This book will assist you through the various stages of poker table design and construction from start to finish along with extra information for added upgrades and modifications. These design plans will set your table apart from the rest with the flexibility of having a completely removable padded rail. The removable rail feature allows for no fuss cleaning and maintenance, just like the professional poker tables in the casinos The step by step guide is easy to follow and is full of large, high quality pictures and diagrams to steer you through the challenging stages of poker table construction and upholstering. Enjoy the satisfaction of owning a professional style poker table and build with confidence when you purchase this guide. Poker Table Characteristics: Removable one piece padded rail. The vinyl is not stapled directly to the bottom of the table top like most other cheap designs. Optional sizes for 6 person, 8 person, and 10 person poker tables. Optional drop-in cup holders. Easily clean and replace vinyl and felt when needed. Options for different style table legs or pedestal bases Included in This Book: In every chapter we provide you with a list of materials and tools required. Recommendations on selecting quality materials to build a great poker table. List of recommended suppliers by material type. Guidance on designing your poker table to fit your needs. Inches to metric conversion table. Tips and tricks to avoid mistakes. Steps to maintain your poker table. The author James Powers has owned and operated a business building and selling poker tables for many years to individuals and casinos. These designs have been constantly refined and updated over the years and now he offers them to you.

The Professional Guide to Urban WildLife Removal is a step-by-step guide to handling and preventing encounters with Urban Wildlife in and around your home safely and humanely. 90% of homeowners will experience an issue with wildlife in their home. This book is for anyone who owns a home or cottage and currently has an issue, has dealt with a wildlife problem in the past or simply wants to protect their home from animals entering. This fully illustrated guide will take you step-by-step through proactively preventing animals from entering your home and/or removing urban wildlife once they've entered. Then the building/creating of animal proof structures to keep wildlife out permanently. Try this book before you call in the professionals.

Does the thought of entering your child's room make you shudder? Do you dodge a mountain of toys only to notice that many are broken and haven't been touched in months? Do the size 6's fight for space with the size 8's your child now wears? Despite our best intentions, kids' rooms often get out of control. Don't give up. Give Ann Sullivan's ASAP Approach(tm) to organizing a chance This interactive guidebook will help you organize your child's room. It takes you step-by-step from chaos to order and leads you through an easy-to-follow, four-step process that starts with a plan and end with guidelines to preserve your child's newly organized room. Ann Sullivan's clients benefit from her ASAP Approach(tm). Now you and your child can too. The time to get organized is now.

A complete diary for your home. Great source for keeping and organizing all your information in one place. Space for your notes and photo's. Keep track of your renovations, taxes, and even outdoor plants. A helpful aid for selling or buying. Makes a great Housewarming gift!

What's so tough about building a solar collector? Most people think it's time they tried to do their part at lowering their monthly utility bills or curbing climate change, but they suspect that their dream of building a solar hot water heater is more than they can handle. In some cases, this may be true. However, if you have already performed your own plumbing repairs, this project may not be as difficult as and more affordable than you imagine. This down-to-earth guide can show you just how possible such a project can be. With simple step-by-step instructions, fifty-six clear illustrations, and a complete parts list from a major hardware store, you may fulfill your dream of going solar sooner than you think. This is an excellent book with clear and well thought out plans. With a little investment of time and the parts listed, you will have a worthy product that will save money and provide satisfaction. A. J. Shea I am very impressed with the plans for this solar hot water system. I think it was easy to understand and complete with material lists and where to get them. I am looking forward to building one soon. Dean Cardin For anyone wanting to build their own solar collector, this is a great tool. Like others have said, follow the directions with respect to the materials specified. BigBear

An improbably funny account of how the purchase and restoration of a disaster of a fixer-upper saves a young marriage
When a season of ludicrous loss tests the mettle of their marriage, Matthew Batt and his wife decide not to call it quits. They set their sights instead on the purchase of a dilapidated house in the Sugarhouse section of Salt Lake City. With no homesteading experience and a full-blown quarter-life crisis on their hands, these perpetual grad students/waiters/nonprofiteers decide to seek salvation through renovation, and do all they can to turn a former crack house into a home. Dizzy with despair, doubt, and the side effects of using the rough equivalent of napalm to detoxify their house, they enter into full-fledged adulthood with power tools in hand.
Heartfelt and joyous, "Sugarhouse "is the story of how one couple conquers adversity and creates an addition to their family, as well as their home.

