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This hands–on guide will help you prepare for and manage simple home repairs and improvements. Jeff Howell (the Sunday Telegraph′s DIY columnist) and a host of other experts guide you through the trials and tribulations of DIY, helping you to carry out a range of projects – from fixing a leaky tap to hanging wallpaper – safely, cheaply and with minimum disruption. The full–colour drawings illustrate the step–by–step techniques and the lay–flat binding is perfect for on–the–job DIY advice.
DIY For Dummies covers:
PART I – Planning Your Home Improvement Projects
Chapter 1: Gearing Up for Your DIY Adventures
Chapter 2: Being Safe and Prepared
Chapter 3: Working with (And within) a Budget
PART II – Basic Home Maintenance and Improvement
Chapter 1: Repairing Walls and Putting Up Shelves
Chapter 2: Windows Don′t Have to Be a Pane
Chapter 3: Doors: An Open–and–Shut Case
Chapter 4: Roofs and Walls
Chapter 5: Dealing with Damp
Chapter 6: Electrical Repairs and Replacements
PART III – Painting and Wallpapering
Chapter 1: Planning Your Painting Project
Chapter 2: Preparing Surfaces for Painting
Chapter 3: Painting, Finishing, and Cleaning Up
Chapter 4: Choosing Wallpaper and Preparing Walls
Chapter 5: Hanging Wallpaper
PART V – Carpentry, Woodworking, and Flooring
Chapter 1: Flooring: Keeping a Leg Up on Foot Traffic
Chapter 2: Drilling, Driving, Fastening, and Gluing
Chapter 3: Understanding the Carpentry Process
Chapter 4: Finishing Wood
PART VI – Plumbing
Chapter 1: The Plumbing System in Your Home
Chapter 2: Heating, Ventilating, and Insulating Your Home
Chapter 3: Plumbing Materials and Tools
Chapter 4: Unblocking a Sink or Bath Drain
Chapter 5: Unblocking and Fixing a Toilet
Chapter 6: Fixing a Dripping Tap
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The most important piece of equipment in your tool kit
Whether you need to fix a household problem or simply want to spruce up your property, this hands–on guide will help you prepare for and manage a multitude of home improvements and repairs. Learn how to sidestep the trials and tribulations of DIY with information on jobs ranging from fixing a leaky tap to hanging wallpaper. This full–colour guide uses step–by–step illustrations to take you through each project and offers a lay–flat binding that′s perfect for on–the–job advice.
Plan your project – assess the scope of your DIY dilemmas and find out how to budget and prepare for the path ahead
Don′t get in a tangle – easy–to–follow advice on performing electrical and wiring repairs, as well as dealing with damp, replacing window panes and more
Colour your home beautiful – learn how to paint and wallpaper your walls without disaster
Tread softly – get the lowdown on replacing and repairing wood, tile, carpet and vinyl flooring
Get stuck in – find out how to carry out straightforward plumbing jobs, without calling in the experts
Open the book and find:
The best DIY tools and how they work
Essential health and safety info
How to save money and avoid overspending
Advice on preparing walls and choosing wallpaper
Guidance on finishing wood
Painless ways to unblock a sink or drain
How to deal with damp
When to call in the professionals
How to find a good builder
Learn to:
Draw up realistic plans and budgets for your DIY projects
Achieve success with full–colour illustrations and step–by–step advice
Tackle everything from putting up a shelf to hanging wallpaper or unblocking a drain
IN FULL COLOUR
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I brought this for my mums birthday as she is a single parent and is always trying to sort the house out especially in the DIY department however she isnt the best at DIY so to take the piss i thought i would buy this for her and even though she says she doesnt need it, in the past couple of weeks she is always using it for the jobs round the house x
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