Product Description

Packed with inspiring ideas and practical advice on tools and techniques, the "Reader's Digest DIY Manual" is an essential in every household. It contains invaluable advice for anyone 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, it's all here. Each project is laid out with step-by-step instructions and clear photographs, drawings and diagrams. The completely up-to-date text reflects new legislation, including the latest wiring and glazing regulations. This updated edition also includes new material on energy-saving DIY, providing information on assessing and improving your home's energy efficiency rating, government grants available for energy-saving improvements, advice on choosing eco-friendly paints and flooring, installing solar panels and the latest energy and water-saving home appliances.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2267 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 2
• Binding: Hardcover
• 512 pages

Review
'This is the DIY bible that no home should be without. Thoroughly practical, utterly reliable, and packed with all the information anyone could possibly need, it will pay for itself time and time again.' - New Homes, Wales --New Homes

No self-respecting DIYer should be without a good book to help them and The Reader's Digest DIY Manual is just the thing. --Halifax Evening Courier

Customer Reviews

Updated, but not comprehensive!
I've used previous editions of this manual extensively, and have recommended it to many friends as a vital DIY reference manual.
I was looking forward to upgrading my copy to the latest, given so many changes in electrical regulations.
The updated electrics section is indeed excellent - even if a large part is academic only with current building regulations requiring qualified electricians to do or check and sign off the work - points wisely clearly discussed by the editors.

All well and good, until I realised that much older material has been rationalised - the sash window maintenance section is heavily reduced - there is no longer anything (apart from a mention) on spiral balance windows. I'm not sure how the editors can justify cutting the real DIY stuff down, for more features on "green things" etc. Surely the core DIY maintenance stuff is the most important feature of the book, and should not be compromised?

A winning formula should probably have just been updated, as opposed to re-written - the old layouts were near perfect.
That said, it's still a good book. Just don't think you can throw away the old editions - they have more in them!

No idea what's on the CD-Rom - not really ideal for DIY - you can't have a computer kicking around a workshop for reference. I must have a look and see if subjects are covered with more depth on it though!

Readers Digest DIY Manual
Great for all DIY projects, easy to understand even for non-practical types. Masses of information and tips. Save a fortune on jobs (no need for a workman now)

DIY Manual
Very informative manual,it does what it says on the cover, it tells you how to do those jobs that you are unsure about. Excelliant