A self-help reference book, 'Maybe You CAN do it Yourself' covers a few basic things the average person can do on their own to keep their computers running, what you should not attempt yourself and what to look for in a computer company. If you have a computer and you feel intimidated by it; this book is for you. With easy to understand steps, this book will help make your computing environment less scary. But watch out After reading this book you may have to call yourself a geek too.

Save Money-or Make Money-by Doing It Yourself With the simple, step-by-step methods in Drain Cleaning 101, you will be able to save money-or even make money-by learning how to properly diagnose, unclog, and prevent common drain line blockages like a pro. Are you a handy homeowner who likes do-it-yourself projects? Maybe you're a property management company interested in minimizing cost and maximizing productivity by having your superintendents or handyman unclog ordinary drain line blockages in your rental units. Are you already a professional in the trade and looking for a helpful reference guide for your employees? Are you interested in starting your own drain cleaning business? If so, Drain Cleaning 101 is for you Learn how to unclog the most common drain line blockage-without depending on your local plumbing or drain cleaning provider. Once you've mastered the basics, your opportunities are endless...so why not do it yourself?

This book, written by a licensed contractor, is filled with several simple solutions to save you money on your manufactured home maintenance issues. In my experience, I've discovered that there are several differences between manufactured and site built homes. This book will guide you through the basic maintenance needs, as well as some home improvement ideas. It will save you time and money if you are " do it yourselfer" and send you in the right direction as far as locating parts and hiring the proper contractors unique to manufactured homes.

Building a Revolution, one handful at a time. In the face of widespread burnout and a world gone crazy, how do we find things to say "yes" to, rather than a resounding "no"? On North America's West Coast, there's a group of rebel women who ten years ago chose to break free from a rigged economic and social system. They didn't take to the streets to lobby banks and governments to change their ways - they didn't have time for that. They had babies to feed and house. They reckoned that if nobody else was going to change the rules to support basic human needs and respect the biosphere, then we are all free to make our own rules. They chose action. They decided to teach themselves how to build houses using the most abundant material on earth - mud. They'd learn by building, gathering skills and allies. They'd have fun, sharing whatever they learned with whoever wanted to come along for the ride. The Mudgirls revolution was born. Part story of rebel women, grassroots self-governance, and community-building, part incendiary political and economic tract, and part practical guide to building natural homes for real people. Mudgirls Manifesto is about respecting the earth, each other, and crafting meaningful lives. A powerful, positive antidote to troubled times.

Homeowners hoping to reduce or eliminate dampness and moisture from their basements will benefit from these tips, tricks, and strategies. This book covers every aspect of basement moisture and dampness, from sources to solutions, including sump pumps, dehumidifiers, etc..

Every year we are welcomed by unwelcomed guests. Some call them disgusting, others call them rodents or bugs. At the end of the day they are just pests. Would you like to know what you can do to significantly reduce the amount of pests in your home. In this book you will find easy, inexpensive tips on how to keep the pests out. This book is written by an experienced pest control applicator that has helped thousands of households do these very same things that are found in this book. This book will help you create a pest control solution that will significantly reduce the pest population in your house.

Whether you're looking for help to hook up a cable box, troubleshoot a TV or Internet problem, or rewire your whole house for cable TV service, phone or Internet, look no further the "Cable TV Wiring" book can help you. Written with the "do-it-yourself" homeowner in mind, the following chapters break down the components that make up the cable TV system in your home. One secret every professional technician knows is, when it comes to years of trouble free service, forget all the technical jargon, sticking to the "basic fundamentals" is key. With help from name brands like IDEAL, NETGEAR, LEVITON, MONSTER, HDMI and EXTREME-BROADBAND, the Cable TV Wiring book offers plenty of pictures and easy to read text. It's a well-known fact that some stores are selling sub-standard wire and consumers are buying and installing sub-standard wire in their homes. Many times this poor wiring leads to poor service on your TV, phone and Internet. With the Cable TV Wiring book you will learn about differences in wiring, connectors and signal amplifiers, as well as how to make proper connections, which splitters to use, and the ones to avoid, plus much more. Many cable companies are charging customers to send a truck out to repair simple problems inside the home or problems caused by the customer. With a little know-how you can perform the most common repairs on you own. If this book saves you the cost of one service call, it will have paid for itself.

