Editorial Review
This best-seller has just gotten better. We've added a CD-ROM that walks you through several landscape design and construction projects. Filled with over 2000 color photographs, The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair is unrivaled among home repair books. This refreshing and accessible guide offers more than 500 pages of the most reliable, up-to-date information available on exterior and interior do-it-yourself home repairs, including a complete section on heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC).
Top-quality color photography, detailed tools and materials lists, hundreds of helpful tips, and modern, time-saving techniques put The Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair in a class by itself. This remarkable book is, quite simply, brighter, more exciting, and more helpful than any comparable book on the market.
Highlights:
**Presents over 2000 clear, color photographs for quality that is unparalleled in the how-to publishing industry. Competing titles use primarily illustrations and line drawings.
**Includes over 300 of the most important home repair projects you're likely to face.
**Provides complete tools and 7 materials lists for all projects.
**Features troubleshooting charts that let you pinpoint the cause of common problems and their solutions.
**Includes maintenance checklists for seasonal and annual inspections.
**Includes extensive techniques and safety sections with valuable advice from home repair contractors and safety experts.
**Uses a convenient, self-referencing format with numbered steps and detailed, labeled photographs that guide readers first to the general topic, then through the detailed steps of each specific project.
**Contains projects that have been carefully researched and checked by home improvement professionals.
**Demonstrates top-quality, affordable tools and materials recommended by home repair experts.
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Customer Reviews
Home Repair 
2007-05-07
This is a good book for those do-it-yourselfers that like photos with their instructions. It covers a wide variety of general repairs and would be good for a novice to home repair
Good book 2007-05-02
Its a great book to give you ideas for how to fix things or how to make general home improvements.
Very Complete Guide 
2007-03-09
This is wonderful and is now my "bible" for repairing just about anything. The best part? The pictures.....which make all the difference in the world for a "newbie" like me. The step by step instructions make the hardest tasks seem easy. If you want an all-in-one guide, this is the one to buy.
Comprehensive Home Repair 2007-01-23
I haven't had a chance to really dig through this book. But gazing through, I found many useful topics with plenty of detailed information and associated pictures. I looked at a couple other home repair manuals and found this one to be the most comprehensive. I recommend!
A PICTURE IS WORTH #2...... 2006-11-05
THIS IS A GOOD COMPANION BOOK FOR "THE COMPLETE PHOTO GUIDE TO HOME IMPROVEMENT". LOTS OF PICTURES AND STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTION FOR THE NOVICE WHO BOUGHT A 100 YEAR OLD HOME!!
Excellent Book!!! 2008-05-07
Excellent book! Very comprehensive book on materials, techniques and just a very detailed how-to DIY manual in general. Tons of detailed pictures and small steps to help the biggest layman out there. I am very happy with my purchase, got exactly what I wanted.
Book Review 2008-01-08
The recipient of this book, a new homeowner, was thrilled with this gift! His father, a homeowner for over 30 years, wished he had been the recipient.
Great Reference 2007-10-17
Good book with lots of color photos, helped me replace all elecrical outlets in a couple of rooms. Great to look at to get an idea for projects and "how to". Very informative on tool types and also the items you will encounter during the project. I would reccomemd to a rookie homeowner to an advanced. Wish had some info on ceiling fans, washing machines and dryers. But altogether great!! Want to buy the new one coming out!
Outstanding guide 2007-09-13
I'm in the process of looking for my first home, and I bought this book knowing that I'd need to do repairs as a homeowner. I got more than I had asked for. The text is very clear, and the pictures are precise and thorough.
Not only do I feel more prepared to make my own home repairs after this book, but it has also helped me to spot problem areas within the homes I've looked at. If you're looking for one book that's got it all, BUY THIS BOOK!
Great Book 2007-07-22
Absolutely wonderful book with endless projects. I have yet to do a project that was not in this book. It is like an unabridged dictionary for home repair.
