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	Popular Mechanics Moneysmart Makeovers With its first three volumes, Popular Mechanics MoneySmart Makeovers is helping thousands redo their kitchens, bathrooms, and living rooms. Now the successful series--written by one of the most trusted experts in DIY--steps outside, with authentic makeovers that anyone can accomplish. After discussing in detail all the basics that go into constructing a good porch, deck or patio, Rick Peters gets to work and remodels one of each, three times-- economy, mid-range, and high-range-to demonstrate what you can achieve on a real- world budget. While there are beautiful shots to inspire you to try your own makeover, these are no studio set-ups, every project was designed and carried out on an actual family's home. Author: Rick Peters Publisher: Hearst ISBN: 9781588163974 Format: Hardback Book List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $31.11
	A Country Home Finding a country property with real character and history is a seductive fantasy. However, there are various questions you need to ask yourself before you make the step such as should you be moving to the country? Are you prepared for the change? Have you considered whether you want to be near a river, fields, or a farm? Do you know how old you want your property to be and what style you like the best? Have you thought about how much work you are prepared to do and how much it is going to cost? This book will explain how to find the house of your dreams, how to research your property's history, how to get a survey done, how to renovate and restore, who you need to contact, what materials to use, how to plan and manage your project, how to raise the finances and how to deal with listed properties and commissioning craftspeople. There are decorating tips and a comprehensive directory of essential contacts. There are also case studies from people who have renovated everything from a working windmill to a Georgian rectory. You'll need plenty of inspiration when you are turning your wreck into a dream home and this book will provide you with all the practical advice and expertise you need making the whole experience a more enjoyable one. Author: Joanna Simon & Country Living Publisher: Anova Books ISBN: 9781843402947 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $34.95 Our Price: $31.11
	Planning Your Perfect Home Renovation Renovation can be awful. It's not like the television shows - it's dirtier, harder and more stressful than any close-up can capture. It doesn't matter if you live in an apartment and need to repaint the lounge room or if you live in a harbourside mansion and need to rebuild the entire house, you can just about guarantee that things you haven't anticipated will go wrong, the budget will blow out and you'll want to shout at someone. But help is at hand. Planning Your Perfect Home Renovationis your blueprint to a stress-free, well-planned and well-budgeted renovation that improves the value of your home. It helps you to plan a renovation to suit your available time, experience and money.It will also:* Introduce you to the three R's: repairs, refurbishment and rebuilding* Provide examples of room-by-room mission statements for easy planning* Show you how to work out cost estimates and schedules* Help you to build good relationships with builders and tradespeople* Show you what happened in three real renovations: in a unit, a brick-veneer house and a semi* Give you lots of money-saving and design tips* Include helpful and practical diagrams, floor plans and tables Planning Your Perfect Home Renovationis a complete how-to of assessing all your renovation needs. If you're thinking about improving your home (and want to survive the experience), you need this book.In the middle of her second renovation, Alex May is the perfect person to write this book. She is a freelance writer who specialises in property and design. She writes property and design stories for The Sydney Morning Herald's Domain section and also has a column in The Sun Heraldcalled Worth a Look. Author: Alex May Publisher: Allen & Unwin ISBN: 9781741146295 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $26.95 Our Price: $23.99
	Audel Electrician's Pocket Manual This is your on-the-job reference. Now fully updated for the 2002 National Electrical Code, the Electrician's Pocket Manual is packed with charts, conversions, photographs, diagrams, code standards, and other information you need on the job. This title helps you to find answers quickly and easily. It explains updated maintenance and construction standards. It provides details on motors, controllers, and circuits. It examines electronic components and communications wiring. It features 28 pages of drawings, diagrams, and plans. It offers guidelines for dealing with hazardous location wiring. It covers generators, mechanical power transmission, and electrical power distribution. It includes a chapter on tools and safety. Author: Paul Rosenberg Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780764541995 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $17.76
