'How Your House Works,' A Visual Guide to Common Home Repairs, Saves Homeowners Money and Anxiety.How-to Book from RSMeans Available at Bookstores, Home Centers and www.rsmeans.com KINGSTON, Mass. -- Why is my faucet leaking, my toilet running and my dishwasher refusing to start? Can I fix them myself? What's causing the heating system to smell bad or the foundation to crack? Do I need an air filtration system? Is engineered lumber better than conventional wood? These are just a few of questions homeowners may ask themselves when making repairs, building a new home, or remodeling remodeling /re·mod·el·ing/ (re-mod´el-ing) reorganization or renovation of an old structure. bone remodeling an existing structure. How Your House Works provides answers and solves scores of other mysteries with see-through, cross-section drawings, showing exactly how things are put together and how they function - and what might be done to avoid calling in an expensive repairman re·pair·man n. A man whose occupation is making repairs. Noun 1. repairman - a skilled worker whose job is to repair things maintenance man, service man . Every page has easy-to-understand pictures and reassuringly simple explanations. The book covers virtually everything in a house: * Electrical - circuit breakers and grounding, service, outlets, lamps, fixtures. * Heating and Air Conditioning - gas, electrical and oil, ductwork duct·work n. A group or system of ducts: installed new ductwork in the building. and piping, thermostats, central and window AC units, humidifiers/dehumidifiers, air filtering systems. * Plumbing - kitchen and bath fixtures, piping, water heaters, traps and vents, septic tanks, pumps, water softener systems - even sprinkler systems and swimming pool filters/heaters. * Major Household Appliances * Foundation, Framing, Doors and Windows Doors and Windows is a multimedia disk by the Irish band The Cranberries. Track listing
Called "the operator's manual for your house," by Bob Feeman, Editor of SmartHomeowner magazine, this easy-to-use guide helps readers quickly assess a problem, tackle simple repairs, and ask the right questions when hiring a repairman or contractor. It's also useful for handymen, maintenance personnel, and contractors making repairs outside their specialty. The author, Charlie Wing, has written more than 20 books on home repair and improvement, hosted a national PBS PBS in full Public Broadcasting Service Private, nonprofit U.S. corporation of public television stations. PBS provides its member stations, which are supported by public funds and private contributions rather than by commercials, with educational, cultural, series on home remodeling, and appeared on both the Discovery Channel and NBC's "Today Show." To learn more about the book, visit www.rsmeans.com. About RSMeans RSMeans is the foremost source of construction cost information in North America, offering a variety of cost and reference books, CDs, online and software products, and seminars for consumers, architects, engineers, contractors, facility managers, and the insurance industry. Reed Construction Data Reed Construction Data – Canada Company History Reed Construction Data was founded in the United States in 1975 as a provider of construction news and information to the construction industry. (www.reedconstructiondata.com) is a leading worldwide provider of quality construction information products and services designed to advance the businesses of its customers with timely, accurate and actionable project, product, and cost data. Reed Construction Data is part of Reed Elsevier (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : RUK RUK Reserviupseerikoulu (Hamina, Finland, Reserve Officers' School) RUK Are You Kidding? and ENL Noun 1. ENL - an inflammatory complication of leprosy that results in painful skin lesions on the arms and legs and face erythema nodosum leprosum Hansen's disease, leprosy - chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical ) - a world-leading publisher and information provider. |
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