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Title: The Basement Book : Upstairs Downstairs: Reclaiming the Wasted Space in Your Basement by Tom Carpenter, Jeffrey Taylor ISBN: 1-881527-99-9 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 15 May, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95

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Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (4 reviews)

Rating: 1
Summary: The only book I ever returned
Comment: I can't be totally negative about this book. It is well written and even gives a very good description of how to install dry wall tape. But that's about it. Unless the reader is a total novice, this book will add nothing to ones knowledge of how to finish a basement - it is much too basic to be of any help to anyone contemplating doing such a job themselves.

Rating: 1
Summary: Interesting book but not a "HOW-TO" book
Comment: This book is informative but is NOT a reader friendly "how-to" book. I bought it to finish my basement and now I'm going to have to buy another which will actually tell me. I've got to connect my air-conditioner to the basement and the book doesn't even mention an A/C, it only mentions heaters. Word to the wise, shop around before you buy a book about finishing a basement. This one doesn't so i gave it one star.

Rating: 3
Summary: Not the only book you're going to need.
Comment: I have no experience with remodeling, and have decided to finish my basement. I bought this book hoping it would show me how to do everything from framing to finishing. This book, however, gives general ideas, but not too many specifics. For example, at one point it says you may need to lay a vapor barrier down, and tells you to put on two coats of bitumen product and then a vapor barrier over it - it does not, however, describe in detail how to do this, i.e. how do you cover the whole floor/wall with the barrier without any gaps? Another chapter, the one on running the electricity, starts off by saying one should hire a contractor - not what I wanted to see. Last example, on framing it doesn't show how to frame windows. Anyway, a good start, however you'll need other books for the specifics.

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