DIY For Dummies (eBook)

Jeff Howell (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: PDF

2010 | 2. Auflage
432 Seiten
Wiley (Verlag)
978-0-470-97509-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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

Autor

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.

Inhalt

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.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 7.9.2010
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Heimwerken / Do it yourself
• Schlagworte: Heimwerken • Home Improvement • lifestyle • lifestyles
• ISBN-10: 0-470-97509-1 / 0470975091
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-97509-1 / 9780470975091