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If you are frustrated by your own inability to handle a repair, or resentful of having to pay someone to take care of simple home maintenance, you've come to the right place! Owning a home can be expensive. Throw maintenance costs into the mix and it's enough to feel buried by cost after cost. Data from Buildfax states that home repairs have increased by thirty percent in just five years! Most Americans are not prepared for or expecting these types...
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Discover the satisfaction of building your own lawn chairs, fences, bootjacks, cold frames, and compost bins. Ken Braren and Roger Griffith show you how to build a variety of easy-to-make items for your home and garden that are designed to save you money and make your life easier. Even if you have limited construction experience, the simple instructions and clear illustrations in this guide will have you confidently crafting your own potting bench...
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"This book will blow your knitted socks off! A great guide on how to plan and execute any handmade creation. Put your phone down and glue something." —Amy Poehler
With a foreword by Nick Offerman and an introduction from Dayna Isom Johnson, The Making It Guide to Crafting is a compendium of crafting inspiration and instruction from the competition series Making It on NBC.
With the all-star duo of Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman leading the way with...
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A wonderful book for anyone interested in starting their own homestead or small farm. This book will show you how to be self reliant and build the things you'll need. There are more than 200 illustrations showing you how to make handy farm devices. You'll learn about the farmer's workshop and tools, running a grindstone, making a dumb waiter, making a cradle, how to clean a well, how to stake out stock, bee keeping, how to transplant trees, how to...
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This edition of Creative Homeowner's comprehensive, bestselling plumbing how-to book covers the most up-to-date products and techniques. Strong emphasis in the how-to information is placed on doing things correctly, so all of the projects use only code-compliant techniques. Ultimate Guide: Plumbing, 4th Edition prepares the do-it-yourselfer to handle any plumbing task in the home, from replacing a washer in a leaky faucet to renovating a bathroom....
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From basic storage sheds to playhouses, gazebos, and workshops, there's a growing trend toward standalone spaces as attractive alternatives to home additions. Build the outdoor structure of your dreams by doing all or part of the work yourself. This essential do-it-yourself guide will help you make your dreams a reality. All of the techniques and tips you'll need are inside. Build Your Own Shed & Outdoor Projects Manual graphically demonstrates the...
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¡Pisos nuevos en sólo un fin de semana! Si duda alguna, instalar los nuevos productos para las cubiertas de los pisos es hoy en día una de las labores más fáciles de realizar para quienes se encaminan es esta clase de proyectos. Además quedará impresionado de cómo los nuevos pisos cambian el aspecto de la vivienda. Sin importar si instala tiras de maderos laminados, pisos de cerámica, alfombra, u otro material de las muchas opciones existentes...
11) How to Build With Grid Beam: A Fast, Easy, and Affordable System for Constructing Almost Anything
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Grid beam is a modular, reusable building system that is fast, easy, affordable and virtually goof-proof. Ordinary people, with few skills and even fewer tools (all you need is a wrench!) can tackle projects ranging from furniture and shop benches to more ambitious projects like wind turbines, truck racks, small buildings-even electric vehicles.
Grid beam's modular pieces and bolt-together construction make the system fast and straightforward to work...
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My approach to "The Secrets to Renting Your Home the Right Way" is a culmination of the experiences I have had as both an investor and property manager for others. While it is true that there is more than one right way to rent your home, there are some very good principles in this book that you should give strong consideration to. This book is intended to be a step by step guide to finding a great tenant and making money over the long term. In my...
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Beautify any home easily and economically with this book.
Readers will get helpful tips, advice, and guidance on wallcoverings that accomplish high-quality, professional-looking results.
The art of wallpapering requires skill and knowledge of the tried and true as well as the latest techniques. This book unlocks the many secrets of paperhanging. The Complete Guide to Wallpapering is the most comprehensive book on the subject.
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ANOTHER USE FOR... has a 10 page index making it easier to find the solutions to household problems. Common household items are listed alphabetically, followed by five to ten additional and often surprising uses for that item. Beginning with ALCOHOL (to remove grass stains from clothing), ALUMINUM FOIL (to wrap doorknobs before painting to avoid drips), to WAX PAPER (to rub across closet rods for easy-sliding hangers. ) You will be amazed at the ingenious...
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You pride yourself in being a great home-maker. But often you get bogged down by small problems like moss on the kitchen floor, coffee-stains on the shirt, termite on the new wood-work! This book endeavours to provide easy solutions to common Housekeeping problems that crop up from time to time. . . .
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101 step-by-step fixes with over 200 illustrations Projects from quick jobs to weekend makeovers
The accessible and indispensable handy guide for every home So many jobs around the home don't require expensive professionals. You simply need to learn the skills to mend, repair and renew, and keep your savings for a rainy day. Whatever your dilemma, 101 DIY Fixes! is the ultimate guide for all basic household repairs and renovations. From plumbing...
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A useful and entertaining guide to practical skills for homesteaders-or anyone who likes to do things with their own two hands.
For anyone who wants to learn how to make cheese, catch a runaway pig, mend a fence post, milk a cow, or throw an unforgettable barn party, this engaging volume delivers timeless advice on accomplishing tasks big and small around the house, garden, and farm. Featuring original text and illustrations from the 1919 first edition,...
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From the latest in backsplashes to elegant faucet fixtures, Kitchen Ideas You Can Use, Updated Edition helps you create the kitchen of your dreams. The kitchen is one of the most popular DIY home renovation projects, with simple upgrades and wholesale renovations both contributing to the value of your home. This new edition covers the hottest kitchen DIY remodeling trends, including installing commercial-grade appliances, kitchen technology such...
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This book is a step-by-step instruction manual on what materials to purchase and how to install the actual system, once materials are purchased. This do it yourself method can potentially save your home from total loss. Fires can cause such devastation and trauma in peoples' lives. In case of such situations, you can activate this system and leave the area. Upon return to your home, your possessions should still be intact.
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