The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finishing Your Basement Illustrated
Product DescriptionThis step-by-step, fully illustrated guide takes do-it-yourselfers through the process of designing, planning, and executing the finishing or remodeling of a basement-one of the most rewarding and popular home improvemen. . . More >>
The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finishing Your Basement Illustrated
July 27, 2010
• Tags: Basement, Complete, Finishing, Guide, Idiot's, Illustrated • Posted in: Long Island Basements
5 Responses to “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Finishing Your Basement Illustrated”
This book gives a decent overall idea of what to expect when finishing a basement, however, it is not detailed enough to actually use to do the work yourself. It is a good book to read if you will be hiring contractors to do the work for you.
Rating: 3 / 5
Its a good start for the lay-person to catch up with the basics. Especially good, if you want to get familiar with the kinds of tasks needed to completed to finish a basement. A good read, before calling a contractor to give you a bid for your basement.
Rating: 4 / 5
I’ve read a couple of other books regarding finishing a basement, and this is by far the most useless. It skims over framing, plumbing, electrical, etc. , NEVER getting into detail such as framing around windows, proper DWV sizing, etc. Those are the details that you would really want to get from a book like this. Instead, it seems to focus on building your confidence by using a lot of exclamation points. Again, useless
Rating: 1 / 5
This book does an excellent job of stepping you through a basement finishing project. It provides help on every step, including some basic electrical that a novice like me can do. If I had one complaint it would be that the pictures are not in color, and some of them are rather small, so when I was looking for ideas on planning the basement, this book wasn’t very helpful. However, it’s a great help in assessing what needs to be done if you’ll be doing some or all of the work yourself.
Rating: 5 / 5
If you want details about actually doing the work, buy a different book. . .
Rating: 1 / 5
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