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How to be Your Own Contractor: The Complete Guide to Hiring and Overseeing
How to be Your Own Contractor The Complete Guide to Hiring and Overseeing
Author: Gene Hamilton, Katie Hamilton
If you're planning any kind of home improvement, from having a room painted to adding a three-room wing to your house, you need How to Be Your Own Contractor, the complete guide to hiring and overseeing the work of more than fifty different contracting specialists. It covers:
  • finding the right contractor for the job ...  more »
  • comparing estimates
  • negotiating a contract
  • checking a contractor's licenses and insurance
  • obtaining building permits
  • working on-site with the contractors
The Hamiltons discuss:
  • design professionals
  • mechanical systems contractors, like plumbers and electricians
  • interior specialist contractors, such as carpenters, paperhangers, and tile layers
  • exterior specialists, such as roofers, deck builders, and excavators
  • yard contractors, like swimming pool builders
  • maintenance contractors, such as exterminators
ISBN-13: 9780020332107
ISBN-10: 0020332106
Publication Date: 6/1/1991
Pages: 144
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Publisher: Wiley
Book Type: Paperback
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