# Good home repair books?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-home-repair-books/496100>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 11, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-home-repair-books/496100 "2009-05-11T23:18:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-home-repair-books/496100/1 "2009-05-11T23:18:28Z")

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So we are in the process of buying a home (:D) and I have some extra gift cards from Barnes & Noble. I might as well spend them on a home repair book, since I figure we’ll need it eventually…

Any recommendations?

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**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-home-repair-books/496100/2 "2009-05-12T00:25:18Z")

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May I suggest [this forum](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?f=18)?