You Can Do It
The Complete B&Q Step-by-Step Book of Home Improvement
Project director and writer Nicholas Barnard
Consulting editor Ken Schept
Project Manager Keith Brooks
Photographs by Lucy Pope
Illustrated by Peter Bull Art Studios
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Third Edition – Fully revised!
The definitive, up-to-date manual for today’s DIY.
| ‘A clear and easy-to-follow guide to just about every job you could wish to do … clean visuals, good graphics and well-written explanations’ | | – The Guardian |
This bestselling step-by-step guide is the ultimate tool for successful home maintenance and makeovers.
Now includes new Building and Wiring Regulations.
The UK’s biggest, brightest and definitive home reference volume, brought right up to date, is packed with easy-to-follow advice and invaluable tricks of the trade from more than seventy experts.
• Friendly, jargon-free text that gives you confidence
• Do-able solutions that anyone can achieve
• Exhaustive, encyclopaedic approach to basic and advanced home maintenance
• Design options that inspire dreams and solutions by which to achieve them
• Updated for recent legal changes on electrical and gas appliances
Inside the Home
Floors and Stairs • Walls • Ceilings and Lofts • Windows and Doors • Fireplaces and Fires • Storage and Shelving • Kitchens
Outside the Home
Guttering and Drainage • Walls • Windows and Doors Roofs • Fences, Gates and Structures • Decking • Garden Walls • Paving Concrete • Garden Steps • Sheds and Greenhouses • Children’s Gardens • Ponds
Home Systems and Services
Electricity • Plumbing • Showers • Heating Insulation • Damp • Ventilation • Basic Fire Safety • Home Security • Safe Home Improvements • Ladders Tools • Materials • Treatments and Finishes • Fixings • Regulations • Working with Specialists
Also of interest:
Understanding Colour at Home
The Surface Texture Book: Over 800 Colour and
Texture Samples for Every Surface
Outdoor Living: The Complete B&Q Step-by-Step Guide
to Designing and Enjoying Your Garden
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|  |  | | | | Third edition | | ISBN 0500513597 | | ISBN-13 978-0500513590 | | | | 28.5 x 21.0 cm | | PLC (no jacket) | | 384pp | | With over 2200 illustrations in colour | | First published 2007 | | | | £16.98 | | | |  | | | | 
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