A Consumer’s Guide to Home Improvement, Renovation, and Repair, Revised Edition
Published Sep 16th, 2009
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Product Description
While detailing the steps involved in performing repairs, this accessible guide goes beyond a simple how-to approach to home improvement. Emphasizes management of the home repair process by examining key aspects for every project–materials needed, skill level, equipment and cost analysis. Features a range of money-saving strategies enabling readers to make educated decisions on improvements, repairs and renovations with or without the services of a contractor. Contains 150+ line drawings and photographs to illustrate repairs. This revision includes updates on prices and cost information.
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do the work.
This is not a “how to” book as much as it is a “consider the options” book. The “Consumer’s Guide” covers the basic home repair and improvement tasks, but offers beter insight into what these costs contracted versus do-it-yourself AND the relative difficulty level.
For example, they examine different options for water heaters: gas and electric, tank and tankless, as well as heat pump. They note that gas heaters cost more to install, but you’ll usually save the amount in the utility bill.
They offer insight into add-on options. For example, an insulation jacket (for the above water heater) is worth considering if your exterior walls aren’t well-insulated (