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A Maintenance Man's Manual

The fixes that kept a 60-room motel running — without ever calling anybody.

For 40 years I fixed everything in a sixty-room Florida motel myself — pests, plumbing, the AC units, the pool — because there was no budget to call anyone. Forty of those fixes are in this book, with the real materials, the 2026 prices, and the step-by-step. Most folks earn it back with the very first one.

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The thing nobody told you

You're not bad with your hands. Nobody ever showed you once.

Most home repair is well within reach of a careful person with the right cheap tool. The reason it feels like it isn't is that there's no money in telling you so. There's money in the truck pulling up, the clipboard, the invoice.

It's not a conspiracy. Nobody got in a room and agreed to keep it from you. It's just that the answer is usually a $9 part or a $12 bag from the hardware store, and nobody can build a business on telling you that.

I had no choice but to learn it. A leaky toilet at your house is a nuisance. Sixty leaky toilets is a water bill that gets a man fired. A room with bed bugs is a room that doesn't rent. So I figured out what actually works, did it myself, cheap, and tonight.

This book is forty of those fixes — the ones I'd reach for first, every one of them done with my own hands more times than I can count.

Read the math

Add it up for yourself.

Here's a year, the way I see most folks pay it. These are what the companies charge — you can call and check me.

Work Order — A Year of Service No. 0060
Recurring household service · estimated annual cost
Pest-control contractMost of it a $12 bag of powder would've handled.$500–700
Mosquito / yard service, in seasonA fog that quits the second a breeze comes through.$500–1,500
Pool serviceOne cheap bag does what the monthly man does.$1,200–1,800
HVAC plan + the one repair it won't cover$300–700
Two plumber visitsOne is a 20-minute job, if anyone showed you.$400–700
One appliance repair callOften a machine that needed a $9 part.$150–350
What the services cost you ≈ $5,000 / yr
Every year
for life
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I'd reckon that's somewhere around five thousand dollars a year for most homes — more if you've got a pool. The book is a one-time thirty dollars. I never was much good at arithmetic, but even I can see that one.

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The Manual

One book. Forty fixes.
Five thousand dollars a year.

Pests · Plumbing · Appliances · Cooling & Heat · Exterior · Pool · Odors · Structure
What's inside

Eight sections. Forty numbered fixes.

Each one with the materials, where to buy them, the current 2026 prices, and the step-by-step — written the way I'd put it on the back of a work order for the next fella.

Section I

Pests

  • The bed-bug trap you build from your recycling
  • Killing every mosquito — safe for bees & pets
  • Roaches, ants, mice & the nest by the door
Section II

Plumbing

  • The running toilet that quietly drains money
  • Clearing a drain without the caustic stuff
  • Low pressure, leaks & the sweating tank
Section III

Appliances

  • The fridge that quit — three things to check first
  • The dryer vent that's a fire risk
  • The washer that walks & the dishwasher that won't drain
Section IV

Cooling & Heat

  • The window AC that ices over
  • Cleaning the condenser so it lasts ten more summers
  • Sealing the drafts that pay for this book
Section V

Exterior

  • The gutter fix that saves the foundation
  • Resealing concrete & asphalt yourself
  • The door that stops both the bugs and the bills
Section VI

The Pool

  • Green water — the one-bag fix
  • Balancing the water by the numbers
  • The chores that prevent the $400 call
Section VII

Odors & Cleaning

  • Killing the musty smell at the source
  • Smoke & pet smell out of soft surfaces
  • Hard-water stains off glass for pennies
Section VIII

Structure & the Little Things

  • The sticking door & the screw that won't bite
  • Patching drywall so you can't find it later
  • Walt's ten rules — the whole trade in one page

Illustrated ebook · 58 pages · Instant PDF download · Reads on phone, tablet or computer

The offer

Everything, for the price of one service call avoided.

What you get for $29.99
The Home Repair ManualIllustrated ebook · 40 numbered fixes · materials, 2026 prices, step-by-step$47
The First-Weekend Work OrderThree fixes you do this Saturday that earn the price back by your next bill$19
The Savings LedgerPrintable sheet to track what each fix put back in your pocket$19
Earl's Sourcing SheetWhere to buy every material at the real-store price$14
Lifetime updatesEvery new edition and every fix I add — no extra charge$21
Total value$120
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A word from Earl
“This isn't about being handy, or doing without. It's about keeping the money you already earned instead of mailing it to a man with a clipboard.”

I spent forty years keeping a sixty-room motel running on a budget that wouldn't cover the soda machine. A fellow named Walt taught me the trade in 1978, and I never forgot what he said: anybody can do this work. There's no secret society. There's just paying attention — and most folks quit paying attention because somebody convinced them they couldn't understand their own house. You can. You always could.

Earl · Forty years a maintenance man · Florida
Before you ask

Fair questions.

Am I handy enough for this?

If you can shut off a water valve and turn a screwdriver, you're handy enough for most of what's in here. Every fix is written in plain language, in order, with a photo of where things go. Where a job genuinely needs a professional, I say so plainly and tell you to call one.

Is any of this dangerous?

I'm a maintenance man, not a licensed plumber, electrician, or exterminator, and I'll never pretend otherwise. The book sticks to fixes a careful person can do safely, with the warnings right where you need them — shut off the power, the water, the gas first. Gas lines, the main electrical panel, the sewer main, refrigerant: those I tell you to leave to a pro.

What do I actually get?

An illustrated 58-page PDF with all forty fixes, plus the First-Weekend Work Order, the printable Savings Ledger, the Sourcing Sheet, and free lifetime updates. It downloads the moment you buy.

How do I read it?

It's a PDF. It opens on your phone, your tablet, or your computer, and you can print any page you like to keep by the back door. No app, no account, no subscription.

What if it's not for me?

Then you email me inside 30 days and I give you your money back. No forms, no hard feelings either way.

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Forty fixes. One tube of caulk and a $14 trip to the hardware store.

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The folks who kept this country running knew things we're only just starting to remember. — Earl

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