Easy Fixes for Everyday Things: Over 1,000 simple repairs to household equipment, including cell phones, tablets and media players, computers, pipes ... and stoves, garden tools, bikes, and more!

by Reader's Digest Association (Editor)

We all rely on devices, appliances and pieces of household equipment that break, misbehave or fail completely, now with Easy Fixes for Everyday Things you can help yourself when disaster strikes, saving time, money and hassle simply by following a few straightforward steps.

Maybe your smartphone fell in water or you spilled coffee on your computer keyboard. Perhaps your iron won't produce steam or your refrigerator is making an odd noise. It could be that your watch face has been scratched or the chain on your bike keeps falling off. Whatever the problem, Easy Fixes for Everyday Things has your solution. We all rely on devices, appliances and pieces of household equipment that break, misbehave or fail completely. With Easy Fixes for Everyday Things you can help yourself when disaster strikes, saving time, money and hassle (and cutting down on needless waste) simply by following a few straightforward steps. This fun yet practical book strips the mystery from repairs, enabling you to fix the seemingly unfixable and solve more than 1,000 everyday problems with phones, cameras, laptops, locks, washing machines, lawn mowers, water pipes, cars and dozens of other common household things. Easy Fixes for Everyday Things is fresh, surprising, and if something can be fixed we show you how; if it needs expert attention we say so; and if it is simply beyond hope, we tell you that, too.

324 pages, Paperback

First published October 14, 2014

About the author

The Reader's Digest Association, Inc. is a global media and direct marketing company based in Chappaqua, New York, best known for its flagship publication founded in 1922, Reader's Digest. The company's headquarters are in New York City, where it moved from Pleasantville, New York.

The company was founded by DeWitt and Lila Wallace in 1922 with the first publication of Reader's Digest magazine, but has grown to include a diverse range of magazines, books, music, DVDs and online content.

Reviews

[Dan Stern · Rating 4 out of 5]

I ordered this book not knowing how helpful it would really be. I get very frustrated when I have household items that stop working and I just know that the cause is something minor that I just don't know how to fix or even what to look for. This book already helped me on at least 3 items that needed fixing and I have identified a few more 'fixes' in the book that I will try later. I really recommend this book for someone who, like me, gets frustrated when appliances or other items stop working and you just know there is an easy solution to fixing them, if you only knew how. Some of the fixes in the book are more involved than I will ever tackle, but there are lots of simple fixes that make it well worth the price of book.