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

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  Truman's renovation of the White House, 17 May 1950

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  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.

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  A shop under renovation, Hong Kong. The type of dust generated depends on the material being worked on. For example, in the above photo the dust does not seem to be solely wood dust, concrete dust, metal dust or paint dust.

• 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.

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  Renovated church, now condominiums, Watertown, Massachusetts

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  Wood and sawdust in a shop under renovation 02

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  Wood and sawdust in a shop under renovation 05

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  Shop renovation in Hong Kong 03