Teaching-you DIY Skills with Tommy Walsh

D-I-Y can be an expensive exercise if you use qualified tradesmen, but not everyone has the knowledge to do it themselves. Teaching-you DIY Skills with Tommy Walsh provides expert guidance and detailed help on everything you need to complete 100 practical tasks both inside and outside the home. Experience the satisfaction from fixing a dripping tap through to hanging a door, wallpapering around awkward places, or mixing concrete by hand. This program contains essential advice on garden construction, decorating, plumbing, electrics and maintenance, giving you the confidence to achieve your aspirations.

Each task starts with a summary, planning the objectives and detailing the tools and materials needed. Step-by-step instructions guide you through the task giving tips, tricks, potential pitfalls and safety requirements as you learn. Finally a clear focus on best practice and safety is underlined by direct access to safety tasks dealing with stepladders, power tools and working with electrics.

Includes:
GARDEN
Build a Barbecue, Clean Gutters, Concrete Fence, Posts, Install an Outside Tap, Lay a Stepping Stone Path, Lay Bricks, Lay Paving Slabs, Safety Using Grinders, Lay Stone Chippings, Gravel, Measure Building Materials, Mix Concrete or Mortar by Hand, Lay Concrete, Prepare a Sub-Base, Formwork and Contraction Units, Safety Using Circular Saws, Safety Using Power Saws, Safety Using Sanders, Unblocking Outside Drains, Wooden Fence Posts in Concrete or Hardcore Wooden Fence Posts with Sockets, Safety Drill, Wooden Fence Posts with Spikes, Wooden Posted Panelled Fence, Work Out Step Dimensions, Build into a Slope, Connect to a Soil Stack

BATHROOM
Bending Copper Pipes, Bleed a Radiator, Join Pipes--Preparation, Copper Compression Joints, Copper Soldered End Feed Joints, Copper Soldered Joints, Deal with an Airlock, Earth Bonding, Fit a Bath Shower Mixer, Fit a Fixed Shelf with Brackets, Fit an Electric Shower, Connecting an Electric Shower, Connect to the Supply, Fit New Taps, Fix a Dripping Tap, Fit a New Washbasin, Repair a Burst Pipe, Temporarily Repair Copper Pipe, Repair a Ball-Valve on a Cistern, Silence a Noisy Filler, Supply Pipe Runs, Unblock a Sink, Unblocking a Toilet, Waste Trap Fittings, Arrange Discharge

KITCHEN
Ceramic Floor Tiles, Dishwasher, Drill Holes in Tiles, Fix Tiles, Cut Tiles, Calculating Tiles Needed, Fixing Light Fittings, Fixing New Sockets, Hang a Door, Fit a Lock, Cut a Door to Fit, Concealed Fixing, Connections at the Consumer Unit, Kitchen Fixed Appliances, Modifying Lighting, Replacing Socket Outlets, Safety Power Tools, Surface Fixing, Terminating Cables and Flex, The Electrical Supply Service, Thinking about Alterations, Washing Machine, All Surfaces, Working Safely with Electrics

LOUNGE
Basic Painting Techniques, Textured Painting Techniques, Bead Where Colours Meet, Paint a Ceiling, Types of Paint & Primers, Strip Dry Paint, Chemical Strippers, Fix a Framed Mirror, Fix a Mirror with Siding Clips, Hang a Heavy Picture, Hang a Picture, How to put up a Pole, How to put up a Track, Put up Free Standing Shelves, Remove a Radiator, Stepladdder Safety, Use a Heat Gun, Hang Standard Wallpaper Around Awkward Places, Wallpaper Around Corners, Ceiling, Stairwell, Fix to a Masonry Wall, Calculating Paint Needed, Estimating Wallpaper Rolls