Jeff Howell 
DIY For Dummies, 2nd UK Edition 

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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.

Über den 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.