	Audel Pipefitter's and Welder's Pocket Manual This little book is big on answers. Whether you're an apprentice in the piping trades or a seasoned tradesperson, you'll find this completely revised and updated guide has answers to the questions you'll encounter on the job. Get current, concise facts on: metrics and conversions tungsten inert gas welding and arc welding steam heating, hot water, refrigeration, and air conditioning systems grooved end/plain end piping systems process piping using plastics automatic fire protection systems and, terms, BTU fuel values, abbreviations, angle calculations and, more. Author: Charles McConnell Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780764542053 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $19.95 Our Price: $17.76
	Building Porches and Decks Porches and decks add beauty and value to a house and also make it easy to enjoy being outdoors. But these spaces have to be properly designed and built to stand up to the weather. This collection of practical projects brings together the professional advice you need to build attractive and lasting porches & decks. You'll learn how to: - Design wooden porches and decks that suit any house - Choose materials that resist rot and hold up to damp weather - Add more living space to your home with a screened porch - Build a deck that is plain and simple - Make attractive and ingenious screens that let breezes in but keep bugs out - Create attractive deck details such as built-in furniture, decorative post caps, and railings * For Pros, By Pros series: written by professional builders who actually do the work, then offer the very best design and construction advice plus building site-proven tips and techniques. * Fine Homebuilding is the leading international journal for home builders and architects. Author: Publisher: Taunton Press Inc ISBN: 9781561585397 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $26.69
	Complete Guide to Solving Home Water & Moisture Problems In this comprehensive guide to fixing the most common plumbing problems, Gary Branson teaches reluctant do-it-yourselfers everything they need to know about how a home plumbing system works, and reveals how most water-related problems can be fixed by following a few basic steps. Included is information on using basic skills to fix faucets, toilets, plugged drains and water heaters. By following the advice, homeowners can easily save hundreds or even thousands of dollars. Included in this highly illustrated volume are tips on: how to repair outdated plumbing fixtures how to solder and work with copper pipe fittings working with plastic pipes in supply and waste lines repairing taps, including cartridge, ball type and compression styles dealing with small emergencies. Author: Branson G Publisher: Key Porter Books Ltd ISBN: 9781552632284 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $26.66
	Fitting Out Your Boat This book is tailor made for anyone fitting out a wooden or fibreglass hull from scratch, or for anyone wanting to renovate an old yacht and give it a face lift. Whether repairing or laying teak decks, refurbishing an old keel or rudder, installing new windows and hatches, fitting headlining, replacing deck fittings, stripping down winches or modernising the galley, the author takes the DIY boat owner through all the steps required, with the help of detailed photo sequences and step-by-step instructions. Along with the author's bestselling previous book, Boat Interior Construction, this book will prove a godsend to all amateur builders. Author: Michael Naujok Publisher: A & C Black Publishers ISBN: 9780713668063 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $55.00 Our Price: $48.95
	Framing Floors, Walls and Ceilings New homes, extensions and DIY remodelling all require solid professional framing. This book explains the tools, techniques and trade secrets expert builders need and use to frame floors, walls and ceilings. Achieve top-notch results without inspection hold-ups or client call-backs! From truing up a mudsill and cutting multiple parts in a single pass of the saw (a tremendous time-saver) to selecting headers, erecting trusses and completing cathedral and coffered ceilings, this guide delivers the best field-tested information in the business. * For Pros, By Pros series: written by professional builders who actually do the work, then offer the very best design and construction advice plus building site-proven tips and techniques. * Professional Building Guides: these are the very best books in Taunton's highly successful home-building backlist, completely revised and updated, redesigned and now illustrated in full colour. * Fine Homebuilding is the leading international journal for home builders and architects. Author: Fine Homebuilding Publisher: Taunton Press Inc ISBN: 9781561587582 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $28.95 Our Price: $25.77
	Grounds for Improvement Grounds for Improvement helps homeowners solve those landscaping problems and make over their outdoor space in style. Learn techniques ranging from basic landscaping to intricate hardscaping - including demonstrations on how to plant shrubs, trim trees, install water features, construct arbors, and much more. All this knowledge is put to use on some of the most practical, beautiful, and luxurious projects ever - all presented with vivid illustrations and detailed instructions. It is complete with before and after shots. Author: Dean Hill & Jackie Taylor Publisher: Lark Books,U.S. ISBN: 9781600591020 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $26.69
