Category: DIY in General

Back to Basics 4E A Complete Guide to Traditional Skills

By: Abigail R. Gehring

Price: $47.95

Publisher: USA, Skyhorse Publishing : 2014

Seller ID: 001828

ISBN-13: 9781629143699

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

The classic guide to self-sufficiency, with more than 200,000 copies sold-now fully updated! Anyone who wants to learn basic living skills-the kind employed by our forefathers-and adapt them for a better life in the twenty-first century need look no further than this eminently useful, full-color guide. Countless readers have turned to Back to Basics for inspiration and instruction, escaping to an era before power saws and fast-food restaurants and rediscovering the pleasures and challenges of a healthier, greener, and more self-sufficient lifestyle. Now newly updated, the hundreds of projects,...
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The Country Living Handbook: A Back-to-Basics Guide to Living off the Land

By: Abigail R. Gehring

Price: $24.95

Publisher: USA, Skyhorse Publishing : 2014

Seller ID: 001772

ISBN-13: 9781628736144

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Packed with step-by-step instructions, useful tips, time-honored wisdom, and both illustrations and photographs, this compact guide has everything you need to dive into a more self-sufficient life. From canning and preserving to keeping chickens, fermenting vegetables to soap-making, Gehring covers all the basics in this easy-to-read, approachable collection. Topics covered include: Generating your own energy Herbal medicine Cheese-making Maple sugaring Farm mechanics Building a smokehouse Dyeing wool Composting Disaster Preparedness And more! Whether you own one hundred acres or rent a studio...
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2 Book Set: The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition + The Roof Building Manual 5th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$59.90~~ $47.95

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014

Seller ID: A1036

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition: This book is ideal for anyone either seeking to know how to build decks or pergolas or designing and needing ideas. This book contains industry prepared tables for the designer to establish sectional sizes of all the timbers from bearers to handrails and stairs. The author has only included methods that have been tried and proven from longevity to safety. AND The Roof Building Manual 5th Edition: This manual is for pitching the conventional cut-on-site roof. This step by step guide is full of easy to follow instructions. An i...
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2 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition + How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: $76.90

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014

Seller ID: A1034

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

2 book set. The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition: The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style. The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text. The latest edition that is ideal for everyone involved in house building. Updates include new NCC updates, new stair stringer and stair tread tabl...
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3 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition + How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition + The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$106.85~~ $85.95

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014

Seller ID: A1039

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

3 book set. The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition: The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style. The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text. The latest edition that is ideal for everyone involved in house building. Updates include new NCC updates, new stair stringer and stair tread tabl...
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3 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition + How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition + The Australian Renovator's Manual 7th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$109.85~~ $90.90

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014 & 2015

Seller ID: A1035

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

3 book set. The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition: The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style. The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text. The latest edition that is ideal for everyone involved in house building. Updates include new NCC updates, new stair stringer and stair tread tabl...
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3 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition + The Roof Building Manual 5th Edition + The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$99.85~~ $78.95

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014

Seller ID: A1083

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

3 book set. The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition, ISBN 9781875217076: The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style. The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text. The latest edition that is ideal for everyone involved in house building. Updates include new NCC updates, new stair stringe...
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5 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition + How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition + The Australian Renovator's Manual 7th Edition + The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition + The Roof Building Manual 5th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$169.75~~ $138.85

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014 & 2015

Seller ID: A1037

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

5 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition: The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style. The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text. The latest edition that is ideal for everyone involved in house building. Updates include new NCC updates, new stair stringer and stair tread tabl...
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6 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition + How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition + The Australian Renovator's Manual 7th Edition + The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition + The Roof Building Manual 5th Edition + A Very Practical Guide To Interior Decorating 3rd Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$199.70~~ $165.80

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014 & 2015

Seller ID: A1038

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

6 Book Set: The Australian House Building Manual 8th Edition: The House Building Manual is an entirely Australian manual and is thoroughly researched in co-operation with the Australian timber, brick and concrete associations. It is written in Allan Staines usual easy to comprehend style. The manual provides current trade practices and hints that help bridge the gap between theory and practice. For these reasons it is an essential class room text. The latest edition that is ideal for everyone involved in house building. Updates include new NCC updates, new stair stringer and stair tread tabl...
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How to be a Successful Owner Builder and Renovator 9th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: $36.95

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014

Seller ID: 001044

ISBN-13: 9781875217311

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

This all Australian title has large scale drawings to make it easy to understand how the various stages and components fit together. The Owner Builder is shown how to plan the house to suit the chosen allotment and the most economical methods of owner building. You will learn how to identify and correct faulty building practices, the correct trade terms to use and how to order building products. The renovation section of this book is almost entirely devoted to room extensions. For general home renovations see The Australian Renovator's Manual.
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The Australian Decks and Pergolas Construction Manual 7th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: ~~$29.95~~ $21.00

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2014

Seller ID: 9781875217052

ISBN-13: 9781875217052

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

This book is ideal for anyone either seeking to know how to build decks or pergolas or designing and needing ideas. This book contains industry prepared tables for the designer to establish sectional sizes of all the timbers from bearers to handrails and stairs. The author has only included methods that have been tried and proven from longevity to safety.
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The Australian Renovator's Manual 7th Edition

By: Allan Staines

Price: $32.95

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2015

Seller ID: 003698

ISBN-13: 9781875217083

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

The Updated 7th Edition - covers most of the popular renovations and alterations around the home with trade methods and hints described. The all Australian practical guide for renovations and alterations in line with the Building Code of Australia. This book is specifically designed to deal with problems confronted when renovating or altering an existing dwelling. It also shows step-by-step how to accomplish popular renovation projects. * It solves problems such as rising damp, floor and wall cracking, rot in members, small kitchens and bathrooms, leaking shower recesses, and termites....
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The Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Building: From Arbors to Walkways: 150 DIY Projects

