ALTERATIONS AND REPAIRS

HOME ALTERATIONS & REPAIRS

Home Alterations and Repairs


Home improvement is, for a large proportion of the population, an essential part of owning a home, whether it is an old period property or newly built home. As our lives progress, our homes need to change and adapt to them.


With property prices and the cost of moving home rising, more and more of us our looking to alter and adapt our homes to suit our changing lives.


Removing an internal wall to create an open plan layout can make a huge difference while fitting a new kitchen or bathroom will add value to any property. Whether you plan to carry out structural alterations removing load-bearing walls and chimney breasts or simply carry out basic repairs to keep your home in good order, Home Alterations and Repairs is an indispensable guide.

  • How to plan and design structural and non-structural alterations.
  • Find the right designers, structural engineers and builders for the project and advice on contracts.
  • Insurance, Party Wall legalisation and the Building Regulations.
  • Understanding and resolving subsidence and cracking.
  • Cavity wall tie failure.
  • Re-roofing.
  • Common drainage problems and repairs.
  • Information and guidance on projects like underpinning, removing walls and installing steel beams, fitting new doors and windows, re-plumbing and heating.
  • Paperback : 176 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 1843306956
  • Publisher : New Holland Publishers Ltd (01 Apr. 2004)
  • Language: : English
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