Black & Decker Complete Photo Guide to Home Repair: with 350 Projects and 2000 Photos
Product Description
Bigger and better than ever The two previous editions of the book known by home improvement retailers as “Big Red” sold nearly 600,000 copies. This new edition features a larger portrait format for better visual clarity, and incorporates a new page layout style. But all the features that made the original America’s best-selling “bible” of home repair are still present here—thousands of color photographs and detailed step-by-step dire… More >>
#1 by SarnoffNJ on February 1, 2010 - 10:20 pm
I would like more detailed discussions. At least for the painting part, the book is too short.
Rating: 3 / 5
#2 by MollipZ on February 2, 2010 - 12:48 am
I’m not kidding here, this book does not have a section on building shelves. I was in the bookstore doing comparisons between home repair manuals, and I chose something universal like shelves to compare them, and this book doesn’t even have the word ’shelves’ in the index. Shelves for pete’s sake! What this book does have in it seems done really well, but omitting what just might be the #1 home repair/improvement made me highly suspect. I ended up going with the Home Depot 1-2-3.. even though the illustrations were not as good, the layout and language was really friendly for home repair newbies. The Stanley book was good as well, though not quite as geared towards the novice as the Home Depot book.
Rating: 3 / 5
#3 by Sisophal P. Tan on February 2, 2010 - 3:19 am
Contents in the book are fine but I was surprised to received this book from Amazon that looks different than the one I saw on the site.
The difference: 1) On the web site the book cover is red with white lettering.
2) The one I received, has gold cover with black lettering and the cover is installed backward. I have to open from the back of the book to get to the beginning of the contents…….bait-and-switch?…
Rating: 3 / 5
#4 by ONUR EVREN on February 2, 2010 - 5:32 am
I have this book for the last 3 years. I could never make use of the book because it assumes that I’m already a plumber, a technician, a carpentar, a mason etc…
This book is not for the ordinary people like me; rather it is for a professional who is already in this type of craft and trying to improve himself.
However, I turn the pages from time to time like a National Geographic Atlas, or my high school photo album.
I never ever recommend this for people like me. If you are not in this “home repair” business, please refrain from the idea of having this heavy gizmo.
Rating: 2 / 5
#5 by J. Brill on February 2, 2010 - 5:48 am
My husband loves this book..a friend had one and he too just had to have it.
Rating: 5 / 5