Popular Mechanics Home Repairs & Improvements FROM THE PUBLISHER
Learn everything you need to know about repairing your home from the experts at Popular Mechanics. Enhance the value, look, and feel of your home with Home Repairs & Improvements -- and save money on contractors! With easy-to-follow, step-by-step instructions and more than 400 photographs and illustrations, this book describes dozens of projects around the home, from laying down floors to replacing door frames, installing new windows, mixing and applying plaster, applying wallboard, and sealing cracks in walls.
Whether you're a beginner or an expert do-it-yourselfer, Home Repairs & Improvements is the complete guide to "start to finish" home projects -- from plans and building permits to materials and the satisfying finished work.
SYNOPSIS
How would you like to enhance your house--by adding a new door frame, installing nicer windows, sealing cracks in the wall? You'll feel confident enough to tackle all these projects and more guided by extensively detailed instructions and detailed illustrations. With every task you do, you'll improve the value, look and feel of your home...while saving lots of money.