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The majority of home-owners, especially those with young families, find that living space in their properties is at a premium. For many, converting a garage that has been used as little more than a disorganized storage room into an additional living area offers great opportunities. The extra room could be in the form of a granny annex, an extra bedroom, a dining room, an extended kitchen, a children's play room, or a games room.
Brand new selections of barn conversions in one of our most successful books. The appetite for barns with both traditional and contemporary fi nishes continues unabated. This book is illustrated with hundreds of high quality colour photographs and the full stories of the conversions as well as design, building and supplier contact details.
Provides a detailed record of types of rural building and offers advice for conversion, including retention of period features where appropriate. Sympathetic conversion ensures that the record of rural life is not lost. Contents include; history and development of all types of farm and related buildings; conservation and planning issues; Local Authority guidelines; conservation professionals and ethics; the design process; budgeting; working within a rural context and landscape; and case studies. Farm and Rural Buildings offers a vital resource for owners and conservation and building professionals.
Addresses the growing trend in converting existing structures into a series of ingenious living spaces as it looks at varied projects from around the world in rural, urban, and civic buildings, as well as lofts, industrial spaces, and other unique buildings, examining such topics as what elements of the structure are left intact, what are demolished, how each building was converted into a dwelling, budgets, materials, and impact on the surrounding environment.
NOW AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: Every performance test for completing a home energy audit. If you're a professional in today's fast-evolving industry of high performance construction and retrofits, then you've probably found yourself wondering a few things: Who can show me how to run that test? How do I get the most out of the equipment I own? Why do the tests work, and how do I explain them? What quality control methods should I use? Which tools will make my job faster and easier? With this guide, experienced and new diagnosticians alike will get step-by-step details on advanced testing, complete with best practices, important concepts and pitfalls, ways to present data to the client, Step-By-Step photographs, and time-saving tips, plus quiz questions for each diagnostic!