The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Repair and Maintenance Illustrated

More than three hundred photographs, illustrations, and diagrams, accompanied by step-by-step instructions, take readers through the most common repairs around the house, covering everything from how to use tools safely to such interior and exterior repairs as windows, doors, floors, tile, molding, painting, electricity, plumbing, and more. Original. 12,000 first printing.

David J. Tenenbaum is a Wisconsin freelance magazine and web author who (usually) specializes in science, health, and the environment. He was the author of four books in Arco's Toolbox series for professional builders, which included topics on masonry, refrigeration and air conditioning, painting, patching, and sheet-metal work. He has earned a living as a barn-wrecker, nurseryman, farmer, mason, plasterer, carpenter, handyman, leather bag maker, and writer. He has repaired three houses with a combined age of 275 years.