This is a practical guide to repairing and maintaining the outside structure of your home. You can advice on tackling a variety of jobs outside your home, shown in over 215 photographs and diagrams. It helps you how to maintain and repair leaking or blocked guttering, drains and roofs. It outlines all the necessary tools and materials you will need, including nails and screws, adhesives, mortar and concrete. It describes how to check that your fences and walls, whether wood or brick, are kept in good condition. It provides information on access equipment, and ladder and electrical safety measures. It shows the efficient way to make repairs to hard surfaces such as concrete paths, drives and patios. Because your home is an investment, it is worth preventing deterioration by ensuring that is protected and maintained against adverse weather conditions. With the help of this handbook, you will learn basic skills, using the right materials and tools, to carry out repair jobs on the outside of your house. All the techniques are shown in clear step-by-step photographs.

About the Author
David Holloway is a well established do-it-yourself expert. He has contributed to home improvement magazines, as well as writing books and making radio broadcasts.


Book Information
ISBN 9780754817925
Author David Holloway
Format Hardback
Page Count 64
Imprint Lorenz Books
Publisher Anness Publishing
Weight(grams) 236g
Dimensions(mm) 208mm * 141mm * 11mm