Description
Contents: Give Your Home A Face Lift (A delightful collection of ways homeowners can give a home a totally new look); How Not TO Build Your Next Home (Former novice Ron Spear outlines mistakes he made so you can avoid them); Tips On Setting Up A Dream Shop (An actual workshop that’ll start you dreaming, plus how-to tips from the owner); Easy-To-Build Bookshelves (By using this simple design and standard lumber sizes, it’s yours for under $60); You Can Replace A Patio Door (Step-by-step guide on how to replace older doors with more energy-efficient units); The One-Day Paint Job (How to paint a multi-level house with a spray gun and scaffolding in one day); Do-It-Yourself Framing (How to use picture framing tool to make your own and save a bundle of money); Checklist For House Painters (Critical preparation steps include selecting paint, tools and painting accessories); How To Handle Insulation Scars (Here’s how to cover up the plugs after the wall insulation crew leaves its scars); A Mini-Workbench You Can Build (It’s easy to make for under $10, sturdy to work on and disassembles for storage); Installing Glass At Home (A do-it-yourselfer’s guide to installing glass in wood and aluminum windows); Understanding DWV Systems (Author Richard Day shows you the basics of drain-waste-vent plumbing systems) Columns – Reader Letters (Comments, opinions and information from readers); Ask Handyman (Answers to questions to save you time, money and effort); Product News (Our column covering products just on the market); Editor’s Tests (Evaluations by our editors on tools and other products) Departments – Information (Literature on subjects of interest to do-it-yourselfers); Book Reviews (A sampling of helpful reading for the homeowner); Handyman Index (An index reference to the previous nine issues)
Issue: April 1979
Condition: Very Good