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In the average house, heat is escaping through every leak, draft, and opening--and that s like throwing money out the window. Good insulation and weatherproofing can make your home run more efficiently, guard it from the elements, and lower those ever-rising heating bills. Popular Mechanics makes the entire process simple, with hundreds of color photographs, diagrams, and illustrations that teach you how to insulate from top to bottom. Find out how to reflect heat from a radiator, seal gaps around doors, double-glaze windows or add weather-stripping, install vapor barriers, ventilate properly, and block out the chill in attics and between rafters. You ll feel the difference, and see the savings, almost instantly.

Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to (paperback) - By Albert Jackson,david Day

Find the answer every time Here, in concise, straightforward language, is the guidebook your father trusted, completely overhauled and updated for the first time in three decades. Clearly organized to help you find what you need, it covers tools, drawing and sketching, measuring and connecting, installation, bearings, motor maintenance, electrical devices, structural steel, and more. Everything about the newest equipment is here, as well as information vital to maintaining the older machinery still found in many shops. * Apply the right method of installation for various types of machinery and equipment * Install, repair, and maintain chain drives and V-belt drives * Perform preventive and predictive motor maintenance * Understand and maintain wet and dry pipe sprinkler systems * Troubleshoot and repair pumps, air compressors, fans, and blowers * Create and use sheet metal patterns * Sharpen hand saws, band saws and circular saws