuware
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