[PDF] How Your House Works by Charlie Wing

Author of How Your House Works

Charlie Wing is a nationally acknowledged house enchancment/restore knowledgeable.

He has written or co-written greater than 20 books on these subjects, together with House Depot’s Ornamental Portray, Tiling, and Plumbing 1-2-3 books,

Higher Houses & Gardens’ Full Information to House Restore, Taunton Press’s The Visible Handbook of Constructing and Transforming, Reader’s Digest’s

The Large E book of Small Family Repairs, and plenty of others, together with Ortho’s House Enchancment Encyclopedia and How to Construct Additions. An MIT Ph.D.

Charlie has been a visitor greater than 400 occasions on house enchancment radio and tv exhibits, together with on the Discovery Channel, PBS, and NBC’s Right this moment Present.

He developed and hosted a nationwide PBS sequence on house reworking for power effectivity. He was a founding and technical editor for Sensible House owner journal from 2001 to 2004.

How Your House Works Contents

Chapter 1: Plumbing

1. The Provide System
2. The Waste System
3. The Vent System
4. Toilet Pop-up Drain
5. Sink Drain
6. Plunger-Sort Tub Drain
7. Pop-up Tub Drain
8. Gravity Stream Rest room
9. Traps & Vents
10. Ball-Sort Faucet
11. Cartridge-Sort Faucet
12. Disk-Sort Faucet
13. Compression-Sort Faucet
14. Tempering Valve
15. Tub/Bathe Management
16. Hose Bibbs
17. Pitcher (Hand) Pump
18. Jet Pump
19. Submersible Pump
20. Sump Pump
21. Stress Tank
22. Electrical Water Heater
23. Gasoline Water Heater
24. Electrical Tankless Heater
25. Gasoline Tankless Heater
26. BoilerMate™ Water Heater
27. Photo voltaic Water Heater
28. Charcoal Cartridge Filter
29. Tank Filter
30. Water Softener
31. Reverse Osmosis Filter
32. UV Air purifier
33. Hearth Sprinklers

Chapter 2: Wiring

1. Electrical Circuit
2. Ohm’s Legislation
3. 120 & 240 VAC
4. Circuit Breakers & Fuses
5. Service Drop
6. Electromechanical Meter
7. Sensible Meter
8. Circuit Grounding
9. Electrical Panels
10. Receptacle
11. GFCI
12. AFCI
13. Single-Pole Swap
14. 3- & 4-Manner Switches
15. Ceiling Fan/Gentle Swap
16. Dimmer Swap
17. Flush-Mount Gentle Fixture
18. Hanging Ceiling Fixture
19. Flooring & Desk Lamps
20. Fluorescent Lamps
21. CO Detector
22. Battery Smoke Detector
23. Wired Smoke Detectors

Chapter 3: Heating

1. Gasoline Heat Air Furnace
2. Gasoline Scorching Water Boiler
3. Oil Heat Air Furnace
4. Oil Scorching Water Boiler
5. Air-Supply Warmth Pump
6. Ventless Gasoline Heater
7. Direct-Vent Gasoline Heater
8. Direct-Vent Gasoline Hearth
9. Baseboard Electrical Warmth
10. Heat Air Distribution
11. Hydronic Distribution
12. Scorching Water Radiant Warmth
13. Bimetallic Thermostat

Chapter 4: Cooling

1. Pure Air flow
2. Ceiling Fan
3. Complete-House Fan
4. Window Air Conditioner
5. Central Air Conditioner
6. Evaporative Cooler

Chapter 5: Air High quality

1. Moisture & Mildew
2. Humidifier
3. Dehumidifier
4. Furnace Filter
5. Digital Air Cleaner

Chapter 6: Home equipment

1. Dishwasher
2. High-Loading Garments Washer
3. Electrical Garments Dryer
4. Gasoline Garments Dryer
5. Electrical Vary/Oven
6. Gasoline Vary/Oven
7. Microwave Oven
8. Rubbish Disposer
9. Fridge/Freezer
10. Icemaker
11. Trash Compactor
12. Vacuum Cleaners

Chapter 7: Home windows & Doorways

1. Double-Hung Window
2. Casement Window
3. Cylinder Lock
4. Deadbolt & Keyed Knob
5. Storage Door Opener

Chapter 8: Basis & Body

1. Footings
2. Drainage
3. Radon Abatement
4. Pier Basis
5. Slab Basis
6. Full Basis
7. Crawl House
8. Grade Beam
9. Forces on the Body
10. Beams in Bending
11. Framing Members
12. Publish & Beam Body
13. Plank & Beam Body
14. Balloon Body
15. Platform Body
16. Superior (OVE) Body

Chapter 9: Outdoor

1. 4-Cycle Gasoline Engine
2. 2-Cycle Gasoline Engine
3. Chain Noticed
4. Garden Mower
5. Gasoline String Trimmer
6. Pool Pump & Filter
7. Garden Sprinkler System
8. Septic System

Chapter 10: Towards Sustainability

1. Clock Thermostat
2. Air-Tight Wooden Range
3. Pellet Range
4. Floor-Supply Warmth Pump
5. Passive Photo voltaic Heating
6. Pure Air flow
7. Air-to-Air Warmth Exchanger
8. Low-E Home windows
9. Window Insulating Panel
10. Movement-Activated Swap
11. Compact Fluorescent Lamp
12. LED Lamp
13. Photo voltaic Pool Heater
14. Pool Cowl
15. Entrance-Loading Washer

Introduction to How Your House Works PDF

This e book gives a novel strategy to house enchancment, upkeep, and restore. It describes how just about all the pieces in a home is put collectively, and the way every merchandise capabilities – from plumbing to electrical, heating and air-con, home equipment, doorways and home windows, and even the house’s basis and wooden framing.

The important thing to the e book is the easy-to-understand, see-through drawings. Every one is backed up by clear, temporary explanations from a nationally-known house enchancment knowledgeable.

It is a system for a fast understanding of what you are coping with when troubleshooting an issue, speaking to your repairman, or planning your new house, addition, or reworking mission, and deciding on new fixtures, home equipment, or supplies.

The illustrations present how the parts of a system match collectively and the way every merchandise is meant to perform – whether or not it is an air conditioner, a scorching water heater, the muse, or a faucet.

The writer breaks down the workings of the entire plumbing, electrical, and heating/air-con programs, and different home components, and exhibits not solely what the components appear to be and the way they work together, however the sequence during which issues work.

Even complicated programs are defined in easy phrases and diagrams. All through the e book, you will additionally see “Earlier than Calling for Assist” packing containers – steerage on easy issues to test, in lots of circumstances fixing the issue rapidly and inexpensively with out having to rent a repairman.

For those who do discover that you simply want a contractor or serviceman, the e book will assist you perceive your choices and be higher knowledgeable about having the proper parts put in or changed. Upkeep ideas and different useful steerage all through the e book will assist you maintain your own home operating easily.

Not solely owners, however handymen and contractors will profit from the easy-to-interpret info introduced right here, particularly for getting in control on gadgets that aren’t their specialty.

If you need the arrogance of figuring out extra about how your own home works and what to do if one thing breaks down, learn this e book. It simply could change your life.

Observe: This e book is meant to supply helpful info for understanding the programs, fixtures, and home equipment in a home, however it isn’t an alternative choice to skilled development, engineering, or restore evaluations, suggestions, or companies.

Readers ought to acquire help from applicable consultants, as wanted.

How Your House Works : A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home PDF

Author(s): Wing, Charlie

Series: RSMeans Ser.

Publisher: R. S. Means Company, Wiley, Year: 2018

ISBN: 9781119473480

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