Essential DIY Techniques for First-Time Home Repair

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Simple DIY Hacks is a book packed with hints, techniques, and hacks to make your DIY projects a breeze. You'll learn how to make furniture last longer, prevent painting tools from drying out, avoid bad contractors, prevent scuff marks when removing hooks and nails, store your tools and materials efficiently, get the best paint finish, and much more.

DIY Home Repair and Improvement is a beginner-friendly reference book that will give you an essential understanding of how your house functions and provide you with the skills you need to make your house a home. You'll learn the basics of how your home is put together and gain the confidence to identify and fix issues when they arise. The book includes insider DIY hacks, expert guidance, and step-by-step instructions for completing household repairs and simple renovations.

The book also includes projects for better organization and storage, such as constructing a custom closet, installing alcove shelving, or trying wire suspension shelves. You'll also find beginner-friendly projects for sprucing up walls and ceilings, maintaining doors and windows, and upgrading kitchens and bathrooms.

For flooring, the book covers the different options, from carpet to paint, laminate, vinyl, and linoleum tiles, and teaches you how to refinish wood floors, draft-proof baseboards, and install vinyl tiles. It also covers how to renovate and breathe new life into your furniture with a fresh coat of paint, wax, or polish, and how to fix wobbly chairs, wardrobes, and bookcases.

For outdoor spaces, the book provides guidance on personalizing your yard or garden, installing a pet flap door, setting up a rain barrel, and even installing an artificial lawn.

The projects inside are presented with detailed step-by-step directions, materials and tools lists, tips, photographs, and illustrations, providing all the guidance you'll need to tackle new DIY projects with confidence.

The book also includes a handy guide to tools for measuring, cutting, fastening, drilling, smoothing, and shaping, as well as glues and solvents, and a suggestion for a basic tool kit to help you get started. Additionally, you'll learn about building materials and how to select the right ones for your projects, as well as master the beginner's skills of measuring, cutting wood, joining pieces, and drilling holes in walls.

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