Plumbing: Real World Know-How You Wish You Learned in High School

by Skills Institute Press

Overview

From simple repairs to major renovations, this book helps readers save time, money, and frustration by teaching them to do the most common plumbing repairs themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565235885
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/01/2011
Series:	Back to Shop Class Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

John Kelsey is a journalist and editor specializing in woodworking and furniture making. He has a degree in woodworking and furniture design from the School for American Craft at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a former editor in chief of Fine Woodworking magazine and a publisher of woodworking and home building books at the Taunton Press. He is the author of Furniture Projects for the Deck and Lawn. He lives in Newtown, Connecticut.

Table of Contents

Home Plumbing Basics

Tool Kit for Plumbing

Elements of a Plumbing System

Conduits for Water and Wastes

Repairing and Replacing Pipe

Extending Plumbing to a New Sink

Solutions to Common Problems

Frozen Pipes

Emergency Repairs

Clogged Drains

Increasing the Flow of Water

Silencing Noisy Pipes

Ways to Save Water

Improving Water Quality

Showers, Sinks, and Toilets

Tub and SHower

Sink Fittings

Toilets

Water Heaters

Bringing Water Outdoors

Outdoor Faucets and Fixtures

Sprinkler Systems

Septic/Gray-water Systems