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Contents: Special Feature: How To Enlarge Your House – How I Enlarged My House And Saved $5,000 (A homeowner tells how he discovered in inexpensive way to expand his home when it had grown too small for his family); Job Begins: Contractor Breaks Out Roof And Builds New Dormer (Completion of dormer exterior provides homeowner with weatherproof shell around interior when he finishes himself); Interior Work From Insulation To Plasterboard Gets Started (Homeowner insulates interior walls, lays underlayment for floor tile, sets up framing, installs electric circuits and plasterboard); “Professional” Floor Tile Job By An Amateur (Self-sticking tile and careful attention to manufacturer’s simple instructions result in good looking vinyl-asbestos floors that are easy to maintain); Paneling Is Easy To Apply (Our homeowner learns to measure, cut, fit and install wall panels and thus eliminates a lot of spackling, sanding, priming and painting); Suspended Ceilings: All Three Were Surprisingly Simple To Install (Designed for use by homeowners, these ceiling tiles reduce noise, look attractive and present a uniform appearance); The Bathroom: A Seperate Project (Here the homeowner learns to work with the plumbing contractor, to lay a ceramic tile floor and to make waterproof panel joints around the bathtub); Finishing Up: Doors And Moldings (The installation of bifold closet doors and moldings is the final step in finishing the interior); Ask Handyman – Your Questions Answered (Here are time, money and effort saving ideas to helpl you all around the house. Some of these included this month are:), Windows Replacement, Built-In Room, Extra Doorbell, Electrical Wiring, Wallpaper Removal, Stopping Floor Seepage Feature Columns – New Products For Old Problems (Our regular column of pictures and paragraphs on a wide range of new and interesting items for the handyman. Some of these included this month are:) Storage System, Caned Footstool Kit, Tub Reglazing Kit, New Dome Home, Drywall Repairs, Painting Aid; Editor’s Tests (Evaluation reports by our editors who test new tools and products for home, garden and workshop. Featured this month are:) 2-Speed Utility Saw, Build A TV Set Departments – Booklets You Should Know About (Literature from manufacturers in pamphlet or leaflet form of interest to do-it-yourselfers); What It’s Called And Where To Buy It (Buyer’s guide of companies who make or sell the products mentioned in our feature articles); Complete Home Maintenance Index (Ready reference to the 10 previous issues)
Issue: August 1975
Condition: Very Good