Dare to Repair: A Do-it-Herself Guide to Home Repair

Dare to Repair is not your father's, husband's, brother's, boyfriend's, or the guy's next door home repair book. This is a do-it-herself book for every woman who would rather be self-reliant than rely on a super or contractor. Regardless of the depth of your pockets or the size of your home, there will inevitably be home maintenance tasks that need attending to - a toilet that gets clogged, a circuit breaker that trips, or a smoke detector that stops working. The choice is yours on how to deal with these issues: live in denial, pay for professional help, or take matters into your own hands and do it yourself.

Dare to Repair demystifies these common home repairs by providing information that other books tend to overlook. Through detailed illustrations, this book equips even the most repair-challenged woman with the ability to successfully fix things around the home. Once you start, you won't want to stop.

In Dare to Repair, you'll learn how to tackle a wide range of tasks, from the seemingly simple to the more complex. Take the plunge and fix a leaky faucet or clean the gutters. Lighten up by removing a broken light bulb or installing a dimmer switch. Keep your cool by maintaining a refrigerator's gasket or changing the rotation of a ceiling fan. Get a handle on it by replacing a doorknob or repairing a broken window. And when it comes to safety, the book guides you through planning a fire escape route and installing a smoke detector.

No matter the depth of your pockets or the size of your home, a Dare to Repair mentality can empower you to become self-reliant and tackle household issues head-on. Instead of living in denial or shelling out for professional help, this book equips you with the knowledge and confidence to get real and do it yourself. So dare to take control, dare to learn, and dare to repair - your home and your sense of independence.

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