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Author Wing, Charles, 1939-

Title How your house works : a visual guide to understanding and maintaining your home / Charlie Wing.

Imprint Hoboken, N.J. : RSMeans, c2012.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  643.7 Win    ---  Available
Edition Updated & expanded
Description xvi, 192 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.
Series RSMeans
Note Includes index.
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.
Contents Plumbing -- Wiring -- Heating -- Cooling -- Air quality -- Appliances -- Windows & doors -- Foundation & frame -- Outdoors -- Toward sustainability.
Source NBK 7/12 PPL
Subject Dwellings -- Maintenance and repair.
ISBN 9781118099407 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
1118099400 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

 
    
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