This booklet has information not found in the big manuals, home improvement stores, the library, or the internet. The books found in the above named places have a lot of information about the entire subject. However, I could not find any information that talked you through the step by step process. This booklet will explain how to do each step and the potential problems you may find as you proceed with the job. The pictures in the book will let you identify the parts you need when you go to the store. A young lady with no experience in home repair read the book and said " this is explained so simple I could do it." The book gives the reader the benefit of forty years of "earn while you learn" experience. The booklet is sized to put in your pocket and take to the store or jobsite. The book also introduces a new product that the author has used in the past with great success. The product has just been developed and not found in stores at this time. However, order information is included in the book. In today's economy, we all must save all we can. By using this book you will save huge amounts of money.

DO YOU Find study boring? Get drowsy while studying? Find it hard to focus and pay attention? If you said 'yes', this book shows you how to learn so you remember more for longer. Based on the science of how your brain works, the 8-step method described in Brainpower Smart Study is easy and effective. For the first time, you'll have a fail-safe way to encode information into your memory. Most students simply read and make notes. Apart from a quick review of these notes, they just hope for the best. Only at the moment of truth - the examination - do they realise what they don't know. Every student should read this book.

How To...'Make It Mine' is not just a book about home decorating; but it does provide a wonderful, lighthearted approach to decorating your home It creates an awareness of how our state of mind affects the world we live in, confirming the old adage that while "You may never reach the summit and for that you will be forgiven. But if you don't make at least one serious attempt to get above the snow line you will always regret it " 'Make It Mine' delves into the psyche so subtly that one barely notices they have been given a 'checkup from the neck up' about why we live the way we do in our own homes The book is filled with funny stories, sad stories and a million tips, tricks and ideas to help you navigate from a house to a home It is full of ideas and solutions for everyone from the college student to retirees. The ideas are bold, not old stuff. For motivating, inspiring ideas that teach you how to prevent becoming a victim as you locate and improve your home in today's economy; this is a must read This book is funny and happy, and is a worthwhile, down to earth endeavor that will bear wonderful fruit. It is filled with profound thoughts, inspiration and practical ideas for successful living.

This book should prove helpful as a "how to" guide for a man working alone to build a strong, yet simple log cabin made to last. It can be a log cabin that a man can be proud to call his home or for a getaway home away from home on the weekend. I built the 13 by 41 foot cabin shell, including cutting down the trees and peeling off the bark, in three months while camping out in a tent. Cutting down the trees and peeling off the bark took more than half of the time in completing the shell of the cabin. It was hard work, but by using the trees on my property I saved money and it gave me a more satisfying feeling of accomplishment as I lived my dream. After about three months work the cabin was up and we moved from our tents into the cabin, however, the electrical wiring, well and plumbing, septic system, interior walls, chimney, and 8 by 28 foot add-on, which are covered in varying details (less on the wiring and plumbing) in this book, were worked on as I got the time and money. Overall, to complete the cabin, it took about four to five months time. The 757 square foot cabin was completed in about four months by working long hours, six days a week. The long camping experience was an ordeal for my wife, but my son and I enjoyed it. The plans contained in this book are designed to allow a man working alone to build a cabin in a short time that will last a life time. I give the basic plans for building the "shell" of the cabin. An additional chapter about building a pergola type patio cover out of red cedar is included at the end. 48 pictures are included. My first trip to Alaska was in 1981 when I went there looking for adventure and prospecting for gold. I wrote about that experience in the book: The Wild Still Calls To Alaska.

Now completely revised and updated, B. Allan This classic is still considered the best book ever written on making a full sized log home. This enlarged eighth edition, revised in 1997, is filled with numerous major construction improvements, and clearly shows the novice and experienced log builder how to select logs, plan both the site and financing, and then build a handsome log structure from the foundation to the ridge cap.

The concept of modern log building was born 25 years ago with the first edition of Building with Logs. All who loved log homes could, for the first time, learn how to build one. With over 100,000 copies sold, this book inspired thousands of owner-built homes.

Building with Logs covers: financing, the site, planning a good home, acquisition of logs, how to fall a tree and trim it, storage of logs, safety, foundations and basements, first logs and floor joists, hewing and the broad axe, cutting a round notch, sealing between the logs, setting allowance, gable ends, electrical wiring, finishing touches and much more.

The author has continued to teach, design and build. His schools have trained thousands of good craftsmen, some of whom formed companies to build internationally, with the result that the world-wide standard for excellence in log building is now a "Mackie" log house.

