Home Improvement 1-2-3 (Home Depot 1-2-3) (Hardcover)

by Better Homes & Gardens (Author)

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Product Description
Home Improvement 1-2-3 is a workbench classic. The new edition—more than 600 projects, thousands of color photos, detailed illustrations, charts, and graphs, and a 90-minute DVD—offers up-to-the-minute solutions for homeowners tackling home repair, maintenance, and improvement. Chapters cover painting, wallpaper, plumbing, electrical system, walls and ceilings, flooring, doors, windows, cabinets, shelves, countertops, insulation, weatherproofing, exterior maintenance, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. Clear, concise instructions accompanied by detailed how-to photographs ensure success no matter what your skill level. Every project offers tips, shortcuts, and advice on buying and using tools and materials, working safely, avoiding common mistakes, saving time and money, and developing skills. Home Improvement 1-2-3 also reviews new tools, technology, materials, and installation techniques.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 3 edition (November 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0696238500
• ISBN-13: 978-0696238505
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #146,357 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Home Depot Home Improvement, January 27, 2009

By	Deborah L. Ellingsworth (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I was very happy to locate this book. I was told my Home Depot staff that the books would no longer be published because they were going to be putting all the material on DVD's. Thanks Amazon.com and the sellers for coming through again.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth It!, January 21, 2009

By	Alison M. Sanchirico - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I gave this book as a gift to my brother when he bought 70 year-old home. He said it paid for itself in the first week of having it! He was able to solve a plumbing problem by following the book's advice and purchasing a $5 part, rather than paying for a plumber!

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointed in new edition, January 1, 2009

By	Disappointed in St. Louis "Disappointed" (Saint Louis, MO United States) - See all my reviews

I purchased a previous edition of this book and used it to replace a deck and to prepare a house that I was putting up for sale. I found that edition very useful. I just purchased this new edition and found that it had been edited (censored) and was missing at least one key section..the section with step by step instructions for replacing a deck was completely gone...nothing at all about decks...not even basic repairs or maintainance...I can only imagine this section was removed so that readers will be forced to employ contractors instead of doing the work themselves...I am very disappoined that Home Depot chose to short change their customers and I encourage readers to buy the previous edition of the book...note..the table of contents listed on Amazon still shows a section on decks...the actual book does not have this section.