How to Repair, Renovate, and Decorate Your Walls, Floors, and Ceilings
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Author(s)Jackson Hand
PublisherPopular Science
ISBN / ASIN0060908254
ISBN-139780060908256
Sales Rank7,409,604
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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Here's a complete guide to walls, floors and ceilings--how to repair, renovate or decorate them. You'll learn how to choose and install a wide variety of surfacing materials, sheet rock, wood and plastic paneling, ceramic and other types of tiles. A mini-course in painting and wallpapering shows how to estimate paint or wallpaper needs, how to choose paint brushes, rollers, adhesive and other supplies. There is complete coverage of floor-construction elements (headers, bridging, subfloors, underlayment), vinyl and ceramic tile and all flooring, wood parquet and strip flooring. Finally, you'll learn all about ceiling construction--acoustical ceilings, paint for ceilings, ceiling beams, lighting treatments, and skylights.