As a homeowner who has several of these books, I found this article in the New York Times particularly relevant.

Oxmoor House recalled 951,000 home-improvement books for do-it-yourselfers because of errors in technical diagrams and instructions for electrical wiring that could cause people to be shocked or to create a fire hazard.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/09/us/09brfs-RECALLOFDOIT_BRF.html

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Derek is the co-founder of HomeSpot HQ, and uses it to manage the seemingly never ending list of projects and maintenance tasks around his suburban home.

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