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Gary's Household Tips · No. I
Gary's Household TipsThe Joiner's Book

Most jobs around a house aren't hard. They're just never shown to you.

Eleven acres in the Ozark hills of southern Missouri, forty years of fixing what's on them. I'm a joiner by trade, and paying somebody to hang a gate has never once made sense to me. The door that won't close flush. The tap that drips whatever you do to it. I show you the job — then tell you what actually happened, which sometimes means admitting it took three tries.

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"No sponsors. No miracle products. And I'll tell you when a job isn't worth doing — there are more of those than anybody lets on."

Gary · Ozark Hills, Missouri
I.
The Book

The small jobs you're paying eighty dollars to watch someone else do.

Doors, taps, floors, fences, beds — the bits that wobble and drip and stick. Each one done the plain way, start to finish, with what it actually takes, and an honest note on the jobs that aren't worth your Saturday. Forty years of it, written down.

Gary · Ozark Hills, Missouri
Edition · MMXXVI
THE JOBS NOBODY SHOWS YOU
Honest Household Repairs, Start to Finish
Do it yourself — or know why you shouldn't.
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DOORS · TAPS · FLOORS · FENCES · BEDS · TOOLS
ELEVEN ACRES · FORTY YEARS
Illustrated Manual · Plain English · 200+ Jobs

The household repairs you're paying someone else to do.

The door that won't close flush. The tap that drips whatever you do to it. The floor that creaks, the gate that sags, the bed that failed last year and worked this year. None of it is hard — it's just never been shown to you, plainly, start to finish. I do the job first, then tell you what actually happened, three tries and all. No sponsors, no miracle products, nothing bought for the camera. And I'll tell you when a job isn't worth doing — there are more of those than anybody lets on.

$24 $48 Launch price — ends Sunday
What you get for $24:
The Jobs Nobody Shows You — 200+ household repairs, illustrated, start to finish — with what it really takes and where it goes wrong$24
The Not-Worth-It List — the jobs that cost more time and trouble than they're worth — so you can stop before you start$12
The Ten-Tool Kit — the only tools you actually need for nine out of ten jobs, and what to skip$10
The First-Fix Card — printable — the five problems to catch early, before they become the eighty-dollar call$9
Lifetime updates — every revision and new job added, no extra charge$13
Total value$68
You pay today$24
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II.
The Reckoning

What the callout costs. And what the job actually costs.

The same jobs, two ways. The left is the tradesman's minimum callout — the eighty dollars for twenty minutes. The right is the parts, done yourself with what's in the book. Most of the gap is the not-knowing, and that's the part I fix.

What you're quoted Per Job

Re-hang a dragging door$95
Fix a dripping tap$110
Silence a creaking floor$140
Straighten a sagging gate$120
Re-seat a running toilet$130
Patch and paint a wall$160
A Year$755
Six small jobs, six minimum callouts, one ordinary year.

What it costs you Per Job

A pack of screws and an hour$6
A washer and ten minutes$3
A tube of adhesive$9
One turnbuckle$8
A flapper valve$7
Filler and a tin of paint$22
A Year≈$55
Every job is in the book, start to finish — three tries and all.
The same six jobs, done at home: about seven hundred dollars a year back in your pocket.
III.
What's Inside

Exactly what you get for $24.

Two hundred household jobs across doors, water, floors, the yard, and furniture — each shown plainly, start to finish, with the tools it takes and the place it usually goes wrong. And a whole chapter on the jobs not worth doing. Start with a ten-minute one.

Doors & Windows — 7 Chapters

The things that stick, drop, and won't close flush.

  1. 01The door that drags, and the hinge that caused it
  2. 02Planing a sticking door without taking it off
  3. 03A latch that lines up every time
  4. 04Draughty windows, sealed for a few dollars
  5. 05The sash that won't stay up
  6. 06Fly screens and storm windows
  7. 07When a door is past saving, and what to do
Taps, Pipes & Toilets — 6 Chapters

Drips, runs, and the water you can't hear leaving.

  1. 01The tap that drips whatever you do to it
  2. 02A running toilet, in ten minutes
  3. 03Finding a slow leak before it finds you
  4. 04Frozen and burst pipes
  5. 05Low pressure, and the cause nobody checks
  6. 06Shutting the water off with confidence
Floors & Walls — 6 Chapters

Creaks, cracks, holes, and the honest patch.

  1. 01Silencing a creaking floor, from above and below
  2. 02Filling a hole so it doesn't show
  3. 03Cracks that matter, and cracks that don't
  4. 04Hanging something heavy so it stays
  5. 05Squeaky stairs
  6. 06A paint job that actually lasts
Outside & the Yard — 5 Chapters

Gates, fences, and the jobs the weather makes.

