Renovation
Remodelling, remodeling or renovation is the process of changing, adding onto, repairing or otherwise changing a building such as a house. Such renovations include
- building extensions
- basement conversion
- attic conversion
- altering the layout or fixtures of a kitchen, bathroom, etc.
- adding or removing walls.
Renovation Media
Truman's renovation of the White House, 17 May 1950
The interior of a Victorian building in Lincoln Park, Chicago in the process of being renovated in June 1971. Note the elements of the edifice scattered and sorted about.
Many cities and towns have been renovated because of the devastations, such as Rovaniemi in Lapland, Finland. Video about the post-war era reconstruction of Rovaniemi in 1949.
Video: An angle grinder is used for cutting through a steel chain. The chain is kept under tension by a second person to avoid a blockade of the grinder. Large amounts of potentially harmful particulates (metal dust) are being generated.)
A high dust level example.
Renovated church, now condominiums, Watertown, Massachusetts