The Home Plumbing Handbook: Practical Guides, Repairs, Maintenance and DIY Projects for Your Home

A plumbing job done right is invisible -- it just works. A plumbing job
done wrong is invisible too, right up until the day it isn't. The Home
Plumbing Handbook is the practical, step-by-step guide that gives you the
procedure and the judgment to do it right the first time, whether you're
a homeowner who wants to actually understand your own house or you're
just getting started in the trade.

Inside you'll find:

The four pipe systems you'll actually find in a home -- PVC, copper, PEX,
and CPVC -- explained with real comparison tables, not just a paragraph
each.

A full chapter on the four real ways to install PEX (crimp, cinch,
expansion, and push-to-connect), with side-by-side cost and reliability
comparisons and a common-errors table most books never include.

Step-by-step copper soldering and PVC/CPVC solvent welding, water supply
design and sizing, drains/traps/venting explained with real troubleshooting
logic, and tank and tankless water heater maintenance.

A full diagnostic chapter (symptom, likely cause, what to check, typical
fix) plus outdoor plumbing most books skip entirely -- hose bibs,
sprinkler backflow preventers, sump and sewage ejector pumps -- and a
plain-English primer on private well pressure tanks.

Four complete step-by-step projects (fix a leaky faucet, install a
toilet, run a new PEX line, replace a water heater), a preventive
maintenance checklist, quick reference tables, a glossary, and a
frequently-asked-questions section you'll actually come back to.

Whether you want to solve your own house's problems without paying a
technician for every small job, or you're taking your first real steps
into the trade, this handbook gives you the practical answers you need --
not just the theory.