Appealing to enthusiasts and beginners alike, this series offers detailed information on planning, costing and constructing for specific DIY tasks. This text is an illustrated guide to building your own outdoor structures in brick, with information on tools and equipment, plus advice from professional bricklayers. It shows how to lay basic brickwork including corners, openings and lintels, throwing a foundation, screeding and plastering, and includes information on fitting doors and basic roof structures.Price: $9.95
Wow! If you’ve got the time and inclination, there isn’t anything that cannot be automated in your home. This one-stop resource shows you step-by-step how to plan and install smart home systems using clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations. Discover projects for automating entertainment systems, home security systems, utilities and more.
The first edition of Home Improvement 1-2-3 quickly became a workbench classic. The new edition—with 340 projects, 3,500 color photographs, and more than 100 illustrations, charts, and graphs—offers up-to-the-minute solutions for homeowners tackling home repair, maintenance, and improvement. Chapters cover painting, wallpaper, plumbing, electrical system, walls and ceilings, flooring, doors, windows, cabinets, shelves, countertops, insulation, weatherproofing, exterior maintenance, heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. Clear, concise instructions accompanied by detailed how-to photographs ensure your success no matter what your skill level. Every project offers tips, shortcuts and advice on buying and using tools and materials, working safely, avoiding common mistakes, saving time and money, and developing skills. Home Improvement 1-2-3 also reviews new tools, technology, materials, and installation techniques. 
-Inventive designs that make the most of today's beautiful and challenging building sites.
Keep construction on track with helpful checklists
• Design and installation techniques, tips, and shortcuts used by professionals
A variety of walls, hedges and fences combine to form the basic framework of the garden. This practical approach to the construction of walls and fences shows in the number of ways in which they may be used on the boundary of a property; for privacy and security, and sometimes to block out an unsightly view; to delineate certain areas as independent segments; to provide a protective screen from the elements, reduce noise and increase the value of your property. Guidance is provided for initial planning, costing and materials and step-by-step projects are illustrated with photographs and diagrams. Intended for both the experienced and inexperienced DIYer, hints and tips are given on the varities of boundaries and the style of home for which they would be suitable.
Here is everything you need to successfully get a better home - whether tract, spec, or custom. This completely revised edition will show you the way. Remember it's your home! With Build It Right! you can decide what you want. Learn what your options are so you - not someone else - can make the decisions; include function in your decisions and make your 
The perfect companion to the Better Homes and Gardens New Complete Guide to Gardening.
At the beginning of the new century, there's a groundswell of popular nostalgia for period houses with an authentic pedigree. Regional styles of old homes in all parts of the country have captured the imagination of homebuyers who are disillusioned with the cookie-cutter sameness of 
Since 1973, Storey's Country Wisdom Bulletins have offered practical, hands-on instructions designed to help readers master dozens of country living skills quickly and easily. There are now more than 170 titles in this series, and their remarkable popularity reflects the common desire of country and city dwellers alike to cultivate personal independence in everyday life.
73% of homeowners building a deck do most of the work themselves. * Getting started, understanding building codes, and figuring out location * How to design, build, accessorize, repair, and maintain decks * Expert tips on how to customize plans * 75 projects * More than 600 photographs * More than 30 illustrations * More than 150 tips
Until now, homeowners have had to choose between the twin worlds of budget-friendly mediocrity and unaffordable fantasy. Responding to this gap, acclaimed architect Duo Dickinson demonstrates that a custom house doesn't depend on a fabulous price tag. House on a Budget, originally published in hardcover as The House You Build, is about a third way of building grounded in the realities of time and money, but focusing on your fondest hopes and dreams. He offers 19 real-world situations where unique and imaginative homes were built on real-life budgets. 
• Packed with practical techniques and technical know-how to help do-it-yourselfers succeed