Collins Complete DIY Manual has sold over 3 million copies and is the most comprehensive and authoritative DIY manual ever produced.

Contains advice for those fixing, extending, decorating, renovating or building their home. Whether you want to know how to repair a leak, wallpaper a stairwell or lay a patio, this work features projects that are laid out with instructions and photographs, drawings and diagrams.

The definitive, easy-to-follow guide to guarantee your electrical home improvements are as safe as they are successful.

Provides easy-to-follow advice and tricks of the trade from more than seventy experts.

A guide to properly maintaining your home. It shows you how to perform home maintenance yourself. It provides tips on how to tune up your home and make repairs to every room of the house, from basement to attic. It also helps you learn how to conduct routine inspections, keep major appliances running efficiently, and increase energy efficiency.

Including chapters covering furniture, kitchenware, electrical goods, textiles and jewellery, this book guides you through 400 repair projects, each accompanied by step-by-step illustrations and instructions.

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Intended for those who plan to employ a building contractor or those who tackle some of the works themselves, this comprehensive manual shows you how to stay firmly in control, resulting in a high-quality extension, completed on time and within budget.

Find out how to ensure that all new electrical work in your home fully complies with Part P 'Electrical Safety' of the Building Regulations. This handy book gives expert guidance on working with electricity safely - whether simply changing a plug or adding a completely new lighting circuit.

Helps in converting your home: From designing layouts and finding the right contractors right through to snagging and completion.

From fitting a shower cubicle to applying different painting techniques, this title contains instructions that ensure even hard jobs are made easy. It breaks down each stage of a DIY job, from choosing tools to performing tasks to simple fixes for common problems.

This handy book gives expert guidance on plumbing and heating - whether unblocking a WC, repairing a burst pipe or changing a central heating pump.

This practical but fun book contains the most sought-after tips, tricks and techniques for those wanting to do it themselves.

A guide to essential woodwork techniques, from choosing and cutting lumber, onto planning, measuring and marking, and through to cutting, shaping and joining. It features a selection of projects - children's toys, simple furniture and bird boxes - with cutting lists and full instructions so you can try out these techniques in practice.

A completely authoritative guide on how to look after your old house - whether Tudor, Georgian, Victorian or Edwardian, authorised by the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.

A comprehensive guide to plumbing for DIY homeowners and home improvers. It explains various aspects of domestic plumbing installation, fittings and equipment.

A completely revised, redesigned and updated edition of the definitive and bestselling woodworker's bible.

Dust off your toolbox and get ready to tackle simple home repairs and improvements using the easy-to-follow instructions in this hands-on guide. This book provides expert advice on upgrading your house, from top to bottom.

New second edition. This book is the story of how one man turned his dream into reality. Ben Law proved that it is possible to design and construct a truly environmentally friendly home. Ben captivated the nation when the building of his woodland house was featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs programme which was viewed by 4.5 million people.

Managing Your Build fills in the gaps that other building books leave and focuses entirely on build management matters. If you employ a builder he'll manage the actual construction elements. But there's far more to building work than this. You will be the overall manager controlling the entire project from conception to completion.