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Got a problem with grout? Open The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair (to page 98) and watch your tiling worries dissolve before the simple beauty of photography. Black & Decker has anticipated your every question and problem with interior, exterior, and home systems repairs, and detailed the solutions in just over 500 pages. In no other human endeavor is a visual guide so important as home repair (well, maybe brain surgery), so this is a crucial aid to the handyperson. Easy-to-find sections on floors, insulation, roofing, chimneys, water heaters, wall switches, air conditioning, and much more are well-designed, brilliantly illustrated, and carefully outlined with step-by-step instructions from masters. The photos in particular are extremely valuable, offering many different views (sometimes even exploded) of the operation in question, and always showing just enough to communicate without overwhelming the reader with too much detail. These alone would be worth the price of the book, but the written explanations and instructions are also very helpful, offering tools, materials lists, and hints that wouldn't occur to the amateur. The book finishes with a maintenance schedule to help you keep repairs from becoming serious, and the end papers have conversion charts and tables that you'll use time and again. If you can't have Norm the master carpenter over to help you fix your old house, The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is the next best thing. --Rob Lightner
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...Black & Decker has anticipated your every question and problem with interior, exterior, and home systems repairs... -- Rob Lightner, Amazon.com
...For each project they provide detailed how-to instructions, complete tools and materials lists, helpful hints, and troubleshooting charts... -- Book News, Inc., 1999, Portland, OR --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
...For each project they provide detailed how-to instructions, complete tools and materials lists, helpful hints, and troubleshooting charts... -- Book News, Inc., 1999, Portland, OR --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Hardcover
I have a lot of tools like hammer, screwdrivers etc., but they are not of much use without some guidance on how to use them. This book not only tells you how to use which tools effectively but also gives detailed instructions on fixing common problems in the house. Since I like fixing things I find this book the best tool I can have, I have learnt a lot from this book and have fixed toilets, done plumbing work, filling nail holes etc.. You will definitely learn a lot from this book if you like fixing things in/around the house.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By J. Mullick
Format:Hardcover
I bought this book right after I bought my first house (which was 12 years old at the time I moved in). I have owned the house for 2 years now and have owned a copy of this book for the same time.
1. I had no idea how the systems (ac, plumbing, various kithcen appliences, etc.) of the house worked when I moved in. This book gives a clear overview of the various systems and how they work. I could easily figure out the items that needed a maintenance schedule. I was also able to talk to various service providers (plumbers, electrical contractors, etc.) meanigfully as I was armed with the appropriate information.
2. I was struggling finding the right tools that I needed to have for various "do it yourself" repairs. This book clearly lists the tools that need to be used for every repair with pictures. You will never be lost in "Home Depot" again.
3. I have had a few unplanned repairs that needed to be made. I was easily able to look up the index to go to the relevant section and carry out the repair (after a couple of visits to Home Depot to get appropriate tools).
This book was worth every penny. Anyone moving into a new house should have a copy of this book with him or her.
1. I had no idea how the systems (ac, plumbing, various kithcen appliences, etc.) of the house worked when I moved in. This book gives a clear overview of the various systems and how they work. I could easily figure out the items that needed a maintenance schedule. I was also able to talk to various service providers (plumbers, electrical contractors, etc.) meanigfully as I was armed with the appropriate information.
2. I was struggling finding the right tools that I needed to have for various "do it yourself" repairs. This book clearly lists the tools that need to be used for every repair with pictures. You will never be lost in "Home Depot" again.
3. I have had a few unplanned repairs that needed to be made. I was easily able to look up the index to go to the relevant section and carry out the repair (after a couple of visits to Home Depot to get appropriate tools).
This book was worth every penny. Anyone moving into a new house should have a copy of this book with him or her.
By Sonny Ho
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This is a bible for home repair. Must have for men!
Contains instructions and pictures for a variety of repair tasks. Very easy to read.
Contains instructions and pictures for a variety of repair tasks. Very easy to read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Do it yourself.
This book contains everything you need to repair allmost anything around the house.
Easy to follow instructions and strait to the point.
Easy to follow instructions and strait to the point.
Published 6 months ago by marcus pincus
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
gift for boyfriend, shipped so quickly. received like the next day. Doesn't say "use your Black and Hammer this" or "Black and Hammer that. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Heatherrsaurus
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent reference for DIY'ers
Very useful reference and how-to book. It helped me through greatly some electrical wiring in our new bathroom. Read more
Published on Jan 9 2011 by DIY John
5.0 out of 5 stars
Black and Decker Complete Photo Guide To Home Repair
Excellent Book, helped my husband a great deal when he was wiring his garage, then bought a copy for our son-in-law!
Published on Dec 29 2009 by Michelle Stuckless
5.0 out of 5 stars
CLEAR AND SIMPLE! HIGHLY RECOMMEND,,,
An excellent "do it yourself" "PICTURE" book which is quite fitting for the home improvment newbie. Read more
Published on April 24 2004 by Mr. Beagle
2.0 out of 5 stars
Frustratingly professional, not for the idiot :)
I have this book for the last 3 years. I could never make use of the book because it assumes that I'm already a plumber, a technician, a carpentar, a mason etc... Read more
Published on April 20 2004 by ONUR EVREN
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good How To For The Home Owner
Good book that covers basic how-to in every area of your house. Slightly basic, but has everything in color pictures and illustrations. Read more
Published on Aug 6 2003 by T. Patterson
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book
The book tells you what you need to know to fix just about anything in your house. It has color photos to show you step by step how to do it. Read more
Published on Jan 5 2003 by R. Beaty
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
Very useful for a person who does not know much about home maintenance and repair but wants to be able to do it him/herself. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2002
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great book
Very useful for a person who does not know much about home maintenance and repair but wants to be able to do it him/herself. Read more
Published on Oct 22 2002
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