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Contents: Home Maintenance And Improvement – Build This Handy Alcove For Your Children’s Basement Playroom (This recessed unit provides loads of extra storage space and comfortable seating and is easy to construct); The Rose – A Flower For Everyone (They can be grown in almost any garden in the country, they flower throughout the season and they last for years); Are You Ready For Winter Emergencies? (What to do about cracked tree limbs, fallen power lines, roof leaks, frozen pipes and problems of space heating, lighting and cooking when power fails); Beautify Your Home With Accent Lighting (Emphasive paintings, sculptures, vases or any interesting decorations with accent lights on live tracks that are easily installed); How To Cope With Dry Air Troubles (Excessively dry air makes woodwork shrink and causes personal discomfort, but the right kind of humidifier for your home can remedy these problems); Stop Frozen Gutters From Causing Interior Water Damage (Do-it-yourselfer tells how you can install your own electric heating cables to melt ice dams that clog gutters and cause water to ruin ceilings and walls); Use Common Wood Moldings To Create Your Own Picture Frames (Here’s a easy and inexpensive way to give beauty of expression to your prints, paintings and photographs) Ask Handyman – Your Questions Answered – Here are time, money and effort saving ideas to help you all around the house. Some of those included this month are: Wood Floors Over Concrete; Colored Caulking; Shingles Over Siding; Blowing In Insulation Feature Columns – New Products For Old Problems – Our regular column of pictures and paragraphs on a wide range of new and interesting ideas for the handyman. Some products featured include: Metallic Tubing; African Violet Food; New Chain Saw; Fiber Glass Shades; Heat Pumps; New Tape Hooks Editor’s Tests – Evaluation reports by our editors who test new tools and products for home, garden and workshop. Featured this month are: Saber Saw Finishing Blades – 20 teeth/inch give super smooth cut; 7 1/4″ Portable Circular Saw – Inexpensive, quick and accurate; Paint Remover Disk – Works fast and comes with adapter for an electric drill Departments – Booklets You Should Know About; What it’s Called And Where To Buy It; Complete Home Maintenance Index
Issue: January 1975
Condition: Very Good