Conference 7.286::home_work

    
    Sometimes you might find that a local collage will offer
    some type of Home Repair class or Basic something, at night.
    You might want to put in a call and see what they offer...
    
    JD

    Check with your local Vocational High School for night courses.  Some
    run these if there is enough call for them.

    justme....jacqui

    
    I know the UMASS Lowell had one a few years ago. I don't know if they
    still offer it. Give them a call.
    
    

    Thought I saw something like this on the weekend, in Westford or Groton
    (Mass).  Will try to look it up when I get home, assuming it hasn't
    been pitched already.
    
    Dick

    	Readers Digest put out a F-I-Y homeowner book. It's a hardbound
    book with lots of detail & picture/drawings. It covers everything from
    replacement of windows to adding an addition, coverting attic space to
    living quarters, tearing down walls, etc. The cost ~$28.00 & available
    at any bookstore. A good book to have for reference.
    
    Alan
    

    Just to let you know, I've been taking "notes".  I will start by
    calling the technical schools (i.e. Nashua and Lowell), and check out
    the Readers Digest book.
    
    I'm also checking the Telegraph and Broadcaster for other courses.
    
    more suggestions welcome....
     

Nashua High may still have evening adult classes that serve the purpose. They
used to have plumbing, woodworking etc. 

    Can't find the flyer I mentioned in .4;  Nashoba Valley Technical HS
    phone is (508)-692-4711.  Might be worth a call if you can't find
    something closer to home.
    
    Dick

   Don't some of the large "warehouse" hardware stores (Home Depot, etc)
   offer DIY seminars occasionally?  Or are you looking for something
   that is more involved that this would be...
   
   - Tom

Gee, I'm in Nashua and would gladly take on more "students".  Tuition is
free and you can intern on my 100 year old money pit for practical first hand 
experience.  New classes are starting all the time.

Monday we had a lab exercise on thawing frozen heating pipes, and Tuesday
night's class was on insulating heating pipes.  We also had a demonstration on
thermostat installation. 

Enroll now for a course on painting.  You just missed the class on skim coating,
but that will be offered again in February.  One of our favorite classes is in
removing double hung windows and refurbishing them.  

We're taking registrations now for an upcoming class on plumbing.

What particularly did you have in mind?

    ha, ha. ha.....
    
    	Maybe I should take some "students" too.  
    
    Plaster patching is complete, but still some wallpaper stripping and
    painting to come.
    
    	Dave.

    re.10 - Hey! You beat me to it!
    
    Pauline - I live in southern NH and I'm ALWAYS doing something. I'd
    welcome help or just a bystander to talk to as I work or anywhere in
    between. Lets see, in the next 4 weeks I'll probably be changing
    akitchen faucet, wiring more lights and outlets in my shop, building
    some more furniture, opening a wall, sheetrocking and who knows what
    else. In the spring, I'll be running power to my garden shed and adding
    lights and outlets, painting, fixing brick steps, putting in a fence
    and then a whole garage.
    				Kenny

    
    Add a little random element to it.  Get a two-year old boy.
    Sunday night's "heavy suitcase down the stairs" trick will
    need:
    
    	patching holes in sheetrock
    	repairing a banister
    	paint color matching
    
    C. 

    
    
    Well......a little closer to the Worc. area. Were offering
    a weeked course on basic wall construction and sheeding.  
    
    Saturday will feature studding, and window framing.
    Sunday will be handing plywood.
    
    Its free!!!
    
    Ps.  Next to come...windows/doors and siding........
    
    

re: .13 SMURF::WALTERS 

>>    Add a little random element to it.  Get a two-year old boy.
                                                             ^^^
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   Now, now... lets not limit our options here ... after all, home
   "remodeling" *is* an equal opportunity project....  :-)
   
   - Tom (who has 3 girls and is regularly running experiments in
          "Brownian motion" and chaos)  :-)

I've got a multi-week workshop on polyurethane.  All materials supplied.

Starting in June: Course LOG250, Build a Log Garage.  Actually the same course
as Lifting Awkward Weights and Learning to Love Heights.

:-)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Handy U. is now offering scholarships to qualified applicants!!!

With its view of the scenic Nashua Mill district, rich in decaying architecture,
Handy U. provides a motivating environment for the aspiring handy person.
Its diverse curriculum offers the serious student ample theory as well as
plenty of hands on laboratory work. 

    
    -1
    
> aspiring handy person.
    
    More like "perspiring" handy person! Tell 'em about the practical
    shingling course that involves hanging from the eaves 3 stories 
    up.... :-o
    
    
    C

    Middlesex News always has an ad for Home Work Help.  It is part of the 
    Woodworkers Warehouse, Home Depot, network.  I will look for the ad and 
    print the details.