need a good "how-to" book
 

I would like to finish my basement but need a good step-by-step reference. Any suggestions? Internet based or book form is preferred.

I intend to frame it, insulate it, drywall it(i may hire someone to mud, tape and sand), hang a suspended ceiling and then hire carpet guys to lay the carpeting.

Home Depot publishes a series of books that is not only well written but well illustrated. Another option is to do a search on Amazon and then read the reviews published there. I've had pretty good luck using this method to locate well written books on a rather eclectic range of topics.

Home Depo
1-2-3
home repair basics


Also


http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...=UTF8&v=glance



is a nice place to start

All of them are avaliable at any Home Depo

And there is a wealth of information online too btw

This is a guys journal on his woes of finishing the basement
i wouldnt read it all but just to get an idea of what youll be doing


http://emrl.byu.edu/darren/pages/basement.html



And

Shit! As much as I hate Home Depot...I gotta admit, their 1-2-3 series of "How To" books are excellet. They are written toward the novice, are very detaled, and well illustrated.

I prefer finehomebuilding.com for a reference source. Fine Homebuilding magazine is published by Tauton Press. The have excellent how-to books on every aspect of building.

Try these book:

Remodeling a Basement
http://www.taunton.com/store/pages/070744_intpg.asp

And these search results for basement from Tauton:
http://www.taunton.com/dtSearch/aspT...p=fh&sort=Hits

There are number of great articles on that site. Their magazine is the best $8 I spend.