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Contents: Home Maintenance And Improvement – Desk Cabinet Combo (The good looking built-in featured on the cover provides plenty of drawers, shelves and working surface for a young scholar and it’s easy to make. Complete working drawings are given together with modifications for making the combo if you fon’t happen to have an alcove to put it in. If you’re not ready to build now, file the plans for a possible future project); Mid-Summer Mower Checkup (A weekend spent cleaning, retightening and readjusting your power mower will assure easy starts and improved performance. Here you’ll find everything you need to know to clean the engine, fuel tank, carburetor, air filter and mower deck as well as how to check the performance of the spark plug and sharpen the mower blade); R/X For Garden Tools (Everyone who gardens for a few years encounters one or more of these annoyances – broken tool handles, hoses with holes, malfunctioning sprinklers and faucets. All are easy to repair if you follow these step-by-step instructions. And with the price of equipment going higher each year you’ll save many dollars by making your own repairs); Replacing Webbing On Outdoor Chairs (Time takes its toll on the webbing of outdoor chairs, but broken webbing is no cause for throwing a chair away. Replacements are inexpensive and readily available and the job requires only a little time, patience, knife or scissors and a screwdriver); Getting The Most Cool From Your Air Conditioner (Nothing is more useless than an air conditioner that doesn’t cool so it pays dividends to keep yours in working order as well as doing everything you can to improve its efficiency. The basic list of things to do includes washing filters, checking weather stripping, insulating and ventilating the attic, and eliminating water vapor from bathroom and kitchen); Fixing Shabby Garage Doors To Look Like New (Garage doors are expensive so when they get shabby, repair makes more financial sense than replacement. The most common problem is splintered and warped panels. With easy-to-follow photographs and instructions you can replace unsightly panels so the door looks like new) Yard And Garden – Summering Your House Plants (Vacations and summer living are seldom conducive to the time-consuming task of taking care of a number of house plants. There are many practical methods of coping with the problem that will save you time and at the same time give plants a fresh lease on life. Outlined are suggestions for best places to summer your plants, methods of watering, insect control and vacation tips); The Art Of Watering Plants (There’s a lot more to the art of proper watering than just squirting the water hither and yon. The time of day, amount, method of application all effect the way your lawn, flowers and vegetables prosper. This little appreciated facet of gardening will come into sharper focus after reading this) Special Feature – Answers To Most Asked Garden Questions (Here are 8 pages of questions and answers on fruits, annuals, perennials, vegetables, trees, shrubs, and house plants. You’ll learn what plants to grow in poor light indoors, how to plant crocus in the lawn, new way to repel insects with aluminim foil and much more) Departments – New Products For Old Problems (Our regular column of pictures and paragraphs on a wide range of new and interesting items for the homeowner. This month’s new product pages include Gravely Riding Mower, Gibson Rotary Mower, GAF Seam Fuser, MDR Grip-Kote and more); Ask Handyman Q & A (This month our technical editor paid special attention to questions on…); Piping To A Dry Well; Rot Under Asphalt Siding; Rotting Roof; Sunken Garage Filled With Water; Source Of Mysterious Water; Building A Fake Fireplace; Railroad Tie Wall; Installing Winder Steps; Rewiring Light Fixtures; Foundation For Storage Shed; Repairing Loose Stucco; Reinforcing Supporting Wall; Solution For A Wet Floor; Curing Wood; Editors’ Tests (Evaluation reports by our editors who undertake regular field tests on new tools and products for the home, garden and workshop. The homeowner and handyman will be interested in this months report. Chosen by the editors were Rockwell’s High Speed Finishing Sander and Robert Bosch Corporation’s 7 1/2-inch Portable Electric Saw); Booklets You Should Know About (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet, booklet or leaflet form of certain interest to the do-it-yourselfer. Booklets featured this month cover such subjects as Understanding Your Water System, Installing Safety Glazing, Do-It-Yourself Sculptutr, Refinishing Tired Furniture, Stained Glass Designs and Deck Construction Guide); Books For The Handyman (Reports of new books of particular interest to home handymen, handywomen and gardeners); What It’s Called And Where To Buy It (Names and addresses of various manufacturers of products mentioned in feature articles); Repair Index To 9 Previous Issues (Main repair stories of general interest are indexed for your convenience)
Issue: August 1973
Condition: Very Good