Books 4 Learning Home Repair & Do-it-Yourself Stuff

[deal_lurker]

Hi,

Anyone know where I could find a good resource for reading material on repairing and maintaining anything at home? I know way back... there used to be a time-life series on home improvement topics. Does anyone know if that was any good? Does anyone know if there is anything else aside from that one could read to gain knowledge on this subject?

[steve.m]

home depot sold it own line of fix-it-books. They were thick orange colour books with plumbing, painting, etc. If you are tight on cash I bet there should be something in the library too.did you do a search on chapters.ca?

http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/default.asp?Lang=en&Section=books&Ntt=home+repair&Submit_Search.x=0&Submit_Search.y=0

btw home depot info
http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/DisplayTemplate?storeId=10051&catalogId=10051&langId=-15&display=knowhow

[Jono]

I like this website: http://www.easy2diy.com/index.asp

[mlc2000]

Homedepot books are really good.
I've heard people use them, then return them.
Like a library.

[gr8dlr]

Black and Decker series of home improvement books are supposed to be really good. Check them out on Amazon.

[huskylord]

I think it's good to look at multiple sources for any first time do-it-yourselfer (me included). I've never found that all-in-one book that covers all the angles. I have used the Home Depot, Stanley and Black & Decker books for home electrical/flooring, etc. All are good.

[deal_lurker]

Ok... thanks everyone for their information. I will give all those titles a look. I did look at the website. That is alright too (aside from the web Ads).

[mrmoe]

2 weeks ago the home depot electrical book was on sale for 15 bucks,
this week the plumbing book is on sale.

[CheapScotsman]

I like the Black and Decker books as well ...
Electrical code simplified is a good one for the details on CDN based electrical codes. It doesn't show you how to do it but tell you what is allowed.

[riz1]

I find youtube helpful but it may not meet your local code requirement

[nyik]

HD books are a good starting point.

[Cheap Cat]

I'm not handy at all so I bought a number of books. But I found when I needed to repair something, they didn't have exactly what I wanted and I don't understand enough to figure things out. After trying to figure things out from the books, I usually end up online and can find exactly what I need. For example, when I was fixing my toilet, I didn't know what the parts were by name but I found a website with pictures of the exact same parts, showing me what I needed to buy and how to fix it, step by step. No matter the problem, it seems if you google it, there is someone out there who has the same problem and someone else who knows how to fix it.