By Judy Ostrow
How many readers does it take to alter a gentle bulb?
just one, if she or he is armed with this publication! instead of specialise in the large initiatives that almost all owners may properly depart to pros, it concentrates at the universal upkeep that everybody encounters and someone can do, with the correct guideline, together with repairing holes and dents in drywall; solving popped nails in partitions; checking and exchanging fuses; unclogging drains; changing lighting fixtures; solving squeaky flooring; repairing cracked tile and broken carpet; changing monitors; screening gutters; and masses more.
Contains 250 to three hundred step by step illustrations
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Unless you’re a person who leads a very simple life, your home has a plumbing system, an electrical system, and maybe a gas supply to heat your home or hot water. If you’re out in the country, you probably have a water well and a septic field, too. Not to mention all those helpful appliances! They have plugs, hoses, switches, gaskets … a whole bunch of parts that may someday give you grief. And when one of them breaks down, you discover that you don’t really remember where you tossed that use and care manual; it might have come in handy, if you could find it!
3/8" is the most common chuck size, and right for the work in this book. AQ`SeR`WdW\U For your drill to work like a screwdriver, it needs three attributes: variable speed, a reverse drive, and a torque control that shuts off the drill when a certain turning force is reached. You know the drill has this last feature if there’s a numbered dial (up to 16 positions). Torque control prevents you from driving the screw too deeply or too tightly. 6SZ^TcZ0Wba/P]cb2`WZZW\U If you’ve never used an electric drill before, know that it’s destined to make many home repairs simpler than you can imagine.
Some professionals like to use screws with a square slot (called a Robertson), which requires a matching, square-headed driver. If you like to cover your walls with art, you’ll probably have use for an assortment of fasteners for hanging pictures and other decorations. % angled receptacle for driving in a small nail with ease—even into plaster—are good to keep on hand in a range of sizes for items of varying weights, up to about 25 pounds or so. Larger items that must be wall-mounted will use larger fasteners; check with your helpful hardware salesperson about the type and size of fastener best suited to your walls and what you’re hanging.