| This one-stop resource provides all the information you need to keep up the beauty and convenience of your home and property today — and prevent costly problems down the road. Written by an expert contractor/landscaper with years of experience caring for prestigious homes, The Ultimate Home Maintenance Manual gives you efficient, thorough, and professional methods that make every home and garden task as easy, effective, and even enjoyable as possible.
Systematic Directions to a Beautiful, Well-Maintained Home
This book covers every step in maintaining the appearance, performance, and value of your home — including how to keep your yard and garden thriving and trouble free! Each project features step-by-step instructions, illustrations, photos, a list of needed tools, and difficulty ratings to help you decide when to hire a professional. You'll also find advice about tools and materials to keep on hand and tips on how to work with professionals. Sidebars, tips, and techniques from the expert author make this an indispensable addition to every homeowner's library.
- Coverage includes roof, chimney, and gutters; plumbing system, heating and cooling system, electrical system, floors, walls, and doors, windows, basements, driveway, walkways, and patios.
- Outdoor coverage includes lawn, flower beds, bushes, fences, and trees.
Joe Beck's illustrated instructions show you how to:
- Protect and enhance your most expensive investment
- Avoid costly and annoying breakdowns, deterioration, and property damage
- Use professional tips and tricks that make each task as easy, fast, and efficient as possible
- Avoid neglecting a thing with this complete program for your home and yard
- Be prepared for emergencies with the right tools
- Feel pride in your well-maintained home!
From the Introduction:
For most homeowners, house and yard maintenance is an ongoing activity - something always seems to be in need of maintenance and/or repair. It's no wonder, today's homes and properties are busy, sometimes complicated environments.
The everyday habits of adults, kids and pets take their toll - windows and doors stick, roofs leak, faucets drip, screens rip, toilets back up, doorknobs loosen and on and on.
Although you don't necessarily need a lot of maintenance skills to take care of your house, some skills and know-how help. The Ultimate Home and Property
Maintenance Manual will help you develop those skills and know-how. The information included will help you avoid problems, identify them when they occur and find solutions - even if the solution comes in the form of a contractor.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Job Difficulty Explanation; Part I: The House; Chapter 1: Choosing and Using Tools; Chapter 2: Roof, Chimney and Gutters; Chapter 3: Plumbing Systems; Chapter 4: The Electrical System; Chapter 5: Heating and Cooling Systems; Chapter 6: Floors; Chapter 7: Walls and Doors; Chapter 8: Windows; Chapter 9: Basements; Chapter 10: Driveways, Walkways and Patios; Chapter 11: Siding; Chapter 12: Decks; Part II: The Property; Chapter 13: Pools; Chapter 14: Tools for Property Maintenance; Chapter 15: The Lawn; Chapter 16: Flower Beds; Chapter 17: Bushes and Shrubs; Chapter 18: Fences; Chapter 19: Trees for Natural Privacy and Wind Screening; Appendix A: Climate and Geographic Considerations; Appendix B: Special Problems; Index. |
