Explains how a house is constructed, how to select the right tool for the job, and how to maintain gutters, siding, windows, plumbing, floors, and electrical systems

Care for Your Home the Lazy Way (The Lazy Way Series)

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Meany, Terry

Home Improvement & Design

MacMillan Distribution

Offers advice on setting financial goals, planning for retirement, and selecting investments

Build Your Financial Future: The Lazy Way (The Lazy Way Series)

Business & Money

Battersby, Mark

Investing

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

For the many homeowners who spend millions on home improvements and renovation, this idiot-proof guide simplifies home remodelling, with easy instructions on redoing bathrooms, kitchens, bedrooms, the living room, the exterior and more. You're no idiot, of course. You can repaint a room, hang shelves, and even fix a leaky faucet. But when it comes to knowing where to start remodeling your home, you feel like it might be easier to tear down and start over again. Don't hire a bulldozer yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Remodeling Your Home is the simplest way to revitalize your home without hours of wasted time ane thousands of dollars of misspent savings.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Remodeling Your Home (The Complete Idiot's Guide)

Literature & Fiction

Alpha

Offers information, tips, and advice on plumbing and plumbing problems, including frozen pipes, dripping faucets, and installing new bathroom fixtures.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Plumbing

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electrical Repair is a basic instruction manual on home wiring and repair. The book covers AC/DC, volts, watts, fuses, and circuit breakers, national and local codes, and caution signs and safety concerns. Learn when it's best to do-it-yourself and when you need to bring in the pros. Also covered are extension cords and multiple strips, switches and receptacles, installing fixtures and adding new circuits, and working around existing wiring.

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Electrical Repair

The Complete Idiot's Guide(r) to Bike Maintenance and Repair provides recreational cyclists with the "do-it-yourself" means to maintain and service their own bikes without having to pay someone else to do the dirty work. Rather than spanning the entire field of bicycling, this book focuses on those things readers need to know in order to keep their bikes safe and trouble-free-- including, bike basics, workings, maintenance before and after riding, tools and accessories and common repairs.

Complete Idiot's Guide to Bike Maintenance and Repair

Transportation

Terry Meany, author of Knack Home Repair &amp; Maintenance, provides all the necessary tools and strategies one needs to turn skills into cash by launching and growing a handyman business. He explains how to get started, develop a service manual, screen clients, serve customers, learn from the competition, and set up a home office―as well as how to use the Internet to develop the business.
* Turn your skills into cash * Schedule your jobs * Build word-of-mouth referrals * Manage insurance issues * Handle paperwork―from permits to invoices * Work smart and safe

How to Start a Home-Based Handyman Business: *Turn Your Skills Into Cash *Schedule Your Jobs *Build Word-Of-Mouth Referrals *Manage Insurance Issues ... Smart And Safe (Home-Based Business Series)

Globe Pequot

Home Repair and Maintenance: An illustrated problem solver (Knack)

Knack

This book features:Sizing up the problem Tools & how to use them Painting Fixing scratches, squeaks, scrapes, & chips Repairing leaks & clogs Electrical repairs you can do What to do about mold, mildew, moss & dry rot Pets & pests Yard work Energy efficiency Creating a year-round home-maintenance schedule

Basic Home Repair & Maintenance: An Illustrated Problem Solver (Knack: Make It Easy)

Reference

LYONS PRESS+

This definitive book covers the operation, care, repair, and restoration of all kinds of wood windows, along with chapters on weather-stripping, repainting, and refinishing.

Working Windows: A Guide To The Repair And Restoration Of Wood Windows

Lyons Pr

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