Master Basic DIY: Teach Yourself

Trade Paperback

**** New edition fully revised and updated, including new material on the most popular questions and household problems ****

Master Basic DIY explains all the basic tasks and gives you all the information you need to undertake essential decorating and maintenance in an informed and sensible manner. It offers insight into complex options and methods, and is full of practical information and indispensable tips to enable you to quickly see the results reflected in your DIY projects.

Master Basic DIY includes:

Part one - The basics

Chapter 1: Tools

Chapter 2: Top ten DIY jobs for homeowners

Chapter 3: Sequence of work

Chapter 4: From foundations to the ground floor slab

Chapter 5: Brickwork and blockwork

Chapter 6: Roofs, roof coverings and loft conversions

Chapter 7: Home electrics

Chapter 8: Plumbing, central heating and drainage

Chapter 9: Plastering, plasterboard and partition walls

Part two - Projects

Chapter 10: Basics

Chapter 11: Outside

Chapter 12: Inside

Chapter 13: Electrical

Chapter 14: Plumbing

Chapter 15: Decorating