Excellent Cottage Primer
At 57 years of age and no cottage experience, I needed some comfort in understanding the essentials of my newly purchased, but 30 year old cottage's mechanical systems. This book is quite comprehensive, at the entry level, well illustrated and humerous to read. Written by a Canadian, it provides information in both metric and imperial units, which is helpful, if a bit annoying to the non-metric system challenged.
It provides a basic understanding, but is designed for maintaining and not designing systems....leave that to the pros. But you will know what questions to ask them if you read the book before calling for quotes for installation or maintenance services.
First published in 1993, and apparently long out of print, these books are asking up to $200/copy in like new condition. Frankly, they are not worth anywhere near that, but there seems to be a good supply (at least in 2009) for about $25 or so. Amazon is a good source, but there are other online sources.
Get one and keep it at the cottage. But don't present it as reading materials for your guests....keep it out of sight.
Great Information - Not Quite Enough
I'm on the fence here. One reviewer thought that it was way too basic. And no, I would not attempt to install a pumped water system in my cabin based on this info solely. On the other hand, I learned TONS of things, seriously. I mean TONS. I also learned (big time) what my options are and "how these things work." There is a WONDERFUL appendix in the back containing the contact info for all kinds of suppliers, which I found very valuable. In fact, I would be pretty comfortable building a small grey water drainage system or something simple. The one thing I was dissappointed about is this - We plan to use hauled water and roof drainage in a cistern, and there is absolutely nothing about that in the book anywhere. Still, I enjoyed it.
Awesome DIY home water system book
Gave me the knowledge to troubleshoot my existing system, and build a better one. One that is economical, and environmentally friendly.
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