With a fresh new design, new artwork and photography and whole new sections, this manual is a worthy successor to the renowned Complete DIY Manual. It is packed full of invaluable advice for anyone fixing, extending, decorating, renovating or building their home and garden. Whether you want to know how to rewire your house or build a deck, repair a faulty ball valve or mend a hole in plasterboard, wallpaper a stairwell or unblock a downpipe, it's all here. The completely revised and updated text reflects current best practices and the latest tools, techniques and materials. Also included is new material on assembling flat pack furniture, putting up plaster mouldings, adding decking to your garden, wiring computers and home entertainment systems and much more. Each section in this invaluable guide is clearly described with step-by-step instructions, drawings and diagrams for every project. This handsome book will save you hundreds of pounds and hours of effort - it has all the information you will ever need to keep your home in good condition. Every home should have one!
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Property Homes and Gardens. Includes a step-by-step guide to 36 key DIY projects and a ready reckoner for the estimating those all important material quantities brilliant for those of us who can never work out how many rolls of wallpaper we need. --Property Homes and Gardens
Optima. Described as the DIY Bible that no home should be without --Optima
Manchester Evening News. My Bible was the Reader's Digest Complete DIY Manual that I bought from a charity shop. Is has taught me things that I never dreamed I could do --Manchester Evening News
Optima. Described as the DIY Bible that no home should be without --Optima
Manchester Evening News. My Bible was the Reader's Digest Complete DIY Manual that I bought from a charity shop. Is has taught me things that I never dreamed I could do --Manchester Evening News
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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful
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This book was my bible when I moved into my first home.
What ever job I needed to do around the home, it was covered in detail and easy to understand.
What ever job I needed to do around the home, it was covered in detail and easy to understand.
40 of 41 people found the following review helpful
This book is fantastic. It was bought for me by my dad when I bought my first house and it is one of the most useful books i own. It covers most subjects you are likely to need in any home DIY situation, as well as garden DIY and relevant legislation that may affect your DIY projects. I cannot stress enough how invaluable this book is and how often I've referred to it, even if I've decided I'm not confident enough to tackle the problem and call in an expert. A must have along side your tool kit.
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39 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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Honestly, the money this book saved me in being able to do-it-myself, or in other cases, know when a cowboy builder was trying it on must have saved me thousands over the course of just the last couple of years.
This book is so clear and easy to use because it breaks diy jobs down into their constituent parts. I never do any diy without checking the topic in my readers digest 'bible' first.
I am very happy to reccomend it.
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Make, Do & Mend!
This book is a DIY Bible. I recently moved in to an... inexpensive apartment in Berlin which needs a lot of tender loving care. Read more
Published 17 months ago by J.R. Ravenhill Lloyd
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DIY
I bought this for my daughter and her partner as they start out in the first owned home. Have not given it to them yet but the manual arrived in excellent condition looks as new... Read more
Published on 6 May 2011 by Mrs. S. H. Hall
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Very useful for the first time buyer...
...but only if you are keen to do a bit of DIY. It has been very helpful for various projects and troubleshooting when things have gone wrong e.g. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2011 by Hotdog
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from beginners upwards
bought for my son when he moved out. he has used it so much and attempted jobs and succeeded. it has saved him a lot of money. excellent book.
Published on 15 Dec 2009 by P. Stanton
2.0 out of 5 stars
Buy this instead --> Collins Complete DIY Manual (Hardcover)
I have the Reader's Digest DIY Manual and the Collins Complete DIY Manual (Hardcover). Do not bother with the Readers Digest as I always end up refering to the Collins Complete DIY... Read more
Published on 5 Nov 2008 by F. Pickering
5.0 out of 5 stars
A rock solid guide to getting things done
I'm not the world's most practical man, but this book was a godsend. It features clear, step-by-step instructions on everything you could need to do around the house or flat. Read more
Published on 31 July 2008 by Chris W
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Best available
This book is the best of its type available
It bought it when we moved to our new house, and found some rather slip-shod DIY had been done by the previous owner. Read more
It bought it when we moved to our new house, and found some rather slip-shod DIY had been done by the previous owner. Read more
Published on 16 Sep 2007 by Dr. D. Fraser
4.0 out of 5 stars
This book will pay for itself!
Within 2 hours of getting this book it had paid for itself by clearly showing me how to repair a broken ceiling light. Read more
Published on 11 April 2006 by Richard Butlin
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not as good as the original
I bought the origional Readers Digest D.I.Y manual in 1970. It consisted of a double folder type book with loose leaves. Read more
Published on 2 Jun 2005 by M. Gray
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