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  • Heating, Air Conditioning and Ceilings
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    Tips:

    • Consider the cost of comfort. For each degree you set your thermostat above 70 degrees Fahrenheit, you can expect a 3 percent rise in energy costs.

    • If your air conditioner is turned off accidentally or because of a power outage, switch it off for at least 6 minutes before restarting to prevent damage to the compressor.

    • Always be sure to turn off the power to any ceiling fixtures before making a blind cut into the ceiling.

    • If you use a paintbrush to paint ceilings, shove the handle through an X cut into a paper plate to cut down on paint falling on your head or running down your arm.

    • Those plastic bags that your morning paper comes in can save your ceiling-fan blades from unwanted paint splatters.

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    Reading List

    Home Book: The Ultimate Guide to Repairs, Improvements & Maintenance
    Editors of Creative Homeowner
    $34.95
    Hardcover -- 608 pages (September, 2000)
    (ISBN: 158011069X)

    Creative Homeowner painting and ceiling books:

    Decorating with Paint & Paper: Decoupage, Sponging, Stenciling & More
    Karen Strom
    $16.95
    Paperback -- 176 pages (July, 1999)
    (ISBN: 1580110657)

    Decorative Paint Finishes
    $10.95
    Paperback -- 96 pages (November, 1994)
    (ISBN: 1880029383)

    Home Decorating with Paint Plus Tile & Wallcovering
    $10.95
    Paperback -- 96 pages (June, 1996)
    (ISBN: 1880029847)

    Mastering Fine Decorative Paint Techniques
    Sharon Ross & Elise Kinkead
    $21.95
    Paperback -- 272 pages (July, 1999)
    (ISBN: 1580110649)

    Walls & Ceilings: Build, Remodel, Repair
    Editors of Creative Homeowner
    $14.95
    Paperback -- 160 pages (April, 2002)
    (ISBN: 1580110304)

    Other Book Resources

    Heating and Air Conditioning

    Popular Mechanics Plumbing and Heating (Home How-To Series)
    By Popular Mechanics
    $8.00
    Paperback 2nd Edition (January 2002)
    Hearst Books (ISBN: 1588160777)

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    Heating and Cooling (Home Repair and Improvement)
    By Editors of Time Life Books
    $5.75
    Hardcover -- 128 pages Spiral edition (November 1995)
    Time Life (ISBN: 0783538979)

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    Air Conditioning the Cool and EZ Way
    By Curtis L. Gavel
    $24.95
    Nova Sun Publishing (ISBN: 0970702914)

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    Ceilings

    Drywall: Professional Techniques for Walls & Ceilings
    By Myron R. Ferguson
    $19.95
    Paperback -- 135 pages (January 1997)
    Taunton Press (ISBN: 156158133X)

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    Walls & Ceilings (Repair & Renovate)
    By Julian Cassell and Peter Parham
    $18.05
    Paperback -- 140 pages (July 2001)
    Time Life (ISBN: 0737003278)

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    Walls and Ceilings (Home Repair and Improvement)
    By Time Life Editors
    $14.95
    Hardcover, spiral edition (March 1996)
    Time Life (ISBN: 0783539002)

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    PO Box 27114
    Knoxville, TN 37927-7114
    Phone: 865-577-3261
    Fax: 865-546-0059
    J&T Heating and Air

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