Extension Communications
3614 Administrative Services Building
Ames, Iowa 50011-3614
(515) 294-9915
10/30/00
For immediate release
Contacts:
Lois Warme, Art and Design, (515) 294-8708
Lynette Spicer, Extended and Continuing Education, (515)
294-1327
ISU Extension offers one-day Home Planning and Remodeling Workshops
AMES, IOWA--If you are planning to build a home or undertake major remodeling, Iowa State University Extension's home planning and remodeling workshop will give you practical advice and useful reference material. The daylong workshops are held each month from November 2000 to June 2001.
In the workshop, you will learn about home construction and renovation from ISU Extension and Iowa Central Community College (ICCC) housing specialists. You will get answers to your specific project questions, learn about energy conservation and universal design options available for your home. You will receive valuable information on everything from designing the floor plan to installing energy-efficient windows, from material properties to indoor air quality.
Mary Kay Vogel of Ames has attended the Home Planning and Remodeling Workshops four times. "I found the workshop to be very informative. You can bring sketches, preliminary plans or photos of your existing house or building site. A specialist consults with you, one-to-one, to answer your specific questions. I returned as we moved through the different phases of building our home. Each time the workshop was helpful. The information packet was also very useful."
Iowa State faculty from agricultural and biosystems engineering, physics, art and design, and human development and family studies, plus the ICCC program coordinator of carpentry, lead the workshop discussions. The workshops begin at 8:45 a.m. and conclude at 5:00 p. m. The fee, including lunch, is $100 per individual or $120 for two from the same household.
The home planning and remodeling workshops are held on campus in Ames on the second Friday of each month.
For program information contact Lois Warme, (515) 294-5366 or visit the ISU Institute for Design Research and Outreach World Wide Web site, www.design.iastate.edu/idro. For registration information, call Janet Gardner at Iowa State University Extended and Continuing Education, (800) 262-0015.
Extension programs are available to all without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, or disability.