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4.0 out of 5 stars
Helpful for repairing old houses,
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This review is from: Electrical, Plumbing, Insulation, and the Interior (Paperback)
I found the book very useful because I already have some knowledge of home renos. I can read circuit diagrams and already understand the BC Electrial code, and have done quite a bit of remedial plumbing in my former houses. It may not be quite so useful for someone starting out renovating for the first time because it assumes some prior knowledge of house construction.
I found the electrical section concentrated too much on the electrical panel and not enough on the house wiring. Having said that, the few parts that did apply to the location of electrial wires and boxes was useful and very clear. The plumbing section was much more useful. I found the numerous pictures to be extremely clear and very helpful, especially in relation to the location of vent pipes and traps when I was trying to relocate the sink and washing machine. I was having trouble understanding the drawings in the plumbing section of the BC building code, but after reading the Carson Dunlop book I was able to fathom out what the BC code was saying. The insulation section was also clear and informative.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good bood, but only if...,
By Peter J Blum (The Frozen Tundra of Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Electrical, Plumbing, Insulation, and the Interior (Paperback)
You're a Home Inspector or simply in search of picture after picture with little other detail other than technical information. If you are looking for advice on how to repair or fix items, DO NOT BUY this or other Carson Dunlop books in this series, or the $$$ - The Illustrated Home. Carson Dunlop is a firm out of Canada that does produce good materials for Home Inspectors, but these are not "how to" manuals, nor are these books good for the average home owner. The reviewer g_clarke is, in my view, clearly associated with Carson Dunlop and his or her review should be ignored - check out his/her other reviews, they are worded exactly the same for each book in this series. Kind of sad when people write misleading reviews to simply increase sales. On the positive - DO BUY this book if you are simply looking for very detailed technical information.
2.0 out of 5 stars
All pictures, no text,
This review is from: Electrical, Plumbing, Insulation, and the Interior (Paperback)
Each page has a bunch of pictures, with a caption. No detail, no text. Disappointing.
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