Any of us that have ever repaired things around the home have always run into the same question, how to do it right. Typically, our experience tells us what to do, but many of us have someone in our lives that questions how we do our repairs. We know that we are doing the repair correctly; we just need for our doubters to know we are doing the repairs correctly. That is where this book comes in. This home repair fact checking guide is an interactive way to show that what you are attempting, and how you are attempting it, is correct. On each page you will find a heading for a different type of repair, and underneath you will find a space to write in your repair and how you are doing it. Turn the page and on the back you will find confirmation of your methods. You can even tear the page out if you want to show that certain someone. As they say, if it's in print, it must be true.

One of the founders of the Boy Scouts of America, Beard provides a hand-on guide for building a variety of habitable structures in the wilderness and other difficult environments. Shelters, Shacks, and Shanties provides easy-to-follow instructions on building everything from tents to teepees to log cabins.

This easy-to-understand, straight-forward, approachable book, which is based upon important engineering concepts is intended to advance knowledge on the subject of shelter, one of man's basic needs. The reader can glean standardized information about the field of pre-purchase home inspections. This information will assist people in determining the condition of a home and in living a safer and happier life. The book includes a multitude of house plumbing, electrical, roofing, heating, foundation, and structural problems commonly encountered when scouring a home for potential purchase. Some building code and safety items have been presented as well. Many illustrations assist the reader to understand home inspection concepts. Additionally, it is THE guidebook for both professionals and novices alike, which serves to integrate the sound, relevant context of the issues oftentimes identified when purchasing a home. Practical Guide to Home Inspection will act as an invaluable resource to utilize when in the midst of the often challenging home buying process.

Every day starts and ends with your home - an extension of yourself, which resembles the foundation of your true character and should bring out your best. This book will help you realize how organizing your home to reflect your true character can create inner peace and serenity. Time is extremely valuable and learning how to organize can support you in focusing on and achieving your most treasured goals. Here are some of the many things this book can offer you: -Sample forms to help you in your organizing process -Easy to read and understand -Simple, straightforward and effective information on home organization -Each paragraph throughout the book is summarized with a few key words for fast review -Understanding clutter, what it is and its consequences -How clutter accumulates -How clutter affects your state of being -Benefits of an organized home -Evaluating and defining how disorganization has impacted your life -Why disorganization occurs -What's holding you back from getting organized -How to motivate myself to organize -How to motivate my partner/children to organize -How to overcome and concur clutter -How to take back control of your home -How to organize the right way -How to set organization goals and deadlines -Steps to having an effective action plan -Step-by-step instructions for organizing each room in your house -How to declutter your home, one step at a time -How to effectively sort your items in each room -How to create functional spaces that reflect your true being -Understanding the purpose of the room -Understanding the emotional connection attached to each room -Support guide to direct you each step of the way -Useful insider tips and design ideas -Organizing templates to understand your needs -Organizing templates to set goals -Organizing templates for creating organizational systems -How to deal with incoming mail -How to be in control of your bills -How to create effective filing systems -How to maintain organization -How to stay organized -How to communicate effectively with partner (and children) -How to interact with teens that resist cleaning and organizing their room -Garage safety tips -Inspirational life messages that will empower you to take action Learn how to organize the following spaces in your home: Family Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, Master Bedroom, Bedroom Closets and Dressers, Kids Bedrooms and Closets, Teens Room and Closet, Bathrooms, Home Office, Incoming Mail, Paying Bills, Filing, Laundry Room, Linen Closet, Garage, Basement and Attic, Old Photographs, Digital Photographs, and Memorabilia. Yes, You Can Organize Just Do It

With high unemployment rates and the rising costs of food, clothing, and energy, it's often difficult to maintain a positive outlook. But there are ways to thrive and persevere through troubling economic times. In A How-to Book for Hard Times, author Gillian Kirkpatrick provides a plethora of tips for stretching your resources to meet your household needs.

Kirkpatrick, who was a child during World War II in Europe, learned firsthand how to combat hard times. Sharing personal anecdotes, she presents many tactics for making do. A How-to Book for Hard Times includes tips and information on:

● Making and following a menu guide
● Stocking up on basic supplies
● Preserving food
● Maintaining first aid supplies
● Purchasing clothing and mending supplies
● Using herbs
● Keeping up the home and vehicles

Hard times occur in many different ways, but with the advice and ideas presented in this how-to guide, life could become a little easier without breaking the budget.

50 ways to get rid of bugs, rats and termites.