Does anyone know of a really good DIY book / manual to buy, inside and outside the house ????
2007-02-21 00:55:06 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Do It Yourself (DIY)
Reader's Digest do one called 'DIY Manual' on this link.
2007-02-21 01:01:28 · answer #1 · answered by Pagan Man 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm. BEST is kinda vague and often relative, but certainly there are HUNDREDS out there, some very specific.
I most enjoy PBS TV, and in particular This Old House, and/or Ask This Old House.
What might be better to serve you is creating a library of those "specifics" you most want to involve in, or in your efforts, can actually involve in as a true DIY.
Certainly there are tradesman, like myself, who don't write books, who you might have to engage for some specifics, especially those involving CODES or Safety, or Liability issues in your "projects." I offer this example,,, even if abstract.
As a younger person I thought I could adjust the features of a TV that wasn't functioning to my satisfaction. I had no knowledge before hand, of what I was doing. I knew enough to remove the back of the TV, accessing what at that time were tubes, etc.
I'm creating an image here so please indulge me.
I marveled at the technology, even then and began poking at it with the screwdriver I held, while squatting behind the set, in a space from the wall allowing access. Suddenly I FELT something, but before I knew what IT was, I found myself "Slammed" against the wall holding a smoking screwdriver. I had ignorantly touched a capacitor and was grounding the current I neglected to UNPLUG.
The TV survived BTW, as did I, but never again did I attempt DIY on that TV.
Knowledge is a wonderful thing, and something we should all strive for. WISDOM is application of knowledge, which sadly, often, we gain AFTER we NEED it.
Steven Wolf
2007-02-21 02:18:17 · answer #2 · answered by DIY Doc 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You don't need to spend any money!
This is like an online DIY book, that is constantly being updated-
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/
Plus it has interactive help for when you get stuck-
http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/index.php
Try asking the readers digest a question that you don't understand ;-)
2007-02-21 04:09:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of you want a e book to do the flooring, that is ineffective ordinary. even nonetheless the Readers Digest do an extremely solid DIY e book. in case you flow to Waterstones nonetheless - there's a shelf finished.
2016-11-24 21:50:24 · answer #4 · answered by leissa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yellow pages, Thompson local.
2007-02-21 12:27:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
DIY for dummies
2007-02-21 01:06:14 · answer #6 · answered by Noorbu 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
readers digest is very helpful. they have a couple but u cant go wrong
2007-02-21 05:22:05 · answer #7 · answered by john w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
why buy a book when you can get info on www.DIYNetwork.com
2007-02-21 01:28:31 · answer #8 · answered by Queen of the Nile 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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2007-02-21 01:02:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