Why call an exterminator? Save thousands of dollars every year. Protect your family and property, and keep yourself safe from disease. This guide will teach you the art of responsible pest elimination. Have you stared at shelves of pesticides wondering which to buy, which are safe, which treatment will eliminate your pest, and how to apply it? If so, this book is for you. You only lack the trade secrets and the knowledge, such as safe application methods, how to prevent an attack in the first place, when killing is not necessary, and how all of this affects our environment. Before you buy your next can of bug spray, before you get bitten again, before you buy or sell a house, or before you go outdoors, read this book and learn how to: Kill all types of household and yard pests; Select the appropriate pesticides and use them safely; Kill responsibly; Kill without chemicals; Affordably protect your home or apartment from pests; Minimize environmental impact; Decide when to use residual or non-residual pesticides; Select the appropriate equipment; Prevent insect bites; Inspect a property before buying; Design a pest-proof house; Kill noxious weeds; Prevent your pets from getting ticks; Avoid deadly house explosions during flea treatments; Find vitamins that help prevent insect-borne diseases; Kill bedbugs or prevent infestations; Kill fire ants with only water; Kill head lice safely; Prevent deer and rabbits from eating your garden; Kill termites for only a few dollars instead of thousands. YOU are smarter than a bug The book's first half explains pesticides in layman's terms, advises which to purchase, and how to use them safely. The second half explains how to control insects, fungus and animals with or without pesticides. After reading, any layperson becomes an expert pest controller saving thousands of dollars and providing a pest free environment to live in.

A comprehensive step by step diagnosis and fix it guide for DIY homeowners who have no heat on the second floor, or cold radiators. A must have for DIY homeowners.

Barbara Tischler, a professional organizer and member of the National Association of Professional Organizers since 1996, shares month-by-month, timely tips to help you and your family organize your home. This is a VERY ECONOMICAL gift to give yourself or someone else

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 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!

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

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.

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..

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

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.

Ron Kamrowski has written this book to share the experiences of using a metal detector. Most writings of this nature deal with the workings of a metal detector, this work contains actual events to explain that there are literally millions of places to search. Untouched areas abound in the United States where history, although only dating a few centuries, can be discovered in your own backyard.

Ron Kamrowski has written this book to share the experiences of using a metal detector. Most writings of this nature deal with the workings of a metal detector, this work contains actual events to explain that there are literally millions of places to search. Untouched areas abound in the United States where history, although only dating a few centuries, can be discovered in your own backyard.

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone

This book includes access to our web enhanced training website. Quizzes and certificates of completion available on the website to assess your progress. By reading this book you will learn from years of experience, but more importantly, you will eliminate many of the common mistakes that I see made as an instructor and mistakes that I have made along the way. I have also produced and included many of my free training videos and I have searched the internet for additional relevant videos and other resources that I believe will help you learn how to repair and paint your car or reach whatever your training goal is. You will also gain access to my web enhanced course that will help you excel through your training process. Module 1 - Safety Module 2 - Vehicle History Module 3 - Metal Straightening Module 4 - Body Fillers: Fiberglass Fillers Module 5 - Welding Module 6 - Plastic Repair Module 7 - Preparation: Sanding, Masking, Primer Module 8 - Paint: Spray Guns, Module 9 - Paint: Sealer, Base Coat, Clear Coat Module 10 - Detailing Module 11 - Paint Defects and Other Considerations Resources Resources For Modules (Additional Information) Industry Resources (For Technicians, Managers and Business Owners) Instructor Resources (For Instructors) Career (Career Information and Industry Associations) Estimating Products (Supplies, Tools, Other) DIY Mechanical (For The Do It Yourself Enthusiast) Student Resources Changing The Perception Of AutoBody 101 and More

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.

This small paperback book contains seven short stories about me and my experiences with several yard and household tools. It is meant to be light hearted and easy to read. It will become part of a series of short books intended for the middle-aged adult who does not read much. Hopefully wives or partners will buy this for Fathers Day, birthdays and Seasonal gift giving. This book will make a great Stocking-Stuffer. The stories are about a snow blower, a chainsaw, a leaf blower, a lawnmower, a set of bicycle tools, a motorcycle and a dog hair trimmer. I'm not the most effective tool user, but I know I cannot be judged by the size of my tool, only how well I use it. Well now it just takes me a little longer to get the job done. I hope you can relate to these tool experiences. Answer that age old question of why men buy tools. "You are not a tool if you read this book," Vern Bignell.

INSTEON: Smarthomes for Everyone is the first book to cover the amazing new INSTEON home automation and control system. INSTEON works over your existing powerlines to reliably control lighting and appliances from any switch in your house. Setup path lighting, scene lighting, security and environment control with the touch of a button. Best of all, no computer expertise or electrical skills beyond basic Do-It-Yourself handyman skills are required If you can replace an electrical switch, you can install an entire INSTEON home automation system yourself.

INSTEON: Smarthomes for Everyone brings together everything the Do-It-Yourself homeowner needs to know about INSTEON in order to design and install a complete and reliable smarthome system. Smarthome technology is the wave of the future, and INSTEON is the low-cost, high-reliability leader in the field, with more installed systems than any other modern smarthome technology--even those costing many times more.

For less than $1 per square foot, you can control all the lighting in your home as well as your audio/visual system, security system, sprinkers and irrigation. Turn off lights over the Internet Close your garage door from Work Shut off every light in your home from your nightstand--and lock all the doors

From beginner to expert, this book will guide you through the process with step-by-step instructions and leave you with a complete understanding of your system. Get more out of your home with INSTEON Smarthome technology.

Over the next twenty years, practicality and efficiency will be two of the biggest components of how we define energy sources, and we will need to fully understand our individual pivotal role in this transformation. David Nelmes makes the process virtually effortless with his groundbreaking work, "The Rewards of Making Energy-Efficient Choices."

Drawing on his vast experience as a home energy inspector specializing in heating and air conditioning, electrical wiring, and interiors and insulation, Nelmes is fully qualified to show you how to live a greener and more efficient life without sacrificing the normal comforts of home. Nelmes offers firsthand insight on how energy conservation, along with the use of solar, wind, and fuel cell technology, will help us all steer away from using foreign fossil fuels.

With a straightforward and easy-to-understand style, Nelmes gives you specific advice on how to convert your home and your car to become more environmentally friendly, affordable, and resourceful. Accompanied by illustrations, charts, helpful photographs, and numerous Web site references, Nelmes covers topics such as Energy efficiency and conservation Best methods for heating and cooling Efficient hot water creation Renewable solar and wind energy Domestic power for your vehicle In addition to reducing your impact on the air, water, and soil, "The Rewards of Making Energy-Efficient Choices" will help you go green by spending a little green today and saving a lot of green tomorrow