How Your House Works: A Visual Guide to Understanding and Maintaining Your Home (RSMeans) - Softcover

Wing, Charlie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1394213328 ISBN 13: 9781394213320

Publisher: RSMeans, 2025

Synopsis

FIX IT. MAINTAIN IT. UNDERSTAND IT. THE LATEST EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING VISUAL GUIDE FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS.

Most people will never make a more important purchase than a house; properly understanding and maintaining your home can be a fundamental component of a financially sound life. Most homeowners, however, rely on contractors and building engineers to understand the systems that comprise a modern home. There is an urgent need for a guide which makes these essential systems transparent to the general consumer.

How Your House Works provides a working overview of all the basic systems that make up your home, from electrical systems to HVAC to plumbing and beyond. Richly illustrated and with clear, accessible language, this book demystifies the foundations of home ownership and puts you in control of the structures that make your house work.

Readers of the fourth edition of How Your House Works will also find:

• New chapters on household batteries
• Expanded sections pertaining to smart home technology and sustainability
• Detailed, full-color illustrations by the author

How Your House Works is a must-have for any homeowner or prospective buyer.

About this title

About the Author

Charlie Wing, PhD, is a nationally recognized authority on home rebuilding, remodeling, repair, and energy conservation. He has been a Principal Investigator in NASA’s Apollo Lunar Program and a Physics Instructor at Bowdoin College, cofounded the first two owner-builder schools in the USA, and hosted a PBS national TV series called Housewarming with Charlie Wing. He has published numerous books on home ownership and home repair.

From the Back Cover

FIX IT. MAINTAIN IT. UNDERSTAND IT. THE LATEST EDITION OF THE BESTSELLING VISUAL GUIDE FOR ALL HOMEOWNERS.

Most people will never make a more important purchase than a house; properly understanding and maintaining your home can be a fundamental component of a financially sound life. Most homeowners, however, rely on contractors and building engineers to understand the systems that comprise a modern home. There is an urgent need for a guide which makes these essential systems transparent to the general consumer.

How Your House Works provides a working overview of all the basic systems that make up your home, from electrical systems to HVAC to plumbing and beyond. Richly illustrated and with clear, accessible language, this book demystifies the foundations of home ownership and puts you in control of the structures that make your house work.

Readers of the fourth edition of How Your House Works will also find:

• New chapters on household batteries
• Expanded sections pertaining to smart home technology and sustainability
• Detailed, full-color illustrations by the author

How Your House Works is a must-have for any homeowner or prospective buyer.

Edition details

• Publisher: RSMeans
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1394213328
• ISBN 13: 9781394213320
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 272