How a house works (Family Handyman) (Paperback)

by Family Handyman Magazine editors (Author)

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Product Description
A top-to-bottom, inside-and-out guide to your home. This book covers everything you need to know about the functioning of your house. Includes frames and structures, electricity and lighting, plumbing, heating and cooling, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Readers Digest (May 1, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895775867
• ISBN-13: 978-0895775863
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #237,938 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a must-read for any home buyer or owner., March 10, 1999

By A Customer

This book is a rare blend of the fundamentals of residential construction, expressed in the most friendly language. Duane has an unusual two-fold gift to understand all the technical aspects of our homes and the ability to communicate that expertise in the most approachable manner. It's like having the 60-year wisdom of a construction foreman and a dutch uncle in your back pocket. I have given copies of this fine book to all my nephews and several friends.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An awesome, easy to understand look at a house., July 29, 1996

By A Customer

I've looked at a lot of "home" type books and this is the best one that I have seen. It takes a home and explains in the simplest terms, how it works ('wonder where they got the name of the book?). The illustrations are absolutely top notch. Buy this book!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book I buy as a housewarming gift, December 1, 2003

By	Michael F. Kennedy (Roanoke, VA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the book to buy before you read the how-to books.

It presents a concise evolution of the American home, explaining the rudiments of its construction and systems from the timber frame to the postwar eras.

The illustrations are excellent.

Beware, you may be tempted to subscribe to The Family Handyman.