This book is HUGE! It’s filled the overflowing with exactly the kind of information a homeowner (or renter or squatter, or whatever!) needs to do all the little things for themselves. I’ve bought a dozen or so home improvement books, and most end up a huge disappointment. Not so the “Big Book of Home How-To (Better Homes & Gardens)”. Unlike other BH&G books and magazines, this is not a “wish” book full of beautiful pictures and impossible to attain on a budget homes and gardens.
This is a very useful tool to do all the honey-do’s and a lot of the “let’s just hire someone” projects. All in clear, easy to follow instructions with useful tips on avoiding common mistakes. You would have to attend several trade schools to get the kind of information contained in this one volume. To prove how useful this book is, this is my 3rd copy. Every time I loan it to someone they don’t want to give it back!
If you only buy one DIY book in your lifetime, buy this one. But don’t loan it out, or you’ll be buying it again, and again and again!
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I bought this as a gift for a couple who just bought their first home. I had picked up my copy in a bargain bin a few years ago and was very pleased at the depth and breadth of the information in it. I delivered the gift to my friend at a meeting of a woodworking club we are both members of, and it ended up getting passed around among several members. Those old DIY homeowners remarked on how useful they thought it was.
I found the sections on heating systems and on drywall to be especially good.
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Not just another How-To Book,
This is a very useful tool to do all the honey-do’s and a lot of the “let’s just hire someone” projects. All in clear, easy to follow instructions with useful tips on avoiding common mistakes. You would have to attend several trade schools to get the kind of information contained in this one volume. To prove how useful this book is, this is my 3rd copy. Every time I loan it to someone they don’t want to give it back!
If you only buy one DIY book in your lifetime, buy this one. But don’t loan it out, or you’ll be buying it again, and again and again!
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|A great gift for a new homeowner,
I found the sections on heating systems and on drywall to be especially good.
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|Five Stars,
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