Customer Reviews

The New York Times Home Repair Almanac: A Season-by-Season Guide for Maintaining Your Home

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The advice in this book is great, and very easy to follow. As a new owner of a "fixer-upper," so far I've saved at LEAST $1,500 by doing repairs myself with the help of this book. I was amazed at how simple some of these repairs were, things that I was certain would require professional help, like installing locks, repairing walls, patching up my driveway. I never thought I could do all of these things alone, but they're very easy. It's also got great tips for year-round yardwork.

I was given this book when I purchased a seventy year old house in a historic district. I don't even refer to it anymore. It reads as if it was written by someone who heard about living in house. For example, there's no indication of how to change washers in a faucet (a VERY common household repair).
I prefer the Reader's Digest Book of Home Repair. Now that's a book about home repair.

gives season by season tips on things that need to be done to keep your house in good condition. If you follow the prentitive maintenance suggested, you'll have fewer household emergencies down the line.

The advice in this book is matched up to the advice on shows like THIS OLD HOUSE,and HOME TIME. It covers chainsaw repair, repairing roofs, cutting and storing firewood, and repairing a fence. This book is worth 5 times the money and if you are a new homeowner this is like the bible.I give The Home Repair Almanac, 5 stars.