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"This handy guide covers the essential household repairs that homeowners need to know. From easy fixes like tightening loose door hinges to more involved project such as bleeding your brakes, you'll learn how to handle issues in any room in the house, garage, and yard as well as simple lessons in plumbing and electricity. Throughout the book, Popular Mechanics Senior Home Editor Roy Berendsohn answers questions about the trickiest fix-its, including...
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"Sooner or later, every homeowner will need to repair, replace, or upgrade a plumbing fixture. With today's materials and installation methods, almost any project is DIY-doable with a modest set of tools and some basic skills. All the projects in this comprehensive visual handbook are explained thoroughly and accompanied by step-by-step photographs."--Back cover.
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"Don't panic -- I'm here to help! For too many people, the simple act of contacting a plumber or repair person can feel like a game of chance. As a transwoman, I've discovered (the hard way) that we live in a world with much to fear. If you've ever felt panicked about opening your home to strangers in order to fix a maintenance issue, this book is for you. You deserve to fell empowered to take matters into your own hands -- and it's not as hard as...
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Be your own plumber and make DIY repairs and improvements! This best-selling guide on plumbing will teach you everything you need to know from toilet installation and repairs to running underground sprinkler systems for your garden and yard irrigation. This new edition, Ultimate Guide Plumbing, 6th Edition, also includes new information on leak detection, mixed water temperature control, alkaline water treatment and scale reduction devices, domestic...
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"DIY for Renters shows how to perform common repairs and upgrades that are economical, safe, and do not conflict with tenant/landlord agreements. Learn how to deal with all of the normal maintenance issues that every home encounters, from squeaky doors and wet basements to plumbing, heating and electrical repairs"--
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If you are frustrated by your own inability to handle a repair, or resentful of having to pay someone to take care of simple home maintenance, you've come to the right place! Owning a home can be expensive. Throw maintenance costs into the mix and it's enough to feel buried by cost after cost. Data from Buildfax states that home repairs have increased by thirty percent in just five years! Most Americans are not prepared for or expecting these types...
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The bestselling, most comprehensive guide to home improvements has been revised and updated once again since it's revision in 2005. 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, plumbing and building), and revised to indicate the very latest in materials,...
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"This title offers expert advice on essential home decoration and maintenance, including painting, papering, tiling, laying floors, carpentry skills, insulation, and outdoor projects and repairs. Projects include painting and varnishing wood, tiling a work surface, laying foam-backed carpet, replacing window panes, fitting window locks, making a garage storage wall, insulating roofs, repairing roofs and guttering, laying decking, making pergolas,...
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"Build fashionable, functional, inexpensive indoor and backyard furniture--even if you're a complete beginner. These are realistic projects for the average weekend warrior that require no great skills, just normal tools you already have and easy-to-buy materials available at any home store, "--Amazon.com.
14) Advanced home wiring: backup power, panel upgrades, AFCI protection, "smart" thermostats, + more
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The new, 5th edition of BLACK+DECKER Advanced Home Wiring does more than simply make incremental changes to match new national electrical codes. It includes several never-before-seen projects that will challenge even the most experienced home DIYer. Some of these include: a step-by-step demonstration of the right way to wire a three-way switch in any situation; a closer look at new "available neutral" requirements and how they impact traditional wiring...
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In Fundamentals of Home Maintenance: From Repairs to Renovations, you will gain practical insights that allow you to roll up your sleeves and take charge of household repairs from leaky faucets to clogged gutters. Taught by home and landscape experts Andy Machin and Margaret McClure, these 41 practical lessons will jump-start your understanding of how to perform home maintenance.
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Easy Home Drywall Repairs is a concise, highly visual ready reference to the most common drywall repairs that homeowners might tackle. A drywall contractor with over 30 years' experience, Myron Ferguson shows everything from filling a small hole left by a picture hanger to closing off a window opening. With quick tips on tools, materials, taping and sanding techniques, this handy reference provides all you ever need to know to repair drywall.
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