Means home improvement cost guide - Hardcover

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``Do-it-yourself and save a bundle'' goes the claim of most how-to books. Few then provide the hard figures to back up the claim. Enter R. S. Means, long-time supplier of cost data to the construction trade. From hot tubs to full-scale additions, the Cost Guide gives detailed estimates on 74 home improvement projects. Tables list the total contracted cost of a job, the quantity and cost of materials, and the professional man-hours needed for the different phases of the work. The Guide then goes beyond the dollars and board feet of the professional guides by offering sound advice on each project's level of difficulty and inherent problems, along with a recommended conversion factor for revising labor estimates based on one's level of expertise. A lengthy appendix provides additional unit-based labor and material estimates for general categories of construction work. Essential for most how-to collections. Bill Demo, Tompkins-Cortland Community Coll. Lib., Dryden, N.Y.
Copyright 1985 Reed Business Information, Inc.