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New Fix-It-Yourself Manual: How to Repair, Clean, and Maintain Anything and Everything In and Around Your Home [Hardcover]

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The indispensable bible for keeping a home in tip-top shape, it is the time- and money-saver every homeowner needs. It functions as a repair manual, an evaluation guide, a compendium of household hints, an emergency reference, and a homeowner's encyclopedia. Over 3,000 illustrations.

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  • Hardcover: 448 pages
  • Publisher: Reader's Digest (June 11, 1996)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0895778718
  • ISBN-13: 978-0895778710
  • Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #23,402 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
    #12 in  Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Do-It-Yourself
    #17 in  Books > Home & Garden > How-to & Home Improvements > Home Repair

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56 of 56 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great guide to all types of help, October 5, 1998
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This review is from: New Fix-It-Yourself Manual: How to Repair, Clean, and Maintain Anything and Everything In and Around Your Home (Hardcover)
I loved this book! I am a single female, and my dad bought it for me when I bought my first house. Now I'm going to buy it for a friend who just bought a house himself.

Just this weekend alone I fixed my ice maker and my garbage disposal using the book as a guide.

The pictures are great, and the language is easy to understand. I'd recommend this book to anyone who's looking for a great fix-it book.

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77 of 82 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as the do-it-yourself book, April 8, 2005
This review is from: New Fix-It-Yourself Manual: How to Repair, Clean, and Maintain Anything and Everything In and Around Your Home (Hardcover)
First off, I do want to say that this is not a negative review - I think the book is okay, but fairly limited. A far better book is the do-it-yourself book (by the same author). My reasons for recommending this book are based on the number of times I have found useful information when needed. I often pulled the fix-it-yourself book off the bookshelf without being helped, while the do-it-yourself book frequently gave me what I needed to know. I very rarely pull the fix-it-yourself book out anymore.

Note - there is a new edition of the do-it-yourself book out, and amazon will not pull it up first. The new edition is even cheaper.
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48 of 50 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate housewarming gift for the first-time homeowner, May 6, 2003
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This book is the best housewarming gift I ever received!

Your furnace blowing nothing but cold air? This book will show you how to safely relight your pilot light. KitchenAid mixer gone on the fritz? Inkjet printer no longer drawing paper from the paper cassette? Dishwasher broker?

A troubleshooting chart and gorgeous, clear diagrams will explain not only how to fix almost any household problem, but also gives the level of technical skill required to finish the job, as well any special tools required to do so.

Kudos to the folks at Reader's Digest for producing such an excellent book. This volume is now my standard housewarming gift to all my friends.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Good resource
I owned an older edition and used it all the time. This newer version is also very helpful!
Published 25 days ago by Martha Elder

5.0 out of 5 stars Very useful manual to use & keep forever.
The book is full of information a person needs to know about fixing things around the house. A must-have!
Published 2 months ago by M. Mannino

4.0 out of 5 stars very helpful material
My dad is interested in fix it yourself kind of things and I thought the book was rather helpful and very clear in explanations.
Published 3 months ago by Claudia

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good source
For decades I have used from the same publisher The Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual but only to fix/repair things, never on the projects for building something. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Terry A. Bass

5.0 out of 5 stars happy customer
My mother-in-law gave this book for Christmas because I am remodelling our bathroom. I love this book and I love my mother-in-law. They are both exactly what I need.
Published 6 months ago by S. Weber

5.0 out of 5 stars Saved me THOUSANDS of Dollars, literally
I bought a copy of this book back when Readers Digest back when it was first issued through a mailer they sent out before Al Gore was even in Politics much less inventing the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by C. Jones

5.0 out of 5 stars Reader's Digest New Fix-It-Yourself Manual
I purchased the Reader's Digest Fix-It-Yourself Manual for a gift to give my daughter and new son-in-law. They married the day after Christmas. Read more
Published 7 months ago by fix-it-man Dave

5.0 out of 5 stars Fixed It
This book came quicker than expected in EXCELLENT condition and I couldn't beat the price. It has a wealth of very useful information. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Keith Gay

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
Sounded like it was just what I wanted...not so. More than half of the book is stuff I didn't need or would never need. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Monica J. Rice

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Handy
I bought a version of this a few years ago. It has been very helpful and I've saved a lot of money by repairing things myself. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Zanne

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