Cottage Essentials: The Everything Guide for Your Cottage, Cabin or Camp Book

An essential addition to any cottage. Getting away to fish, swim, or just sit back with a tall drink and a good book is an enduring summer tradition. But for cottagers, docks and decks must be maintained, plumbing repaired and cabins and outhouses built. Cottage Essentials focuses on the practical topics -- building a deck, cutting firewood, keeping out pests, first aid, fishing and hospitality. Complete with plans and diagrams, Cottage Essentials shows readers how to maintain and enjoy their vacation property. Topics covered include: - First Aid, dealing with bears and other wildlife - Chainsaws and tree felling - Firewood, wood fires, wood-heating appliances - Operation and maintenance of oil lamps - Tools and how to build and maintain a deck, dock, woodshed and outhouse - Basic plumbing - Activities for children - Closing-up for the season - Glossary of common construction terms Cottage Essentials is a valuable reference chock full of ideas, tips and techniques, even recipes.Read More