The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair : 2000 Color How-To Photos

Filled with over 2000 color photographs, The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is unrivaled among home repair books. This refreshing and accessible guide offers more than 500 pages of the most reliable, up-to-date information available on exterior and interior do-it-yourself home repairs, including a complete section on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC).

Top-quality color photography, detailed tools and materials lists, hundreds of helpful tips, and modern, time-saving techniques put The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair in a class by itself. This remarkable book is, quite simply, brighter, more exciting, and more helpful than any comparable book on the market.

Highlights:

**Presents over 2000 clear, color photographs for quality that is unparalleled in the how-to publishing industry. Competing titles use primarily illustrations and line drawings.

**Includes over 300 of the most important home repair projects you're likely to face.

**Provides complete tools and 7 materials lists for all projects.

**Features troubleshooting charts that let you pinpoint the cause of common problems and their solutions.

**Includes maintenance checklists for seasonal and annual inspections.

**Includes extensive techniques and safety sections with valuable advice from home repair contractors and safety experts.

**Uses a convenient, self-referencing format with numbered steps and detailed, labeled photographs that guide readers first to the general topic, then through the detailed steps of each specific project.

**Contains projects that have been carefully researched and checked by home improvement professionals.

**Demonstrates top-quality, affordable tools and materials recommended by home repair experts.

The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is the most useful, up-to-date home repair manual you can own. It represents the work of more than 100 writers, editors, artists, photographers - all leading professionals in the home repair publishing industry. Dozens of home improvements tradespeople - including master carpenters, plumbers, electricians, and other contractors - contributed their expertise to this landmark book. The Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair includes more than 300 of the most important home repair projects - from patching cracks in a basement floor to replacing your roof. Each project is illustrated with step-by-step color photography and detailed how-to instructions that leave nothing to chance. You'll also find:

Complete Tools & Materials Lists for all projects.

Helpful Hints that save you time, money, and aggravation.

Troubleshooting Charts that let you pinpoint the cause of common problems and

their solutions.

Maintenance Checklists for seasonal and annual inspection and repair routines.