How Things Work in Your Home: And What to Do when They Don't

By Time-Life Books and John Paul Porter

Book Overview

This Time-Life guide, which sold over 775,000 copies in its first mail-order edition, is a must for any homeowner or tenant who wants to do home repairs efficiently, safely, and correctly. Illustrated with two-color and four-color line drawings.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805001263
• ISBN13: 9780805001266
• Release Date: October 1987
• Publisher: Holt Paperbacks
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.9" x 0.8" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

The Classic Home-Repair Manual

How things work in your home and how to fix them. 368 pages of very useful information. You will find all the usual home appliciances, plumbing, electric service, toilets, heating systems and cooling systems. The book is easy to read and has excellent diagrams showing the workings of almost everything in the home that is a functioning part of the home.

Great for new owners

Has all the basics for repairs in pictures and words.

An essential book on household repairs

This book is a collection of hard to find information on fixing nearly everything in the home. Always my first choice for a housewarming gift.