Ron Hazelton's House Calls: America's Most Requested Home Improvement Projects

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Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1999-12-01
Publisher(s): Grand Central Pub
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Summary

He's been helping Americans do it themselves for decades.From simple tasks like changing a faucet to more ambitious projects, like building a kitchen island Ron Hazelton can talk you through just about any home repair and improvement challenge.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 5(3)
Introduction 8(4)
Kitchens
Installing a Vented Range Hood
12(6)
Adding a Kitchen Island
18(4)
Upgrading a Sink
22(6)
Relaminating a Countertop
28(8)
Upgrading a Faucet
36(4)
Refacing Kitchen Cabinets
40(6)
Painting Kitchen Cabinets
46(4)
Sink Cabinet Storage Upgrades
50(4)
Tiling a Backsplash
54(6)
Bathrooms
Replacing a Vanity
60(6)
Installing a Pedestal Sink
66(4)
Upgrading a Medicine Cabinet
70(4)
Replacing Bathroom Lights
74(4)
Upgrading a Toilet
78(6)
Installing a Whirlpool Tub
84(6)
Installing a Bathroom Exhaust Fan
90(4)
Installing Shower Doors
94(6)
Installing Bathroom Tileboard
100(6)
Walls
Stenciling Walls
106(4)
Painting Walls
110(4)
Stripping Wallpaper
114(4)
Hanging Wallpaper
118(6)
Adding a Wallpaper Border
124(4)
Installing Wainscoting
128(6)
Installing Chair Rail
134(4)
Installing Wall Paneling
138(8)
Refinishing Trim
146(4)
Building a Fireplace Surround
150(6)
Making a Built-In Window Seat
156(4)
Installing Bifold Doors
160(4)
A Faux Wall Finish
164(4)
Finishing Off a Basement Wall
168(4)
Installing Simple Shelves
172(6)
Floors
Resilient Sheet Flooring
178(8)
Installing a "Floating" Laminate Floor
186(6)
Installing Floor Tiles
192(6)
Refinishing a Wood Floor
198(4)
Installing Ceramic Tile Installing Wood
202(6)
Strip Flooring
208(6)
Installing Wall-to-Wall Carpeting
214(8)
Ceilings
Wallpapering a Ceiling
222(4)
Installing Crown Molding
226(8)
Installing a Suspended Ceiling
234(6)
Soundproofing a Ceiling
240(4)
Installing Acoustical Ceiling Tile
244(6)
Adding Track Lighting
250(4)
Installing a Thin-Line Skylight
254(6)
Hanging a Ceiling Fan
260(6)
Exteriors
Installing a Replacement Entry Door
266(6)
Making a Window Box
272(4)
Installing a Window Greenhouse
276(4)
Painting Exterior Walls
280(6)
Painting Exterior Trim
286(4)
Adding Shutters
290(4)
Adding Low-Voltage Lighting
294(4)
Installing a Security Light
298(4)
Installing a Storm Door
302(4)
Adding a Stone Path
306(4)
A Simple Brick-and-Sand Patio
310(6)
Sources 316(1)
Index 317

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