May 102013
Black & Decker Codes for Homeowners: Electrical Mechanical Plumbing Building Updated through 2014 (Black & Decker Complete Guide)
A graphic, highly user-friendly guide to national codes for residential construction. Codes for Homeowners uses clear photographs to show exactly how the parts of your house are supposed to look once the work is done. Written by International Residential Codes-certified home inspector Bruce Barker, this second edition of Codes for Homeowners is current with most national codes in force for the period of 2012 through 2014. Based on his decades of experience, Inspector Bruce has winnowed down the
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Great homeowner’s helper,
I have a very old house and find myself crossing over all areas of maintenance. I am not a professional electrician, plumber or contractor; but I am confident in my skills and comfortable with taking on most tasks. Having a multi-subject guidebook to check the codes and proper configurations is indispensable. Swapping out a 40-60 year old 3-way light outlet, and all the switches, to a 4-way configuration is not something I do every day. This book provides great guidance and excellent drawings of every configuration I needed in my home.
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this is a very informative book that will keep the handyman out of trouble, it quickley skims over the most commen codes that a homeowner would run into. It is not very complete but that is to be expected. if it were an in depth book of all the codes it would need to be 100 times the size. I am a contractor and refur back to this book all the times on areas I dont normaly deal with.
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|Great book with good information and lots of graphics,
I’m a homeowner and an engineer… I do work around my house (wiring, electrical, woodworking, etc) and consider myself fairly knowledgeable as a handyman. I’m confident that I do things safely, but what I don’t always know are the standards… how high should this plug be mounted? What is the proper railing height for a stairwell?
Another tip I found – you can replace an ungrounded outlet with a GFCI in order to get some protection against shorts. Never knew that.
There is a ton of good information here. I’d recommend any homeowner that does projects around the house pick one of these up.
Or even if you don’t do projects yourself… this is a good reference book so you can check the work of contractors you hire. YOU need to be knowledgeable to make sure they don’t screw up your house.
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