Remodeling a Basement: Revised Edition

Great book. Covers all the aspects of a basement renovation. Very helpful.

Great instructions, many step by step details, excellent how to photos in color, great references, covers building codes basics, finish carpentry on remodeled rooms in a basement. This is what I would say is a very good book for beginners to mid level carpenters. I got a lot out of it and enjoyed reading it. I recommend it to others, worth the price, it has many good tips and ideas on framing, flooring, plumbing and electrical work in a basement remodel. It is easy to read and follow with good directions with clear instruction, which is a very nice feature of this book, anyone can read it and learn from it and then apply what they read and see in the methods or directions from this book. Very good read and easy to understand, I really liked this basement remodel book, and it actually helped me on a remodel job I just finished in a basement a month ago so I got my moneys worth out of this book.

La serie "build like a pro" de Taunton son libros bien ilustrados y editados, relativamente cortos y con conceptos básicos y fijos (en cuanto a ideas) a la hora de remodelar, como en este caso, un sótano. El libro está bien a la hora proporcionar ideas a base de ilustraciones y fotografías, pero para que sea útil, se debe tener un conocimiento previo a la hora de hacer según las tareas explicadas en el mismo (fontanería, estructura, cableado eléctrico...)

Contained all the information necessary to frame a basement wall. A little outdated.

I have a 500 sq-ft basement with an oil tank, boiler and water filtration system and wanted to turn it into livable space and partition out those items at the same time. Without ANY prior experience with putting up walls or anything like that, I looked for a good book and came across this one. It looked promising so I gave it a try and it turned out to be the perfect book. There are a lot of great photos and diagrams to accompany the instructions and it all made the project easier than I expected. I do have to admit, we had one section of our basement professionally finished prior to me starting on the other sections and while the contractor was downstairs working on it, I would periodically go downstairs to watch and learn. This book more or less enforced some of the things I saw him doing. For anyone considering a project like this for the first time, it may seem overwhelming. Getting started was the toughest part. I remember my buddy and I just staring at the basement ceiling to figure out where to start and we were just staring for the longest time. Once we got started and secured the first 2x4 we were moving fast and things began coming together much quicker than expected. It was actually fun at times too! I had the drywall professionally plastered (or mudded, whatever you want to call it) and he was the same guy that did the other section of the basement. He was very surprised with the quality of my work and has praised me several times for it especially knowing this was my first project. Thanks to the book!