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The Workbench Manual, by Levi Yoder

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A $47, 1,087-page PDF manual about managing a house through practical work on heat, water, power, food, gardens, pests, and repairs.

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The manual maps household spending categories to specific interventions, including sealing drafts, insulating, catching rain, managing scale, and inspecting gutters. Its stated chapter format includes the author's cost, mistakes, safety boundary, and limits of each method. The page cites the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Expenditure Survey and the Energy Information Administration's Residential Energy Consumption Survey, and lists example annual ranges for heating, water, repairs, and household supplies.

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