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

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Summary: must have beeh written by an apartment dweller
Review: 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.

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Summary: good overview
Review: 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.

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Summary: must have beeh written by an apartment dweller
Review: I was given this book when I purchased a seventy year old hour 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.

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Summary: Bod Villa in a book
Review: 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.