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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Building Your Own Home -- Third Edition
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The Complete Idiot's Guide to
Building Your Own Home
Third Edition - Revised and Updated
by Dan Ramsey
352 ppgs; ISBN: 1592576664
Order Today from the Fix-It Bookclub
There’s no feeling of accomplishment like having built your own dream house.
This clear, concise, up-to-date blueprint for every aspect of the home
building process answers all major questions. The new edition takes the
reader from figuring a budget to finding labor and materials. Readers
will discover how to be one’s own general contractor; the pros and cons
of myriad options; and sample bid forms, project schedules, estimating
worksheets, contractor agreements, and other forms not in the previous
edition. Plus, there are 100 additional illustrations to enhance reader
understanding.
About the Author
Dan Ramsey is a general contractor and author of more than 20 books for
homebuilders and buyers, including The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to
Finishing Your Basement, and The Complete Idiot’s Guide® to Remodeling
Your Bath. He has extensive remodeling experience and also has worked
as a successful real estate agent. Dan also is co-founder of the
Fix-It Club®.
Order
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Building Your Own Home (Third Edition) by Dan Ramsey today! Available at bookstores and from the
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- You
can be a smarter consumer by knowing how things work and what to do
if they don't: appliances, heaters, air conditioners, mowers, plumbing, electronics, clocks, paint, flooring and more.
- You
can save money by not having to replace things that you easily can fix. It
might just need a fuse, a new electrical cord, or a screw tightened. You
can do that!
- You
can buy better things that will last longer than disposables because you
know you can probably fix them if they ever do conk out.
- You
can reduce the environmental impact of having a replacement manufactured
from raw materials and transported from a far-off land.
- You
can learn how to recycle the things you just can't fix.
- You
can learn new skills and discover the satisfaction of fixing something
that's broken.
- You
can spend some quality time with kids fixing things together -- and
teaching them the importance of recycling.
- You
can keep that family clock or other heirloom running longer.
- You
can justify the cost of expanding your collection of tools.
- You can impress your spouse, partner, and others with your new-found
fixing skills.
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