Do It Yourself Home Improvement: Step by Step Guide to Home Improvement by Peter Parham, Julian Cassell

From Barnes & Noble

Crammed with information and sporting more than 3,500 images, this massive DK hardcover is designed to be a complete one-volume resource for all home improvement. Its detailed step-by-step visual instructions and exploded artworks shepherd home improvers through jobs ranging from quick-fix repairs and maintenance to full-scale major construction projects. If you buy only one home repair book, let this be the one.

From the Publisher

Covering everything you need to know for any home task. From quick-fix repair jobs to major construction, this is the ultimate visual guide to every aspect of home improvement. Including hundreds of expert techniques to repair, maintain, or transform your home. Unique, step-by-step, photographic approach shows you each stage of every task. Over 3,500 images clearly explain how things are put together and what goes where. This DIY features comprehensive coverage of all the tools and materials needed for every job. Get the know-how with the DK DIY show-how!

Library Journal

From roofing to flooring and everything in between, this lovely book by professional decorators Cassell and Parham (coauthors, Decorating Hints and Tips) teaches readers how to improve, repair, and renovate their homes. How does it compare with the granddaddy of all homeowner D.I.Y. books, last year's Reader's Digest Complete Do-It-Yourself Manual? The coverage is remarkably similar, but the focus is different. Whereas Cassell and Parham emphasize understanding how home systems work, the Reader's Digest title concentrates on repairing and troubleshooting. If you can pick only one, go with the Reader's Digest manual, but Home Improvement is recommended for larger public libraries for its breadth, layout, and proliferation of pictures (3500-plus). Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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