Home Maintenance For Dummies Paperback – October 26, 2009

This book is very useful. We just bought our first home and we are excited to get started with the many projects we have under way. This book will be a helpful tool during this process.

Perfect purchase - teaches everything about my house

This book was given as a gift. Before I gave this book to the person, i perused the pages. The book looks very interesting and I do enjoy listening to hte Carey brothers on the radio. Their simple and easy way to fix things is nice to have on hand when something fails in the house. They always have an ingenious way to fix problems.

After decades of apartment living, and now having moved into a house, I was embarrassed every time our contractor or a neighbor or a colleague used words I had never heard, like water hammer. This book oriented me to my house and taught me how to take care of it, even though I won’t do most of the jobs myself. It turns out that even if you want to hire people to do handy jobs that I would mess il if I did them myself, you need to know what jobs to hire people to do. The book has the refreshing comforting style of the dummies series: great for people who are expert st some things but entirely ignorant of the topic we buy these books for. A must read if you own a home.

Good quality, more than I expected, great job Goodwill .

This was useless. I used the back page to take important notes. It's good as a one page notebook. Other than that no. I'm a stay at home mom who was a tomboy growing up but didn't get to learn more useful things than how to do the very basics because I live in the south and men won't let pretty women learn construction skills here. Yes that was the exact excuse. I offered to dress down in baggy clothes lol. Anyway that said I'm smart enough to know common sense stuff like this but nothing further. I guess it really is for dummy's. It mentions calling repair people a lot.

I didn't grow up learning how to be handy around the house. I am recently separated and find myself overwhelmed with all the new things to care for that I never before gave any thought to. I recently purchased your book and it has helped me to feel that I've got this! It's clear, fun to read, and has increased my confidence and peace of mind in caring for a house! I love this book and reference it frequently. Thanks Carey Brothers!

This book is a great overview to help the new homeowner be a little more savvy about maintaining your house. It starts out explaining why home maintenance is important, getting to know the house, and putting together a plan.Sections include- The Energy Envelope (foundation, floors, roofing, siding, windows, doors, insulation)- Key Systems: Plumbing and HVAC- Inside Home Sweet Home (walls, ceilings, floors, cabinets, appliances, fireplaces, home-safety)- Out in the Great Wide Open (walkways, patios/decks, driveways, fences)- The Part of Tens (cleaning solutions, maintenance skills you need)There's even a handy to-do list that breaks down home maintenance into "musts," "shoulds," and "coulds." Plus a schedule of annual, seasonal, or monthly maintenance.The book helps me feel more comfortable knowing the basics of home maintenance. Cleaning, caulking, painting, leaks, cracks. It makes you feel more confident to take care of the little things around the house and avoid costly repairs later on.