	Haircutting for Dummies Do you want to cut and style your family's hair, but don't know where to begin? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to get salon- or barbershop-quality results on all types of hair - long, short, straight, curly, or kinky. You'll discover how to care for your tools and maintain a haircut while you trim big dollars off your budget. Author: J.E. Geary Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780764554285 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $29.95 Our Price: $26.66
	How to Fix Everything for Dummies The fun and easy way to repair anything and everything around the house For anyone who's ever been frustrated by repair shop rip--offs, this guide shows how to troubleshoot and fix a wide range of household appliances--lamps, vacuum cleaners, washers, dryers, dishwashers, garbage disposals, blenders, radios, televisions, and even computers. Author: Peg Hedstrom & Judy Tremore Gary Hedstrom Publisher: John Wiley and Son ISBN: 9780764572098 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $27.95 Our Price: $24.88
	Insulate and Weatherize In this complete do-it-yourself guide to home insulation and weather-proofing, engineer Bruce Harley offers solutions that will make your home more comfortable in all seasons: Energy Basics Sealing Air Leaks Attics Ventilation Systems Insulating a House Windows Heating Systems Air Conditioning Heating Hot Water Renovations Appliances and Lights This book in the Build Like a Pro series takes a practical approach for the homeowner. Using the author's trouble-shooting advice, you will be able to identify the hidden energy wasters and moisture problems that can do serious damage in your home. Author: Bruce Harley Publisher: Taunton Press Inc ISBN: 9781561585540 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $34.99 Our Price: $31.14
	Manspace Manspace takes a refreshing look at the space in and around a home that men usually claim as their own: the smoking room, garage, workshop and basement. This Primal Guide to Marking Your Territory brings you 50 examples of manspace, offering ideas and inspiration to create your own personal space dedicated to your possessions and activities. It also delves into more specialized spaces like recording studios, wine cellars, converted trailers and more, helping to transform any space into a manspace. Author: Sam Martin Publisher: Taunton Press Inc ISBN: 9781561588206 Format: Hardback Book List Price: $39.99 Our Price: $35.59
	Patios and Walkways A collection of great patio and walkway projects shows readers how to repair existing walkways and terraces as well as build new ones, offering illustrated step-by-step instructions for completing each project. Original. Author: Rich Binsacca Publisher: Taunton Press Inc ISBN: 9781561587230 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $24.99 Our Price: $22.24
	Spindles With the model and amateur engineer in mind, this is a guide to making light milling or grinding spindles with a small lathe. Spindles come in many shapes and sizes, depending on their use and included here are descriptions of the design, construction and use of a variety of types (from 19.05 - 57.15mm/0.75 - 2.25 inch) for grinding, milling and drilling. The emphasis is on spindles which are easy to make and have as few parts as possible - all but one use sealed ball bearings. The author is a designer, machinist and woodworker whose interest in clock making led him to design and build the spindles in the book. Also included is a light gear cutting frame for clock makers. Author: H.S. Sandhu Publisher: SPECIAL INTEREST MODEL BOOKS ISBN: 9781854861498 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $16.99 Our Price: $15.12
	Tools Advice is offered in this book on tools for quick or extensive DIY repairs. More than 50 kinds of hand and power tools are evaluated how to use and maintain them and how to organize a tool box. One of the small format titles in the Chic Simple series of guides to living in the 90s. Author: Robert Love Publisher: Thames & Hudson ISBN: 9780500016374 Format: Hardback Book List Price: $4.95 Our Price: $4.41
	You Can Do it 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. Author: Nicholas Barnard & Ken Schept, Nicholas Barnard & Ken Schept Publisher: Thames & Hudson ISBN: 9780500512715 Format: Hardback Book List Price: $39.95 Our Price: $35.56
	450 Things a Bloke Ought'a Know How to Build Featuring 50 individual projects, such as building a pergola and laying paving, as well as tips and advice, this text is a collection of projects for every handyman - of every skill level Author: John Jarratt Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers ISBN: 9780732259464 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $22.21
	Don't Do it Yourself Book Presents a funny and practical 'how not to' book, on home renovations and repairs. ABC local radio 702's Weekend Woodies have brought a humerous aspect to those battling home renovations. Author: Peter Masia & Les Miller Publisher: ABC Books ISBN: 9780733315961 Format: Paperback Book List Price: $24.95 Our Price: $22.21