Home Additions

How to Get Home Addition Estimates

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The first step toward finding the right contractor for your home addition is requesting accurate estimates. The boundaries of home addition estimates are determined by the size of your project and the level of service provided by the contractor. ... more »

How to Install Tile Flooring

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Tiles are available in a variety of sizes, materials, and colors. Prior to starting this project, be sure to choose the material that best fits with your home. Then read on to learn the basic steps for installing a perfect tile floor... more »

How to Make a Basement Root Cellar

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Root cellars have been around for centuries. Dark and cool root cellars were essential food storage places for dozens of generations before refrigerators. The root cellar is making a comeback among health conscious consumers concerned about ... more »

How to Plan a Home Addition

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If you love your home but need more space, a home addition might be the answer. You can increase the square footage of an existing room or create an entirely new room by adding on. Just remember, it's unlikely this will be an inexpensive or ... more »

How to Add a Built-In Closet

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If your current closets are limited in space, adding a built-in closet to your home is the answer. Built-in closets give you the additional space you need to relieve a storage space crunch. Plus, constructing a built-in closet is a project that ... more »

How to Add a Family Room

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If you've outgrown your living and entertaining space, adding a family room can be a great solution. In addition to giving you more space, it can add value to your home. Adding a family room is a big project. Careful planning and design can make ... more »

How to Add a Family Room to a Mobile Home

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Embrace an expandable room addition when you find yourself needing the extra space of a family room. Modular rooms, built off-site, fulfill the needs of a growing family. Add an extra room for more space and to help guests avoid stepping over ... more »

How to Add a Game Room to a Home

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The market for game room equipment and construction has grown from a small niche to a major part of home renovation. Game rooms can hold billiards tables, arcade games and entertainment centers that allow you to entertain friends and family. You ... more »

How to Add a Game Room to a Home

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The market for game room equipment and construction has grown from a small niche to a major part of home renovation. Game rooms can hold billiards tables, arcade games and entertainment centers that allow you to entertain friends and family. You ... more »

How to Add a New Wing to a Home

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When you add a wing to your home you not only add space, you add extra sunlight and interest to your house floor plan. The plans for the additional wing, as well as the construction, must be carefully executed so the integrity of the existing ... more »

How to Add a Porch to a Home

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The home you purchased years ago may not reflect your current status or be large enough for your expanding family. As your family grows and your desire to have friends over regularly increases, you may wish to create new spaces in your home for ... more »

How to Add a Porch to a Home

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The home you purchased years ago may not reflect your current status or be large enough for your expanding family. As your family grows and your desire to have friends over regularly increases, you may wish to create new spaces in your home for ... more »

How to Add a Second Floor to a Home

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Property owners who want to add on to their home realize that they have limited space to expand outward. An innovative way to give your family more space is to add a second floor to your home. It is important to budget wisely and to consider the ... more »

How to Add a Sun Room to a Home

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A sun room provides an area to read, enjoy a meal and relax in your home while you enjoy the beauty of nature. Your sun room may feature a panoramic view of your backyard or a clear ceiling through with you can enjoy the sun and moon. However, ... more »

How to Add a Sun Room to a Home

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A sun room provides an area to read, enjoy a meal and relax in your home while you enjoy the beauty of nature. Your sun room may feature a panoramic view of your backyard or a clear ceiling through with you can enjoy the sun and moon. However, ... more »

How to Add a Sun Room to a Mobile Home

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You will really enjoy sitting in your sun room just watching nature. Even if that only entails your small backyard, the experience is heavenly. With a little thinking outside the box, you can add a sun room to your mobile home by following these ... more »

How to Add Sliding Doors to a Pole Barn

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Sliding doors are a great way to access your pole barn. With some help from friends, you can add sliding doors to make your new barn easily accessible. Depending on the mounting kit you purchase, your sliding doors should be in place in no time... more »

How to Add Steps to a Mobile Home

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If a new mobile home has not received outside steps yet or an older mobile home is in need of a new set of steps, the owner has several options. New steps can either be made, bought or made to order. There are also several different materials you ... more »

How to build Log home

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Sing Log home is the most innovative home in USA. The highest quality home can be achieved with low budget, Sing home invented numerous patented building materials with cutting edge simple building method. Sing log home takes less skillful ... more »

How to Build a Carport

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There are two basic types of carports - free standing and attached to the house. Both types have similar construction methods and can add value and appeal to your home... more »

How to Build a Circular Pergola

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A pergola is an arbor or a passageway of columns supporting a roof of trelliswork on which climbing plants grow. Most pergolas are square or rectangular. If your landscaping design incorporates curves, though, you may want to build a pergola that ... more »

How to Build a Colonial-Style Shed

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Having enough storage is an issue that concerns many home-owners. Rather than build a more expensive addition, many homeowners opt to go the less expensive route of building a shed. It is possible to build an attractive colonial style shed in ... more »

How to Build a Fully Nested Shed Dormer

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The primary roof line fully encompasses a nested hip dormer window, which sits above the primary line of the eaves. With a dormer window, you increase the headroom in a room like the attic. Most dormer windows require two people to complete and ... more »

How to Build a Partially Nested Hip Dormer

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A partially nested hip dormer window interrupts the line of the roof, but adds character to the home. When you build this type of dormer window, you extend the exterior plain of the main building to form the walls of the dormer window. Most ... more »

How to build a plywood fish tank.

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Learning how to build a plywood fish tank that works. You will receive step by step instructions on how to build a workable fish tank that does not leak and is cheaper than larger glass tanks. Most of all you will appreciate it more... more »

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