How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding & Maintaining Your Home

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• New Fix-It-Yourself Manual: How to Repair, Clean, and Maintain Anything and Everything In and Around Your Home

There's no question that it pays to be an informed consumer. Knowledge of your home's systems helps you control repair and construction costs and make sure the correct elements are being installed or replaced.

This book uncovers the mysteries behind just about every major appliance and building element in your house. Clear, "exploded" drawings show you exactly how these things should be put together and how they function - what to check if they don't work, and what you can do that might save you having to call in a professional.

The easy-to-understand pictures and explanations on every page get right to the point, helping you understand how things work, what can go wrong, and how to trouble-shoot a problem.

Virtually everything in your house is included:

• Electrical - circuit breakers and grounding, service, outlets, lamps and fixtures.
  
• Heating and Air conditioning - gas, electrical and oil - ductwork and piping, thermostats, central and window AC units, humidifiers and dehumidifiers, and air filtering systems.
  
• Plumbing - kitchen and bath fixtures, piping, water heaters, traps and vents, septic tanks, pumps and water softener systems - even sprinkler systems and swimming pool filters/heaters.
  
• Major household appliances - from kitchen to laundry.
  
• Foundation, framing, doors and windows - including issues like drainage and radon, types of framing and how it supports the house, and all types of doors and windows.

I'm a 100% newbie, and the book is very helpful to me. I especially like the illustrations, simple and to the point.

I think this book is a great reference to have on hand, but even more, I actually enjoyed reading it cover to cover upon arrival. Now that I'm familiar with the contents, I'll know better where to look when I need to fix something.

The best features of this book are the diagrams. A must-have for home owners. If you are a visual person, then this is the book for you. In addition to the clear, concise step-by-step instructions, the diagrams provide the added help to ensure your full understanding.

this is a nice, solid little book - its really quite interesting and informative - presented in a clear way. The illustrations are very helpful - this seems like it would be a good foundation book to have if you are a new home buyer especially.

122 vacuum cleaners- before calling for help - also, motor filter can be clogged. Before repairs; it excellent, except, for p. Rainbow Home Inspection Co. Located below bagging area when the motor intacts air. Describing how how the high tech parts of a microwave,flouroscent light,and detectors work. It's similiar to a plastic scrubbber under the dust container. Inman, South Carolina It can be cleaned by washing it under water.