Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual: Completely Revised and Updated
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\ Publishers WeeklyThis super-handy manual, first published in 1973, has received a major upgrade. Seventeen chapters' worth of fixer-upper opportunities are enhanced with more than 3,000 photos and illustrations that would look equally at home in an upscale home decorating catalogue. The first few chapters cover hand and power tools, fasteners and adhesives, and are enough to incite hardware envy among even dwellers of tiny apartments. There is strange beauty in the cutaway views of five different hollow-wall fasteners and the machinations of nine types of pliers. But homeowners are, of course, the real target audience, and an all-new section on Landscaping reflects this with entries on fences, water gardens and retaining walls. The plumbing section offers a mega-view of wastewater-treatment systems as well as a micro-exploration of unclogging a toilet. Another new section, Storage Projects, is full of cabinets and shelves that either Swing-out or Fold-away. New technologies are generally overlooked in favor of meat-and-potatoes projects. For instance, a home satellite dish is pictured but not indexed or dwelled upon, while carpeting is charted, graphed and deconstructed in the extreme. Intriguing sidebars on wood refinishers (the fastest drying versus the safest), the financial benefits of renting specialty tools for a large drywall project and other subjects round out this must-have guide. (Apr. 1) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\ \ \ \ \ Library JournalFrom broken windows to clogged plumbing to simple installations, this third edition of the granddaddy of basic home repair manuals has it covered. Geared to new homeowners who want to fix things themselves but are not skilled craftspeople, it contains much of the same content as the previous volumes, but photographs have replaced line drawings, and information on new materials and saving money has been added. This edition also covers landscaping and home storage for the first time. A worthy competitor to this old standby is Black and Decker's The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair, but the Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual is still more comprehensive and detailed. Recommended for all libraries. Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.\ \
