Do-It-Yourself Home Repair Class - Summer 2009

My Summer semester Do-It-Yourself Home Repair Class is winding down May 27th is our final class. The class has been offered by the Temple University Center City campus Continuing Education Department for over 10 years. The class allows students to learn how their house functions and how to keep it functioning through hands-on practice and lectures. A class project that consists of framing a stud wall, wiring the wall with a recepticle, switch and light fixture and covering the wall with drywall allows students to work with power tools and hand tools, some for the first time. Students gain an understanding of a house's electrical and plumbing systems, how a house was constructed, they learn about roof construction, doors, windows, locks, flooring, and painting. The most important subject they learn about is how to hire a contractor when they are unable to do the work themselves.

More information can be found on my website: http://paulplevakas.com/HomeRepairClass.html

This year we are offering souvenir "I Did It Myself!" t-shirts for purchase at http://www.cafepress.com/DIYHR_Class