Home Improvement For Dummies

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All home improvements don’t require a contractor. Installing a smoke detector, painting a room, and unclogging a sink are all home improvements. In fact, doing the job yourself is often cheaper and always more rewarding. There’s no mystery to home repair. The most important tool you need to make home repairs is know-how—to fix the problem at hand and to buy the other tools and hardware you’ll need!

Home Improvement For Dummies is a whole-house repair manual for everyone from fledgling do-it-yourselfers to seasoned handymen and women. This anybody-can-do-it approach will help you with a repair that needs fixing right away or get you started on a project you’ve been planning. This book is for you if you need advice on these topics and more:

Painting and decoratingCarpentryPlumbing and electricalOutside repairsBuilding shelvesTilingInsulatingCalculate how much a repair will cost you, and know when to hire a pro. With clear illustrations that walk you, step by step, through projects, Home Improvement For Dummies helps you: Refinish and stain woodRepair squeaky stairsInstall floor tilesImprove your home’s energy efficiencyMaintain and upgrade plumbingInstall an outdoor sprinkler systemInstall a ceiling fanMaintain central air conditioning and heating

Whether you just have a few pesky projects you want to fix quickly or you want to become a home-improvement expert, this easy-to-follow guide gives you everything you will ever need to know. A helpful appendix is packed with online resources that let you network with other do-it-yourselfers.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ John Wiley &Sons
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 23, 1998
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 460 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764550055
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764550058
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.7 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 1.04 x 9.25 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #400,396 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #134 in Home Repair
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