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
Introduction. Book 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. Book 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. Book 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. Book IV: 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. Book V: Plumbing.
Chapter 1: The Plumbing System
in Your Home.
Chapter 2: Heating, Ventilating, and Insulating Systems.
Chapter 3: Plumbing Materials and Tools.
Chapter 4: Unblocking a Sink or Bath
Waste Pipe.
Chapter 5: Unblocking and Fixing a Toilet.
Chapter 6: Fixing a
Dripping Tap. Index.
Jeff Howell is a renowned home-improvement expert who has practised, taught and written on the subject for the past 30 years. He writes a regular column in the Sunday Telegraph and was the presenter of the Channel 4 series Don't Blame the Builder . Roy Barnhart , James Carey , Morris Carey , Gene Hamilton , Katie Hamilton , Donald R. Prestly and Jeff Strong are DIY experts and authors.
