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Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Home Repair, Maintenance and Improvement
Better Homes and Gardens Complete Guide to Home Repair Maintenance and Improvement Author:James A. Hufnagel The book is divided into four broad sections -- "Inside Your Home", "Outside Your Home", "Your Home's Systems", and "Basics You Should Know". Each opens with a page-by-page listing that enables you to find exactly what you want to know about a particular subject without hunting through page after... more » page of unrelated material.
The sections then break down into a series of chapters, each dealing in depth with one of the book's major subject areas. Again, each chapter is carefully organized to help you quickly locate the information you need.
Most of the chapters that make up the first three sections open with cutaway drawings that show you just what's under a floor, behind a wall, or on top of a roof. Study these before you tackle a job to get a good idea of what's in store for you.
Next, step-by-step drawings depict cures to virtually all the ills that can afflict a house -- from a damp basement to a crumbling chimney top. Consult pages -- identified by finder heads in their outer margins -- to solve any repair or maintenance problem.« less