A practical guide to renovating and maintaining the decorative architectural features of older houses, in particular those built between 1750 and 1939. After the 1960s and 1970s, when it was fashionable to "modernize" properties by covering over or removing old features, the majority of home-owners are now keen to restore their homes to their original state, not just to add period character but also to increase the value of the property. The book includes information on all styles of period doors, windows, fireplaces, brickwork and flooring; practical advice for those choosing to do the work, or for those wishing to brief a builder; how to create period bathrooms and kitchens and install authentic lighting.

Collins complete home restoration manual

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Albert Jackson

Home Improvement & Design

Collins

The router has become the most versatile and popular woodworking tool in the workshop today. This book shows and describes typical routers designed for the home workshop, together with the range of cutters and accessories available. Using colour photographs and step-by-step drawings, the book demonstrates the basics of setting up, using and maintaining a router in the inverted and overhead positions for special tasks. Further chapters explain how to use the router for shaping, drilling and boring, how to construct woodworking joints, and how to utilize the router for jobs around the house, all clearly presented to enable the woodworker to get the best from this popular woodworking machine.

Collins Good Wood Routers

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Harpercollins

This revised edition of the "Collins Complete DIY Manual" features such topics as the installation of security lighting and TV aerials. The book includes the latest DIY techniques, materials and products as well as current regulations for wiring, plumbing and planning permission.

Collins Complete DIY Manual

Reference

From hairdryers to washing machines, toasters to televisions, this useful book provides easy-to-follow solutions for repairing everyday appliances. Comprehensive information and fault-finding strategies provide the insight and confidence you need to tackle frustrating break-downs, helping to save valuable time and money. Whether it is the video recorder or vacuum cleaner, electric drill or tumbledryer, being without an appliance you often rely on is inconvenient and exasperating. Furthermore, getting them fixed by professionals is time-consuming and can be very expensive, even for the most simple of repairs. With this book, you don't need to be an expert to tackle most of the tiresome break-downs and faults thrown up by your household equipment. Everything is explained simply, yet comprehensively, in this highly illustrated manual. Packed with advice from professional repair and maintenance engineers, the book de-mystifies the workings of basic household equipment and provides the knowledge to solve common problems. This book covers all major household equipment including small and large appliances, audio-visual equipment, alarm systems, power tools, computers and accessories. It features fault-finding techniques to identify common problems and provides comprehensive advice on replacement parts and accessories.

Collins Fix It Manual : A Complete Guide to Repairing Everyday Appliances

HARPER/COLLINS

Covers woodworking tools, materials, and techniques, including workshop organization, tool selection and maintenance, woodworking joints, and wood finishing

Wood Working for Beginners

david-day

Crafts & Hobbies

A comprehensive guide to the features and designs of residential property built between the mid-18th century and outbreak of the Second World War, this text is a source of reference and advice for anybody owning or living in a period property. It aims to act as a home owner's guide to the styles and features of period property and should prove useful for examining the history and design of different architectural features. The book also provides advice on restoration and repair work.

Period House : An Owners Guide

Arts & Photography

Architecture

Harpercollins Pub, Ltd.

This is a comprehensive step-by-step guide to hand-held power routers and table routing, from basic procedures through to freehand routing and jointing. It aims to be a useful reference for novice and experienced woodworkers alike.Containing hundreds of step-by-step illustrations and eas y-to-follow text, this book explains every aspect of woodwork routing. Providing advice on selecting and maintaining cutters, it also offers practical hints on how to hold and guide routers safely, and how to produce fine, accurate results. All the necessary information on grooving, rabbeting and moulding wood is provided plus more advanced skills such as fluting turned legs, freehand routing, carving and joint making.

Routers

A completely revised, redesigned and updated edition of the number one guide to home plumbing and heating. Collins Complete Plumbing & Central Heating contains the most detailed, comprehensive and up-to-date advice available on home plumbing and central heating. This fully revised and updated edition has been extensively rewritten to include information on all new products, techniques and regulations. Whether you're fixing a leaking tap or installing an entire central heating system, this book contains all the information you need to get the job done safely and with the minimum of fuss. Contents include: emergency repairs; taps, sinks, and kitchen appliances; toilets, baths and showers; boilers and radiators; identifying faults and maintenance; safety tips; tools for the job With over 400 colour illustrations and photographs, and clear step-by-step instructions, Collins Complete Plumbing and Central Heating will help turn your good intentions into a job well done. .

Collins Complete Plumbing and Central Heating

A completely revised, redesigned and updated edition of the definitive woodworker's bible. Woodworker's Manual is the one book every woodworker needs. photographs and illustrations to give the book a contemporary feel, and includes all the new products and techniques developed since the last edition. and other decorative pieces. Starting with the basics -- the nature of wood, the tools required, setting up a workshop -- the book then examines in depth the principles of three-dimensional design, from inspiration to methods of construction. various skills and techniques a woodworker requires. Step-by-step illustrations demonstrate how to make every type of joint, and all the major crafts are given detailed coverage with the same step-by-step approach: bending wood, veneering and marquetry, woodcarving and finishing.Add to this a chapter on using other materials, such as metal, glass and leather, in combination with wood, plus a chapter on fixings and fittings -- and the book has everything you need to complete the job.

Collins Complete Woodworker’s Manual “packaging may vary”

Teen & Young Adult

Whether you're fixing a leaking tap or installing an entire central heating system, 'Collins Complete Plumbing and Heating' contains all the information you need to complete the job simply and safely.

Harpercollins Reference Hbacks

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Collins complete home restoration manual

Collins Good Wood Routers

Collins Complete DIY Manual

Collins Fix It Manual : A Complete Guide to Repairing Everyday Appliances

Wood Working for Beginners

Period House : An Owners Guide

Routers

Collins Complete Plumbing and Central Heating

Collins Complete Woodworker’s Manual “packaging may vary”

Collins Complete Plumbing and Central Heating