‘‘Remodeling Fever’’ is a
disorder that affects (or af-
flicts nearly any homeowner
every so often. You think
something should be done

with ‘‘this old house,’’ but
that calls for spending a lot
of money.

Do you need it? Do you
need a new dormer? A new
bathroom or kitchen? An ex-
ercise room? How do you
decide?

It’s) easy.
yourself.

Here are some of the ques-
uons to ask yourself in check-
ing the adequacy of the old
design, and every ‘‘yes”’
answer cries out for change:

1. Have the children
grown? If they will leave the
household soon it will ease
the strain on bedrooms, den,
kitchen and bath.

2. Has there been any
change in family size, either
departures or additions?

After all, grown children
sometimes get divorced and
return, or return because they
lost a job, or a relative might
need living quarters. You
might need an_ efficiency
apartment in that empty
bedroom.

3. Has there been a change
in work habits, such as more
family members out working,
or fewer? This calls for
changes in living patterns,
possibly a whole new
hfestyle, and the house will
have to fit it.

4. Has there been a change
in affluence? More money
usually means more enter-
taining, putting new demands
on kitchen, bathroom and
other living quarters.

S. Has there been a change
in family living, such as new
interest in gourmet cooking,
or in his-and-her sharing of
kitchen activities, or a new
awareness of health and
fitness?

It could call for redesign of
the kitchen, of conversion of
an empty bedroom
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6 Are there things about
the house that really bother
you, such as a dishwasher

door that cramps you at the
sink when it is Open, or a
refrigerator door that swings
the wrong way, or traffic cut-
ting across the legs of your
kitchen work triangle when
you are busy, or things being
in the way, or having to take
the dishes way over ‘‘there’’
to put them away = after
washing, or lack of light in
kitchen, bath or reading
areas, or always bumping
your elbows in the too-small
bathroom? All of these pro-
blems call for some type of
remodeling.

How are you going to ac-
complish it?

You can try to do it
yourself, of course, with the
help of this section and
several good books available
at your home centre or book
store.

Or you can go to a profes-
sional remodeling contractor
who has a good showroom
that shows you both products
and ideas.

If you do this, you can opt
either for design, purchase
and installation, or for design
and purchase only.

But professional help on
the design is worth paying for
if your problem is kitchen,
bath, room addition, major
room change or finishing at-
tic or basement.

Professional design help
for a kitchen or bathroom
usually will cost anywhere
from $150 up to 5 percent of
the estimated total cost of the
job, and it could run much
more for other rooms.

If you want to do it
yourself, be realistic. Know-
ing how to do something
doesn’t mean your fingers
can follow orders.

Even ordinary carpentry
requires skill and the right
tools Plumbing calls for care
and precision at every step
and, if you try to do electrical
work, you can run into some
shocking moments of truth

father way, however, once
you have made the commit-
nent to remodel, you can

look forward to a house that
is whal you want it to be!

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