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How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home, Updated and Expanded by Charlie Wing (Paperback, 2012)

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Understand how to maintain everything in your home?including the kitchen sink How Your House Works, Second Edition reinforces the fact that it pays to be an informed consumer. Knowledge of your home's systems helps you control repair and construction costs and makes sure the correct elements are being installed or replaced. How Your House Works uncovers the mysteries behind just about every major appliance and building element in your house. Clear, full-color drawings show you exactly how these things should be put together and how they function, including what to check if they don't work. Covering topics such as electrical systems, heating and air conditioning, plumbing, major household appliances, foundation, framing, doors, and windows, this updated Second Edition has considerable additional information, with new chapters related to sustainability in and outside the house, as well as new topics, including clock thermostats, ventless gas heaters, moisture and mold, and passive solar heating. Illustrated guidance on electrical systems, heating and air conditioning, plumbing, major household appliances, foundation, framing, doors, and windows Includes a wealth of additional information, with new chapters related to sustainability and outside the house Features new topics that include clock thermostats, ventless gas heaters, moisture and mold, LED lamps, motion-activated light switches, and passive solar heating Presented in a richly illustrated with full-color drawings With see-through, cross-section drawings that show you how things are put together and how they function, How Your House Works supplies you with the knowledge that just might save you having to call in a professional.

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PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons Inc
ISBN-139781118099407
eBay Product ID (ePID)113032261

Product Key Features

Book TitleHow Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home, Updated and Expanded
AuthorCharlie Wing
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
TopicHouses
Publication Year2012
Number of Pages208 Pages

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Item Height276 mm
Item Width215 mm
Item Weight560 g

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorCharlie Wing
Series TitleRsmeans