Covering everything from replacing faulty faucets and showerheads to curing the quirks of an air conditioner, this book provides step-by-step illustrated instructions, plus a comprehensive chapter on tools. The indispensable reference guide for every homeowner, guaranteed to help you maintain and improve your home while saving time and money.
The indispensable reference guide for every homeowner, guaranteed to help you maintain and improve your home while saving time and money. Covering everything from replacing faulty faucets and showerheads to curing the quirks of an air conditioner, this book provides step-by-step illustrated instructions, plus a comprehensive chapter on tools.
Let new fix-it-yourself manual guide you through: * Fixing a broken dryer by testing the thermostat, thermal fuse, heating coils, etc.
The Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual Newly Updated
Now in 2014, the family handyman has once again updated and revised this do-it-yourself classic to make it relevant to today’s homeowners and DIYers. New building codes that make homes safer, more energy-efficient and trouble-free. The leading manual for home improvements is getting an update to address current codes, latest materials, tools and technology.
The bestselling, most comprehensive guide to home improvements has been revised and updated once again since it's revision in 2005. The book’s tried-and-true instructions provide do-it-yourself solutions to a ton of problems that could cost a fortune if you had to hire a professional. Written in a style of text that addresses readers in a very accessible, conversational tone for easy, user-friendly assistance with every do-it-yourself task.
All instructions and materials have been updated to address current codes electrical, and revised to indicate the very latest in materials, plumbing and building, tools, and technology.
Ultimate Guide to Home Repair and Improvement, Updated Edition: Proven Money-Saving Projects; 3,400 Photos & Illustrations Creative Homeowner 600 Page Resource with 325 Step-by-Step DIY Projects
. Information is also provided on tools, materials, and basic skills, plus 325 step-by-step projects with how-to photo sequences. Simon Schuster. Top to bottom, inside and out, renovating, repairing, this is the single, ultimate resource book for DIY projects and repairs to save you money when remodeling, and maintaining your home.
The ultimate guide to home Repair & Improvement also includes a remodeling guide and a resource guide.
100 Things Every Homeowner Must Know: How to Save Money, Solve Problems and Improve Your Home
. Here’s just a small sample of what’s inside: the smartest thing you can do before going on vacation push a button and save $100 be ready for any natural disaster make burglars bypass your house the most effective way to cut heating and cooling costs Clever shortcuts for home maintenance—indoors and out Keep mice, instant repairs Make appliances last years longer The key to drip-free faucets Make your mower start right up—every time Cures for damp basements Exterminate mold and mildew Pick a paint color you’ll love Get faster downloads and better TV quality Stop peeling paint Plus, odors and other household irritations Grow the best lawn on the block Secret weapons pros use for easy, ants and other invaders out of your house Boost curb appeal without remodeling What to do when the power goes out The most common—and costly—homeowner mistakes Eliminate noises, incredibly easy repairs for appliances, plumbing, walls, flooring, furniture and more! Simon Schuster.
The family handyman’s 100 things Every Homeowner Must Know gives you the knowledge you need to be a better homeowner.
New Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual
Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated
Completely revised and redesigned with over 3, and improvement, this definitive do-it-yourself guide to home repair, and user-friendly instructions for a wide range of projects, facts on the latest tools and techniques, maintenance, 000 color photos and illustrations, is designed to save you time and money.
Since 1973 over 10 million copies of reader’s digest complete dO-IT-YOURSELF MANUAL have been sold. All instructions and materials have been updated to address current codes electrical, and revised to indicate the very latest in materials, tools, plumbing and building, and technology. Simon Schuster. Reader s Digest Association.
And now, the definitive “on-the-job” manual has just gotten bigger and better than ever. Complete do-it-yourself manual is written in a style of text that addresses readers in a very accessible, conversational tone for easy, user-friendly assistance with every do-it-yourself task. Suitable for beginners and experts alike, and safety first, such as shop smart, providing readers with helpful information • two new chapters, handy hints, 000 photos and illustrations including more than 1, 500 new full-color photos and 100 new technical drawings • New sidebars, the new innovative ideas and features include: • Over 3, Go Figure, Landscaping and Storage Projects that include material and cutting lists • Yellow-highlighter notes of caution or important points to remember • Cross-references at the top of each page • Metrics are given with most measurements throughout the text and a complete metric conversion chart is included at the rear of the bookThe book’s tried-and-true instructions provide do-it-yourself solutions to a ton of problems that could cost a fortune if you had to hire a professional.
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Popular Mechanics How to Fix Anything: Essential Home Repairs Anyone Can Do
Reader s Digest Association. Simon Schuster. Throughout the book roy berendsohn, popular mechanics’ senior home editor, answers questions about the trickiest fix-its, including how to deal with a recurring ceiling cracks or get rid of that stench from the kitchen sink. And because it’s organized room by room, from basement to bathroom to bedroom, it’s simple to find the solution you need—so you won’t have to hire someone else to do the job.
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Reader's Digest Complete Do It Yourself Manual
How to Fix Everything For Dummies
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How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home RSMeans
Using the illustrations and the author’s clear explanations might save you the expense of calling a professional. This invaluable guide: offers a colorful resource to home electrical systems, foundation, how your house works is your illustrated and updated guide to understanding how appliances, air conditioning, doors and windows, major household appliances, heating, sustainability, HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and much more Includes easy-to-follow information for troubleshooting problems Contains dozens of new full-color illustrations Presents new chapters on solar power and smart home technologies Helps homeowners save money on many common household repairs Written for homeowners with little or no knowledge of home maintenance or repair, framing, plumbing, and more work! Simon Schuster.
This must-have book answers most questions homeowners face when repairs are needed or when a new house or addition is in your future. The updated and highly illustrated guide to understanding how just about everything in your house works! The revised and updated third edition of How Your House Works is a hands-on guide that gives you the low-down on why your faucet is leaking, your dishwasher is overflowing, or your furnace is on the fritz.
This comprehensive book is your reference to virtually everything in your house with richly illustrated explanations of electrical systems, foundation, heating and air conditioning, plumbing, framing, major household appliances, doors, and windows. Reader s Digest Association.
Family Handyman Do-It-Yourself Basics: Save Money, Solve Problems, Improve Your Home
Save thousands! tackle the easy fixes yourself over 120 step-by-step Secrets Revealed The Basics Everyone Can Master Don’t pay a professional tons of money! We make it so easy for you to tackle the tasks yourself. Simon Schuster. This manual is a “must-have” reference guide for every home-owner.
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