Plumbing Step-by-Step
Category: Books,Crafts, Hobbies & Home,Home Improvement & Design
Plumbing Step-by-Step Details
Includes dozens of projects, from fixing leaks to installing a new bathtub and shower.Features a simple, understandable format with photos and step-by-step instructions homeowners need to complete plumbing jobs.Covers repairs, improvements, replacements, and new installations of kitchen and bathroom fixtures.Lists the time, skills, materials, and tools needed to complete a project.Provides the best do-it-yourself resource for homeowners with little or no plumbing experience.Offers special tips on safety, tool use, and buying new fixtures.
Reviews
Perhaps the "not-to-code" S-trap pictured on the cover should serve as a caution. As with many similar texts, the information is much too brief and leaves out many important details, necessary for the do-it-yourselfer to do a proper job, without additional information.Valuable space is wasted with "coffee-table" type pictures rather providing the extra important text or "down and dirty" illustrations necessary for clear and full explaination.On the other hand, the time lines, equipment and tool requirements, and skill required, is a nice touch.However, to the author, dump the non-technical pictures, beef up the text with greater detail and more variations (e.g. show the difference between the setup for a shower and a tub drain), and double the index entries.
