i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

"benpost" wrote in message
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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?


It'll take ore than one book to learn all there is about DIY ie one book for
each and every trade,a sort of encyclopedia

"benpost" wrote in message
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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

They can be quite useful for showing you how things are typically
constructed (eg walls, roofs, floors) and what materials are typically
available for DIY use (eg sheet materials, fasteners), but as George implies
are pretty limited. I saw a large recently-published Dorling Kindersley DIY
manual remaindered from £25 to £6 at WH Smith the other day.

"benpost" wrote in message
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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

Isn't the Collins one normally recommended?

cheers,
clive

On 7 Jan, 20:47, "rrh" wrote:
"benpost" wrote in message

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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

They can be quite useful for showing you how things are typically
constructed (eg walls, roofs, floors) and what materials are typically
available for DIY use (eg sheet materials, fasteners), but as George implies
are pretty limited. I saw a large recently-published Dorling Kindersley DIY
manual remaindered from £25 to £6 at WH Smith the other day.

I have the Dorling Kindersley DIY manual and yes I got it for £6, it
is brilliant, it has plenty of pictures to.

Clive George wrote:
"benpost" wrote in message
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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

Isn't the Collins one normally recommended?

It should be. The B&Q one is quite good as well.


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On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:03:42 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"
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Clive George wrote:
"benpost" wrote in message
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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

Isn't the Collins one normally recommended?

It should be. The B&Q one is quite good as well.

I've been given a selection, and the Collins one is the best IMO.

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benpost wrote:
i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

I am no expert at DIY, but I find the books generalize too much, but
more importantly, they age rather fast. Far better to ask a question on
uk.diy news group.

Dave

On Jan 7, 9:47 pm, "Bob Eager" wrote:
On Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:03:42 UTC, "The Medway Handyman"

wrote:
Clive George wrote:
"benpost" wrote in message
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i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

Isn't the Collins one normally recommended?

It should be. The B&Q one is quite good as well.

I've been given a selection, and the Collins one is the best IMO.

Seconded. Or should that be thirded? ;-)

I've got the Collins book and can highly recommend it. The Reader's
Digest one is good too.

As the others have said a single book can never cover anything,
however if you're relatively new to DIY something like Collins will
teach you a LOT. Even if you're beyond 'beginner' stage such a book
will still fill lots of knowledge gaps.

If nothing else a book like this will give you good grounding for
asking questions around here, if only to use the correct terminology!

Mathew

P.S. I see Amazon sell it for half price (£12.50) - but make sure you
go for the latest version (Oct '07 - see http://preview.tinyurl.com/2ta3tq)

Don't forget the FAQ of course!

fantastic, i will get the collins one to start with i'm sure i will
learn a lot from it, but will keep asking questions here as you are
all very helpful!

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Dave wrote:
benpost wrote:
i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

I am no expert at DIY, but I find the books generalize too much, but
more importantly, they age rather fast.

Hmm. I'd say not for most basic tasks. Like decorating, minor building
works, carpentry etc. True if you're looking for information on the latest
boiler or wiring regs and so on but then I'd not expect that sort of info
from a DIY book anyway.

Far better to ask a question on uk.diy news group.

Certainly to clarify anything you don't understand. But asking the right
question is easier with a knowledge of the basics.

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benpost writes
i'm interested in buying a diy book, can anyone recommend any?

whatever

people will come up with suggestions,

but ...


There is no substitute for asking the right people the right ques
tions

and using a bit of grey matter

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geoff

George wrote:

It'll take ore than one book to learn all there is about DIY ie one book for
each and every trade,a sort of encyclopedia

Heck yes, and it could be bound in a ring binder so you can take the
pages out and refer to them as you work.

It would need a sponsor as well. How about Reader's Digest?

benpost wrote:

fantastic, i will get the collins one to start with i'm sure i will
learn a lot from it, but will keep asking questions here as you are
all very helpful!

In true blue peter tradition, here are some we wrote earlier:

http://www.diyfaq.org.uk/contents.html
http://wiki.diyfaq.org.uk/index.php?...ecial:Allpages


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