Everyday Manuals

Discover the manual your house didn't come with.

Thirty-six pages that tell a first-time owner where the shutoffs are, what to check and when, and which jobs are yours. Look through it below.

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A seasonal list DIY or call someone The Home Manual cover
Handle the emergencyThe four shutoffs, water coming in, gas and CO. What to do in the first two minutes.
Know what's yours each seasonNine things a season, not forty. Skip what you don't have. Built to actually get done.
Stop the expensive mistakesThe line between a job you do and one you pay for, and how to tell a fair quote from a sales call.
The first year in a first house

Everything in your house came with a booklet. The house itself came with nothing, and everyone assumes you already know.

So the questions start on day one, and most of them have a plain answer somebody just never told you. This is that answer, for the whole house, in one place.

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36 practical pages
1Emergency: shutoffs, water, gas, no heat
2The record: what claims are decided on
3DIY or call someone: the line, and the costs
4Work through problems, specific to your house
5The seasons: nine things, four times a year

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  • Works on your phone, tablet or computer, and prints at home on US Letter.
  • Yours to keep. Nothing to install, no account, nothing to subscribe to.
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Read it, use it, and if it doesn't earn its $25, email us within 30 days for a full refund. No forms, no questions. The risk is ours, not yours.

Before you ask
Is 36 pages actually enough?

It's built to be short on purpose. Most home maintenance guides run to a hundred pages you never finish. This is the part that matters, with the padding cut, so you actually read it and use it. Around a third of it is fill-in record pages meant to be printed once per system you own.

Will it apply to my house?

It's written for a detached, single-family US house in a climate that freezes. Every page states its assumption up front, and where the right answer depends on your house, a worksheet tells you which fact decides it. Condo or somewhere that never freezes: a good third won't apply, and it tells you which third.

What if I'm not handy at all?

That's who it's for. It assumes you're starting from zero, and a large part of it is knowing which jobs to hand to a professional and how to not get overcharged when you do.

What exactly do I get, and how?

A 36-page PDF, delivered instantly after checkout. Open it on any device or print it. If it doesn't help, there's a 30-day refund, no questions asked.

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The one your house didn't come with.

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