Bibliograph

How your house works, a visual guide to understanding and maintaining your home, Charlie Wing

Type

Label

How your house works, a visual guide to understanding and maintaining your home, Charlie Wing

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

How your house works

Oclc number

754727737

Responsibility statement

Charlie Wing

Series statement

RSMeans

Sub title

a visual guide to understanding and maintaining your home

Summary

"An easy-to-understand richly illustrated guide to how everything in a house works. The book's many full-color illustrations are all drawn by the author for the general consumer to understand. Virtually everything in your house is included, with illustrated guidance on 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 and outside the house, as well as new topics including clock thermostats, ventless gas heaters, moisture and mold, and passive solar heating"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Plumbing -- Wiring -- Heating -- Cooling -- Air quality -- Appliances -- Windows & doors -- Foundation & frame -- Outdoors -- Toward sustainability

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