B6 SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014 ALBANY DEMOCRAT-HERALD, CORVALLIS (OR) GAZETTE-TIMES How to learn how to do it? From a home repair manual The first home repair manual I owned was issued by Reader’s Digest back in the days when folks still were replacing washers in their kitchen faucets and bending the arms on the floats in their toilet tanks. Back then — it was the early ’80s — we needed to know how to repair lath-and-plaster walls, how to clean enamel paint from our brushes and how to replace sash cords to make our old doublehung windows operate again. People still are doing all that, of course. Houses last a long time. But times and repairs have changed. For those with more “modern” house parts and house problems, it would be hard to beat “The Book of Home How-To” (Cool Springs Press; $35; over-sized hardback), a new release from Black + Decker. The thick, heavy tome is arranged logically and alphabetically from Basement Floors to Wood Shakes and Shingles. There is, of course, a detailed index for those who may not know exactly what they’re looking for. Among home improvement how-to’s I’ve never seen in other books — and since the Reader’s Digest days, I’ve amassed quite a collection — are directions for installing sliding bathtub doors, laying and stretching wall-to-wall carpeting, mitering window casing and crown molding, and even installing pocket doors. (I dearly wish I’d had that last to consult 15 years ago, when I was foolish enough to hang a pocket door on the powder room in the new-old house. I feel the same about the pages devoted to hanging a suspended ceiling.) The book is heavily illustrated with clearly written, step-by-step instructions for all manner of home repairs and installations. The drywall section alone runs more than 20 pages, and that doesn’t include a separate entry on textured ceilings! The plumbing section not only STEVE BATIE HOUSEWORKS will show you how to solder copper pipes, but it will give you clear steps for installing PEX plumbing and even show you how to put in a radiant heat system — or repair the one you have. Despite the many times I’ve done it successfully during the past 30’ish years, I picked up three good tips on cutting and laying ceramic tile — one of which I’ll make good use of in the fall when I tackle that bathroom floor. (I do have one quibble with the way spacers are shown used in tiling a floor: If you stand the little cross-shaped spacers up — and use a lot of them — they’re a whole lot easier to remove than if you place them in the corners as Black & Decker suggests.) Admittedly, nearly the entire book is devoted to improving a home, installing new gadgets and building new areas. But the truth is, if you learn how things are put together, you likely can figure out how to repair them when they go awry. That said, if you need to know how to replace the frayed cord on a table lamp — or rewire your whole house — you’ll find it here. If you need to replace a water heater, you’ll learn how it’s done. And if you have a broken sash cord, well, that’s in this book, too. Finally, wonder of wonders, there’s no chapter to be found on types of common tools or lumber measurements — features common to how-to manuals. They’ve always irritated me as wasted paper. Send your questions to: HouseWorks, P.O. Box 81609, Lincoln, NE 68501, or email: [email protected]. Sunday Evening workshops on specific preservation methods. At 1 p.m., Linda Ziedrich, author of The Joy of Pickling and The Joy of Jams, Jellies, and Other Sweet Preserves, will demonstrate the process of fermentation. At 2:30 p.m., Janice Gregg, OSU Extension Faculty, will demystify the pressure canner. “It’s fulfilling to be able to prepare food from ground to table, hands-on all the way,” said Gregg. “It’s also fun to see people wanting to learn how to make food for their family from the things they can grow. I feed off their excitement of learning.” Master Food Preservers are volunteers who are trained by OSU Extension in food safety and preservation and who are ready to share this information with friends, neighbors, and anyone wanting to learn how to preserve food. For more information about the OSU Extension Master Food Preserver program, visit http://extension.oregonstate.edu/linn/. 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(N) (S) 4 (CC) Rising Star (Series Premiere) (N Same-day Tape) (S) 4 (CC) (9) KLSR Antiques Roadshow: Vintage Houston (S) 3 (CC) Elementary: The One Percent Solution (S) 5 (CC) (8) (8) BROADCAST On Saturday, June 28, Oregon State University Extension and Albany Parks and Recreation will co-sponsor Preserve Food At Home, a food preservation fair. With information tables, two short workshops, printed handouts, and food samples, the event will run from noon to 5 p.m. in the Albany Senior Center at 489 Water Ave. N.W. in Albany. The Center is at the entrance of Monteith Park. Topics will include basic canning methods and equipment, dehydration, fermenting vegetables, pickling with vinegar, making jams and jellies, root cellaring, freezing, making jerky, and the many ways to safely preserve tomatoes. For all who bring their pressure canner lids, Master Food Preservers will provide free tests of the canner gauges (which should be tested annually). 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