Home Additions
Read these tips -- from construction basics to design styles to regulations -- before you add on to your home.
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2009 Home Improvement Challenge: Additions Winner and More Favorites
As these examples show, a successful addition blends so seamlessly with the original structure, it seems to have always been there.
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Two-Story Home Additions
A slideshow of two-story additions
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Beautiful Home Additions
A slideshow that features beautiful home additions, with design and DIY tips
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Home Additions and Bump-Outs
A slideshow of bump-outs and small home additions, featuring a variety of addition designs, styles, and hints
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Expert Advice for Building an Addition
Planning an addition? Keep these guidelines in mind to help ensure the new melds with the old.
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One-Room Home Additions
A slideshow of beautiful one-room home additions, showing a variety of designs and styles
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Building Options for Home Additions
A description of three building options for home additions: stick-built, modular, and kit-built additions
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Building Regulations for Home Additions
A guide to legal requirements and building regulations for home additions
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Common Addition Problems
Common problems encountered during home addition projects, including structural deficiencies, outdated wiring, mechanical systems, and ...
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Preparation for Home Additions
In-depth explanation of how to prepare drawings, site plans, floor plans, and blueprints for home additions
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Planning Home Additions
A helpful guide to planning your home addition, broken down into five manageable steps
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Home Additions and Annex Ideas
The pros and cons of building an annex, as opposed to a home addition
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Multiroom Home Additions
Extensive information on large, multiroom home additions, including addition designs
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Second Story Addition
Modular construction may be a cost-effective way to add a second story.
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Second-Level Home Additions
Everything you need to know about home additions, including second-story additions and fitting into your neighborhood
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Single-Room Addition Opportunities
Information about single-room additions and their distinct design challenges
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Siting an Addition
Careful planning is key when you're adding onto your home.
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Prefab Additions
An article featuring how homeowners married a prefab addition into their preexisting two-story Rhode Island home
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