Popular mechanics complete home how-to
Book - 2004
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- Published
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New York :
Hearst Books
[2004]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Other Authors
- Physical Description
- 514 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes index.
- ISBN
- 9781588163028
- 1. Planning Ahead
- Forward planning
- Assessing potential
- Using professionals
- Employing a builder
- Seeking approval
- Do-it-yourself
- A basis for selecting colour
- Using tone for subtlety
- Taking texture into account
- Using pattern for effect
- Manipulating space
- Interior schemes
- Planning your lighting
- 2. Decorating
- Means of access
- Preparation and priming
- Primers and sealers
- Masonry
- Plasterwork
- Wallcoverings
- Woodwork
- Metalwork
- Tiled surfaces
- Applying finishes
- Paints
- Exterior masonry
- Walls and ceilings
- Decorative paint effects
- Textured coatings
- Woodwork
- Painting doors
- Painting window frames
- Graining
- Staining wood
- Varnishing
- French polishing
- Cold-cure lacquer
- Finishing metalwork
- Panelling
- Wallcoverings
- Choosing tiles
- Wall tiling
- Ceiling tiles
- Floor tiling
- Wood flooring
- Carpets
- Sheet vinyl
- 3. Repairs & Improvements
- House construction
- Walls
- External
- Internal
- Removing walls
- Constructing walls
- Ceilings
- Suspended ceilings
- Loft access
- Plasterwork
- Types of plaster
- Surfaces
- Mixing plaster
- Plastering techniques
- Repairing plasterwork
- Plastering a wall
- Plasterboard
- Exterior rendering
- Floors
- Suspended floors
- Solid floors
- Flooring
- Maintenance
- Doors
- Types and construction
- Fitting and hanging doors
- Dividing doors
- Sliding and folding doors
- Garage doors
- Windows
- Types and construction
- Types of glass
- Repairing glass
- Double glazing
- Repairing windows
- Replacing windows
- Roof windows
- Curtains and blinds
- Shutters
- Staircases
- Types and construction
- Maintenance
- Balusters and balustrades
- Roofs
- Construction
- Roof maintenance
- Sheet roofing
- Flashings
- Guttering
- 4. Home Security
- How a burglar gains entry
- Guarding against intruders
- Securing doors
- Securing windows
- Burglar alarms
- Protection against fire
- 5. Infestation, Rot & Damp
- Infestation
- Insect infestation
- Animal infestation
- Rot
- Wet rot and dry rot
- Preventative treatment
- Damp
- Penetrating damp
- Rising damp
- Condensation
- Basements and cellars
- 6. Insulation & Ventilation
- Insulation
- Insulating plumbing
- Draughtproofing
- Insulating roofs
- Insulating walls
- Insulating floors
- Double glazing
- Ventilation
- Ventilating floors
- Ventilating the roof space
- Extractor fans
- Range hoods
- Heat-recovery ventilation
- 7. Electricity
- Economics
- Basics
- Safety
- Zones for bathrooms
- Replacements
- Flex
- Plugs and lampholders
- Main switch equipment
- Earthing systems
- Consumer units
- Fuses and MCBs
- Circuits
- Cables
- Running cable
- Assessing your installation
- Power circuits
- Socket outlets
- Mounting sockets
- Replacing socket outlets
- Adding spurs
- Adapting circuits
- Fixed appliances
- Fused connection units
- Wiring heaters
- Wiring small appliances
- Cookers
- Immersion heaters
- Storage heaters
- Doorbells and chimes
- TV aerials
- Telephone extensions
- Home office
- Wiring showers
- Lighting circuits
- Light fittings
- Light switches
- Installing wall lights
- Low-voltage lighting
- Electricity outdoors
- Security lighting
- Closed-circuit television
- Garden lighting and pumps
- Wiring outbuildings
- Complete rewiring
- 8. Plumbing
- Repairs and maintenance
- Emergency repairs
- Repairing taps
- Maintaining cisterns and tanks
- Drainage systems
- Maintenance
- Pipework
- Metal pipes
- Plastic plumbing
- Plumbing installations
- WCs
- Washbasins
- Baths
- Showers
- Bidets
- Sinks
- Waste-disposal units
- Dishwashers & washing machines
- Water softeners
- Storage tanks
- Hot-water heaters
- Solar heating
- 9. Heating
- Open fires
- Fireplaces
- Room heaters and stoves
- Central heating
- Boilers
- Radiators
- Controls
- Fault finding
- Maintenance
- Underfloor heating
- Storage heaters
- 10. Working Outdoors
- Planning a garden
- Fences
- Choosing fences
- Fence posts
- Erecting fences
- Gates
- Gate styles
- Hardware
- Gateposts
- Walls
- Bricks
- Concrete blocks
- Stone
- Mortar
- Brickwork
- Blockwork
- Building with stone
- Retaining walls
- Paths, drives and patios
- Working with concrete
- Paving slabs
- Crazy paving
- Paving with bricks
- Cobblestones and gravel
- Tarmac
- Garden steps
- Concrete steps
- Log steps
- Building curved steps
- Water gardens
- Pond liners
- Constructing ponds
- Pumps and fountains
- Rockeries and cascades
- Pebble pools
- Conservatories
- 11. Tools and Skills
- Woodworking tools
- Woodworking joints
- Building tools
- Decorating tools
- Plumbing tools
- Electrical tools
- 12. Reference & Index
- Timber and boards
- Adhesives
- Fixings
- Glossary of terms
- Index
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