How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home - Couverture souple

Wing, Charlie

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1118099400 ISBN 13 : 9781118099407

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2012

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

The author of more than twenty books on home repair and improvement, Charlie Wing is perhaps the most credible house–building teacher in the world. His writing and illustrations make complex home issues understandable. An MIT graduate, he developed and hosted a national PBS energy conservation series, Housewarming with Charlie Wing, and served as primary editorial developer for Home Depot′s branded 1–2–3 books.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Date d'édition: 2012
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1118099400
• ISBN 13: 9781118099407
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 208
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible