Reader's Digest DIY Manual - Essential Know How

All about your home and the tools and techniques you need to look after it 

The best-selling Reader's Digest DIY Manual is a byword amongst amateurs and professionals alike for reliable advice and clear instructions on every aspect of home and garden maintenance and improvement. Essential Know How explains how your home is put together from the foundations to the interior fittings, then guides you through the tools and techniques you will need to look after it. Completely redesigned for the iPad, this edition is practical and easy to use, with illustrations that can be enlarged, interactive step-by-step instructions and the best, up-to-the-minute advice on every aspect of home maintenance.


• Introduces the best and most useful tools and fixings and explains how to use them expertly

• Interactive, illustrated, step-by-step instructions guide you through basic techniques

• Reveals expert tips and know-how that will save you time and transform the final finish

• Comprehensive advice on how to work with wood for professional results from your carpentry 

• Reliable up-to-the minute advice on the best current practice in every discipline