  1. 01The gate that sags, and the brace that fixes it
  2. 02A fence post that won't lean again
  3. 03Gutters, and the ten-minute clear-out
  4. 04The shed door and the rusted hinge
  5. 05Keeping water away from the house
Beds, Frames & Furniture — 5 Chapters

The joiner's trade, brought indoors.

  1. 01The bed that failed last year and worked this year
  2. 02A wobbly chair, glued to last
  3. 03A drawer that sticks in the damp
  4. 04Re-gluing a joint the right way
  5. 05When to fix furniture, and when to let it go
When Not To — 4 Chapters

The jobs that aren't worth your Saturday.

  1. 01The repair that costs more than the replacement
  2. 02When "good enough" is the right answer
  3. 03The jobs worth paying a professional for
  4. 04Knowing the difference before you start
IV.
Reader Results

What people fixed the first weekend.

Three houses, three states, three jobs that used to mean a callout.

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★★★★★

I re-hung a door that had dragged for two years in about forty minutes, with a screwdriver and one longer screw, exactly like he shows. What I like is he tells you when he got it wrong the first time — you trust a man who does that. Saved a callout the first weekend.

— Ray M., Arkansas
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★★★★★

I'm not handy and I fixed a running toilet myself for seven dollars, after years of paying someone. The "not-worth-it" list is the honest part — he talked me out of a job that would've cost more to do than to leave. Nobody else says that.

— Susan T., Missouri
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★★★★★

Bought it for the repairs, stayed for the pumpkins. He's the real thing — forty years, no sponsors, no miracle spray. My gate hasn't sagged since. Best twenty-four dollars I've spent on the house.

— Dale W., Kentucky
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V.
About the Author

Gary.

Most jobs around a house are not hard. They are just never shown to you, so you pay eighty dollars for twenty minutes of work. Eleven acres in the Ozark hills of southern Missouri, forty years of fixing what is on them. I am a joiner by trade, and paying somebody to hang a gate has never once made sense to me.

The door that will not close flush. The tap that drips whatever you do to it. The bed that failed last year and worked this year. I do the job first, then tell you what actually happened — which sometimes means admitting it took three tries. No sponsors. No miracle products. Nothing bought specially for the camera.

I also grow giant pumpkins for the county fair. Nine wins, first in 2004, best one 847 pounds. It is the only thing I am openly proud of. And I will tell you when a job is not worth doing, because there are more of those than anybody lets on.

I'll tell you when a job isn't worth doing — there are more of those than anybody lets on.
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Gary · Ozark Hills, Missouri
Edition · MMXXVI
THE JOBS NOBODY SHOWS YOU
Honest Household Repairs, Start to Finish
Do it yourself — or know why you shouldn't.
portrait
DOORS · TAPS · FLOORS · FENCES · BEDS · TOOLS
ELEVEN ACRES · FORTY YEARS
Illustrated Manual · Plain English · 200+ Jobs

The Jobs Nobody Shows You

Two hundred household repairs, shown plainly start to finish, with what it really takes and where it goes wrong — plus the honest list of jobs that aren't worth doing. Forty years of a joiner's work, written down.

$24 $48 Launch price — ends Sunday
What you get for $24:
The Jobs Nobody Shows You — 200+ repairs, illustrated, start to finish$24
The Not-Worth-It List — the jobs to stop before you start$12
The Ten-Tool Kit — the only tools you actually need$10
The First-Fix Card — catch the five problems early$9
Lifetime updates — every future edition, free$13
Total value$68
You pay today$24
Get the Book · $24 →
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VI.
FAQ

Questions people ask before they click.

Especially then. Every job is shown plainly, start to finish, with the exact tools and the places it usually goes wrong. Most of what makes a job "hard" is just never having watched someone do it once. Start with the ten-minute fixes and go from there.

No. Nine out of ten jobs in the book need the same ten common tools, and there's a list of what to buy and what to skip. I'm a joiner, but this isn't about fancy kit — it's about knowing the trick, not owning the machine.

Plenty of it — the taps, the toilet, the sticking doors, the squeaks, the small patches — all fair game and reversible. The bigger outdoor and structural jobs are there for when you own, and I mark which is which.

The videos show one job. The book puts them in order, tells you what it actually takes, and — the part videos skip — tells you when a job isn't worth doing at all. And it's yours to work from at the wall, not on a screen you keep having to unlock.

An illustrated PDF you download the moment you buy, plus the printable tool list and first-fix card. Read it on a phone or print it and keep it in the drawer with the screwdrivers. Yours forever, with free updates.

Email within 7 days and I'll refund every cent, and you keep the files. No forms, no questions.

The Jobs Nobody Shows You

Most of it isn't hard. It was just never shown to you.

$24 once. Instant download. 7-day money-back guarantee. Forty years of honest household repairs, start to finish — including the jobs that aren't worth doing.

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