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Reddit mentions of Renovation 4th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated
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Reddit mentions: 10
We found 10 Reddit mentions of Renovation 4th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated. Here are the top ones.
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Has really in depth things but also relatively basic things. I love this book.
I am a contractor. I have only seen one book from tumbleweed and was not impressed. This was years ago, so perhaps later editions improved, but the one I saw had almost no detail and certainly not anywhere near what a novice needed.
If you have no experience building, I'd suggest The Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling. It has detailed photos and drawing.
If you're still interested in some construction books, Renovation is written for remodeling, but it has some really interesting work-arounds.
Some books previously recommended on this sub:
https://www.amazon.com/Renovation-4th-Edition-Completely-Revised/dp/1600854923
https://www.amazon.com/Carpentry-Remodeling-Installing-Removing-improvement/dp/0865737207/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1494249697&sr=8-3&keywords=black+and+decker+books+Framing
“A Practical Illustrated Trade Assistant on Modern Construction For Carpenters-Joiners, Builders-Mechanics, and all Wood Workers.”
Do-It-Yourself Housebuilding: The Complete Handbook. by George Nash.
Also, Old This Old House and/or Ask This Old House episodes that cover framing may be valuable to you. JLC and FineHomeBuilding.com are likely to have some beneficial tid-bits of wisdom when you start formulating you're own queries.
Renovation is the gold standard of books on improvement and repair, the editor is the guy who runs the Fine Homebuilding site, out of all the books I have none come close to the amount of subjects and details this book offers.
I found Renovation 4th Edition to be very informative. It's not necessarilly a step-by-step DIY guide, but it's gives a great overview of the steps and tools necessary to complete a job.
I always recommend Renovation by Michael Litchfield.
The User's Manual for your home.
This book, Renovation by Litchfield. I wish I knew about this book sooner. If something is fucked up in the house, this book shows how pros will fix it.
Edit: also if you want to really check your electricity you need both and outlet tester or multimeter to make sure that the outlet has the correct voltage/polarity and a circuit tracer to make sure that the wire goes where you think it goes. It took me two months to figure out where the hell my stove was getting power from, turns out I had a 2nd breaker box that was walled up ,I hope , unintentionally.
Things are going to break, and you're going to learn how to fix them. Each time you fix something, you're going to gain new knowledge.
I just bought this book after reading a lot of good reviews, and I would agree that it's got a lot of good info:
Renovation
Just some tips that I learned over the years...