Handy at Home: Tips on Improving Your Home from America's Favorite Handyman

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Macmillan, Oct 7, 2002 - House & Home - 448 pages
Former Home Improvement star and handyman extraordinaire Richard Karn provides easy solutions to your daily household tribulations in Handy at Home-- a practical and fun guide that will help you conquer any and all common problems with your house. Handy at Home provides easy, step by step solutions to everything from unclogging toilets to installing doors. From tips in the kitchen to tool use definitions, this helpful guide is perfect for all your household needs:

Want to paint your home, but abhor the noxious stench of fresh paint? Add some vanilla flavoring to the paint before applying to the walls.
Are your squeaking floor boards driving you crazy? Sprinkle talcum powder in the floor cracks and enjoy the reticence.
Want your house plants to grow big and strong? Pour a little tea in the pot from time to time.
Out of window cleaner? Try using a little vinegar and water to clean those nasty streaks.
Afraid of blowing a fuse with your profusion of Christmas lights? Plug ever third string into an extension cord plug.

Find these tips and many more all in the new Handy at Home.

Also included is a bonus section on home safety. Everything from home security, to childproofing , to detoxing your home can be found in this no-nonsense, to-the-point guide. Join Richard Karn and co-author George Mair, for a practical guide through common household problems.
 

Contents

Introduction
ix
An Ounce of Prevention
1
Making Repairs
10
Shopping and Saving Money
21
Keeping Safe
48
Hiring Help
78
Cooking and Kitchen Tips
89
Cleaning
98
Maintaining Your Car
171
Caring for Pets and the Homes They Live In
185
Maintaining Your Wardrobe
193
When Your House is Not Just a Home
203
Plumbing
216
Building and Remodeling
230
Personal Care
254
Odds at the End
271

Gardening
142
Making Storage Space Count
152
Decorating
163
Richards Guide to Home Improvement Books
279
Index
285
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About the author (2002)

Richard Karn played Al Borland on Home Improvement and comes from a long line of builders in Seattle, Washington. He lives in California. George Mair lives in Dana Point, California.

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