--- product_id: 139183373 title: "Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated" price: "296 kr" currency: NOK in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.no/products/139183373-renovation-5th-edition-completely-revised-and-updated store_origin: NO region: Norway --- # Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated **Price:** 296 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated - **How much does it cost?** 296 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.no](https://www.desertcart.no/products/139183373-renovation-5th-edition-completely-revised-and-updated) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description The Ultimate Guide to Remodeling When it comes to home renovation, there's no substitute for experience. Renovation 5th Edition contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of remodeling contractors, architects, and tradespeople who shared their first-hand secrets with Mike Litchfield as he interviewed and photographed them at job sites and work locations throughout the industry. This indispensable, fully revised edition provides the practical, field-tested solutions and trade secrets from the cream of the crop―the pros that other pros admire. Written in a down-to-earth, conversational style with a sharp wit, Renovation 5th Edition is not only immensely useful but a pleasure to read, covering renovation from planning through finish surfaces. This is a must-have for both experienced pros and handy DIYers looking to grow their knowledge. Why This Book Is Essential: Visual Learning: Benefit from over 1,000 clear and helpful photos selected from more than 45,000 taken by the author throughout his career. Crisp, informative illustrations enhance your understanding of complex processes. Complete Coverage, Start to Finish: Reflecting the new realities of planning carefully, spending wisely, maximizing space, and building durably, its 656 pages contain extensively revised chapters on planning, structural carpentry, masonry and foundations, electrical wiring, plumbing, kitchens and baths, and more. Massive Cost Savings: This comprehensive guide empowers DIY homeowners to confidently tackle major projects like electrical wiring, plumbing, structural carpentry, and finish surfaces. By learning pro-level techniques and avoiding common pitfalls, you can save tens of thousands of dollars in labor costs and build lasting, durable results. Launch Your Contracting Career: For those looking to go pro, this book is the most complete and understandable basic text on the subject. It provides aspiring contractors with an invaluable supplement to their knowledge of specific trades, accelerating the path to professional competence and efficiency across all aspects of remodeling. Review: Such a wonderful book to read, even if you don’t plan to do renovations yourself. - It is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the tjings this book discusses, even if you don’t plan on doing your own renovations. This will help you better communicate with your contractor. Review: Welcome, necessary update to a grounbreaking(!) series on techniques, tools, and times! - We're owner builders who have been renovating houses for 30 years more or less. We're not professional builders by a long shot but we've done pretty much every job you can think of, including framing, plumbing and wiring several bathrooms, gutting and rebuilding a couple of country kitchens, laying hardwood floors, tiling counters, floors and even an outdoor fountain, shingling walls and roofs and so on. Over the years we've probably bought 50 or 60 home improvement books but we return to Renovation again and again. We cut our building teeth on the 2nd edition and it's only gotten bigger better with each new edition. The 5th edition is big and beautiful. It's now up to 650-some pages, with updated sections on electrical wiring, pex plumbing (way easier than copper), rebuilding a brick chimney, laying conc block, the best material on soundproofing we've seen anywhere, and a long section on post-and-beam framing that is worth the price of admission. A lot of this is stuff we'll never attempt in this lifetime but it's a gas to read about if you love houses. All of this information comes from professional builders all over North America, who shared what they know with author Mike Litchfield, who was one of the founders of Fine Homebuilding magazine. In this 5th edition he's joined by Chip Harley, who's been a contractor for 35 years. Renovation 5 is incredibly complete. Specific tools—including some we’d never heard of, best materials, useful tips and shortcuts somebody figured out on a job site. R5 usually suggests several ways to tackle a job. Best of all it doesn't read like a text, it sounds like real people talking about what they love doing. Like your favorite uncle or your best friend, who has time to hang out and who gets a kick out of showing you how to do stuff. And watching you surprise yourself at how well you can do it. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #72,530 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3 in Interior Window Design #30 in Home Repair #84 in Home Design & Construction (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 712 Reviews | ## Images ![Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71aBvls5stL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Such a wonderful book to read, even if you don’t plan to do renovations yourself. *by Z***D on April 20, 2026* It is a good idea to familiarize yourself with the tjings this book discusses, even if you don’t plan on doing your own renovations. This will help you better communicate with your contractor. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Welcome, necessary update to a grounbreaking(!) series on techniques, tools, and times! *by L***D on May 31, 2019* We're owner builders who have been renovating houses for 30 years more or less. We're not professional builders by a long shot but we've done pretty much every job you can think of, including framing, plumbing and wiring several bathrooms, gutting and rebuilding a couple of country kitchens, laying hardwood floors, tiling counters, floors and even an outdoor fountain, shingling walls and roofs and so on. Over the years we've probably bought 50 or 60 home improvement books but we return to Renovation again and again. We cut our building teeth on the 2nd edition and it's only gotten bigger better with each new edition. The 5th edition is big and beautiful. It's now up to 650-some pages, with updated sections on electrical wiring, pex plumbing (way easier than copper), rebuilding a brick chimney, laying conc block, the best material on soundproofing we've seen anywhere, and a long section on post-and-beam framing that is worth the price of admission. A lot of this is stuff we'll never attempt in this lifetime but it's a gas to read about if you love houses. All of this information comes from professional builders all over North America, who shared what they know with author Mike Litchfield, who was one of the founders of Fine Homebuilding magazine. In this 5th edition he's joined by Chip Harley, who's been a contractor for 35 years. Renovation 5 is incredibly complete. Specific tools—including some we’d never heard of, best materials, useful tips and shortcuts somebody figured out on a job site. R5 usually suggests several ways to tackle a job. Best of all it doesn't read like a text, it sounds like real people talking about what they love doing. Like your favorite uncle or your best friend, who has time to hang out and who gets a kick out of showing you how to do stuff. And watching you surprise yourself at how well you can do it. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A wealth of information at your fingertips *by L***Z on October 14, 2025* This is a phenomenal reference to add to your library. It covers so many different things. I think any homeowner would benefit from this book! Very thorough and easy to understand! ## Frequently Bought Together - Renovation 5th Edition: Completely Revised and Updated - Visual Handbook of Building and Remodeling: A Comprehensive Guide to Choosing the Right Materials and Systems for Every Part of Your Home/5th Edition - Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement, 3rd Updated Edition: Proven Money-Saving Projects, 3,400 Photos & Illustrations (Creative Homeowner) 608-Page Resource with 325 Step-by-Step DIY Projects --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.no/products/139183373-renovation-5th-edition-completely-revised-and-updated](https://www.desertcart.no/products/139183373-renovation-5th-edition-completely-revised-and-updated) --- *Product available on Desertcart Norway* *Store origin: NO* *Last updated: 2026-09-16*