By: Black & Decker Home Improvement Library

Price: $34.95

Publisher: USA, Creative Publishing International : 2013

Seller ID: 000219

ISBN-13: 9781589237759

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Over 150 projects and hundreds of instructional photographs combine with informative tips, tricks, and inspiration in the most comprehensive patio and walkway book on the market.With "The Complete Photo Guide to Outdoor Building," adding beautiful, functional patios and walkways to your yard has never been easier. From low-cost footpaths with high curb appeal to expansive, estate-quality decorative concrete patios, this book presents each project with foolproof step-by-step instructions and gorgeous full-color photographs. You'll be pointed toward the most current materials, tools, common prac...
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Those Dry-stone Walls: Stories from South Australia's Stone Age

By: Bruce Munday with photographs by Kristin Munday

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Australia, Wakefield Press : 2012

Seller ID: 002266

ISBN-13: 9781743051252

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Beautiful stone was nature's gift to South Australia, and an irresistible building material for early settlers. Many stone walls, without mortar or with no more than mud as glue, have defied gravity and the elements all these years. Or did gravity combine with deft balance to sustain them? Join Bruce and Kristin Munday as they traverse South Australia in search of these walls, finding historic masterpieces and insights into rural life in the years following settlement. Those Dry-stone Walls is rich with beautiful imagery of these walls, the stories behind them, and advice to inspire you to fol...
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A Very Practical Guide To Interior Decorating 3rd Edition

By: Carol Staines

Price: $29.95

Publisher: Australia, Pinedale Press : 2015

Seller ID: 003699

ISBN-13: 9781875217199

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

A Very Practical Guide To Interior Decorating 3rd Edition. Explains all about colour, gives professional inside Information on Design and teaches you no-fail principles for success. Practical hands on advice to save you money, an all Australian manual. This book is suitable for both the DIY trying to achieve that professional decor look or is perfect for making the more difficult concepts of colour and space easier to comprehend in interior decorator classroom situations. The teacher, student and graduate will find themselves constantly referring to this manual as a glove-box companion. ...
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Self-Sufficiency 2E A Complete Guide to Baking, Carpentry, Crafts, Organic Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More!

By: Edited by Abigail R. Gehring

Price: $42.95

Publisher: USA, Skyhorse Publishing : 2015

Seller ID: 002631

ISBN-13: 9781632202802

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

A Complete Guide to Baking, Carpentry, Crafts, Organic Gardening, Preserving Your Harvest, Raising Animals, and More! The inspiring guide to back to basics living, now fully updated! Now, more than ever, people across the country are turning toward simpler, greener, and quieter ways of living-whether they're urbanites or country folk. Following in the footsteps of Back to Basics and Homesteading, this large, fully-illustrated book provides the entire family with the information they need to make the shift toward self-sufficient living. Self-Sufficiency provides tips, advice, and detailed in...
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Framing Floors, Walls & Ceilings: Completely Revised and Updated

By: Edited by Fine Homebuilding

Price: $34.95

Publisher: USA, Taunton Press : 2015

Seller ID: 002898

ISBN-13: 9781631860058

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

This title provides the best field-tested information on framing efficiently and safely the first time. It covers the basics of framing, as well as more advanced techniques on curved walls and cathedral ceilings. It includes up-to-date information on the latest tools and material. Framing Floors, Walls, and Ceilings from the editors of Fine Homebuilding provides the best field-tested information on framing efficiently, safely and the right way the first time. No source of knowledge on framing is better respected or more widely followed than that provided by the authors of Fine Homebuilding mag...
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The Beginner Renovator: A Guide to the Repair and Alteration of Houses in Australia

By: Edward Mundie

Price: $26.95

Publisher: Australia, Hyland House : 1987

Seller ID: A1241

ISBN-13: 9780947062118

Binding: Softcover

Condition: New

Thinking of Renovating? Could we really do it ourselves? Is there a place where we can find out about the tools we'll need and how to use them? Something that tells us what to do and where we might go wrong? There must be tricks in buying - places to go for things and ways to save? Could we get some sort of a guide to costs for the various building items? Suppose we want to buy a house to do up, wouldn't we need a good long list of the good things and the bad things to look out for? And wouldn't it be a help to know the cost and what work has to be done in all the fixing up? And if in ...
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Building Your Own Home, Revised Edition: A comprehensive guide for owner-builders

By: George Wilkie

Price: $44.95

Publisher: Australia, New Holland : 2011

Seller ID: 9781742572161

ISBN-13: 9781742572161

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Home builders can contribute in many ways to reduce the use of products and processes that convert solid and liquid carbon containing materials into gaseous carbon. Everyone is now aware of the advantages of correctly oriented, well insulated houses with sensible ventilation and comfort systems. In this revised edition of the best selling complete guide to building your own home, George Wilkie updates and adds a new section on energy and environmental efficiency. An increasing key factor in building homes now is the environmental efficiency of the building function and its materials. The...
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Getting the Details Right: Restoring Australian Houses 1890s - 1920s

By: Ian Evans

Price: $39.95

Publisher: Australia, Flannel Flower Press : 2010

Seller ID: 9781875253036

ISBN-13: 9781875253036

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: New

Working drawings with dimensions for constructing fences, gates, doors, windows, chimneys, verandahs & garages for houses of the late 19th & early 20th centuries. This book is the result of countless hours of fieldwork a tape measure and notebook, painstakingly measuring, recording and drawing some of the most important details of old Australian houses. The designs which it contains provide all of the dimensions and construction details necessary for restoration work on a variety of Australian housing styles in the period from the late 1890s through to the late 1920s and beyond. There are ch...
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Category: DIY in General