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Do it yourself General Building Index
- Basement conversions explained
- Books
- Brickwork
- Brickwork Bonds
- Bricklayer's Tool Kit
- Building Regulations (England and Wales) - when do you need approval
- April 2002 changes to the regulations
- see also
- Planning Permissions (England and Wales) - what you need permission for
- Planning Permissions (England and Wales) - producing your own drawings
- Cement, concrete etc
- Central heating - see plumbing
- Chasing cables and pipes into walls
- Cladding - external timber and uPVC plank cladding explained
- Concrete:
Calculators
for concrete volumes - squares, rectangles, circles and triangles. Metric
or Imperial - Calculators
for working out the quantities of cement, sand, gravel or all-in ballast required for a volume. Metric
or Imperial
- Mixing concrete - a 'how to guide' for mixing concrete by hand, with a mixer or using ready mix
- Planning concrete - the thickness, slope etc for different uses of concrete (paths, patios, driveways etc)
- Condensation - the causes of condensation
- Condensation - how to overcome condensation
- Cornice and Coving:
- Cornice and coving - the different materials and adhesives
- Cornice and coving - cutting the mitres for internal and external corners
- Preparing for putting up cornice/coving
- Putting up cornice/coving
- How to avoid cowboy builders and tradesmen
- Dry rot - how to identify and treat dry rot in timber
- UPVC fascias, soffits and bargeboards
- Fixings for different types of walls - how to make strong fixings to brick, block, stud, plasterboard, lathe and plaster, and dry lined walls
- Fixings for hollow wall and surfaces
- Fixings for solid walls
- Flat roofs
- Laying a felt roof (three layer, cold adhesive)
- Repairing Felt Roofs
- Floods - precautions for around the home
- Flooring
- Floor soundproofing
- Self-leveling floor compound for concrete/solid floors
- Vinyl flooring
- Gas installations etc.
- Glass
- Glossaries - terms and terminology explained:
- Glues - all sorts explained
- Maintaining rain water Guttering
- Guttering for rain water
- Hammers - various types and their uses
- Handsaws - various types and their uses
- Hot air heat guns - for stripping paint and more
- Imperial/metric conversions factors or quick look up tables
- Conversion Calculator
- Insulation:
- Loft Insulation - the materials and how to install them
- Insulating water tanks and pipes
- Insulating internal walls with boards
- Insulating pitched roof spaces
- Interior wooden doors
- Kitchens
- Kitchen Design
- Kitchen units - what's available in units and accessories
- Ladders - types and choices
- Loft Insulation - the materials and how to install them
- Man made, wood based boards
- Mould - what causes mould and how to overcome it
- Nails - all the different types
- Partitions - Plan before you build will save a lot of effort
- Partition (sound proof) - building a partition to reduce noise
- Plaster ceilings - the different types explained
- Plaster repairs:
- Lath and plaster wall repairs - step by step guide to repairing holes in lath and plaster walls
- Plaster wall repairs (large) - step by step guide to repairing large areas in plastered walls
- Plaster wall repairs (small) - step by step guide to repairing cracks in plastered walls and external plaster corners
- Repairing large holes in stud walls or ceilings - step by step guide to repairing large holes in plasterboard stud partition walls and ceilings
- Repairing small holes in stud walls - step by step guide to repairing small holes in plasterboard stud partition walls
- Plaster walls - lath & plaster, straight plaster, stud walling and dry lining construction explained.
- Plasterboard:
- Types of plasterboard explained
- Cutting and fixing plasterboard - cutting straight line and cutouts, fixing with nails and screws
- Filling plasterboard joints - finishing the joints with tape and filler
- Finishing plasterboard corners with metal plasterboard corner strips
- Roofing:
- Glossary of roofing terms
- Pitched roofs - cut and truss roofs explained
- Felting and battening - a step by step guide to putting on the felt and battens for a slate or tile roof
- Repairing plain tile roofs - a guide to the practical aspects of repairing plain tile roofs
- Repairing slate roofs - a guide to the practical aspects of repairing slate roofs
- Replacing ridge tiles - a guide to replacing loose and dislodged ridge tiles on the roof
- Using interlocking tiles - a guide to the practical aspects of roofing with interlocking tiles with side overlaps
- Using ridge tiles - a guide to the practical aspects of fixing ridge tiles to slate and tile roofs
- Using plain roofing tiles - a guide to the practical aspects of roofing using plain tiles
- Using slates - a guide to the practical aspects of roofing with slates
- Using Corrugated Roof Sheeting
- Laying a felt roof (three layer, cold adhesive)
- Repairing Felt Roofs
- Self-leveling floor compound for concrete/solid floors
- Stud Partition
- The basic framework
- Cladding with plasterboard
- Finishing off
- Tips on drylining - from the diydata forum
- Pests in and out the house and their control
- Planning Permissions (England and Wales) - what you need permission for
- Planning Permissions (England and Wales) - producing your own drawings
- see also
- Building Regulations (England and Wales) - when do you need approval
- Router cutters - different types, material and uses
- Routers - the various features, what to look for, how to maintain
- Safety for the do it yourself person
- Sandpaper & glasspaper - types and their uses
- Sealants - types explained
- Smoke alarms - different types and their features
- Sound Proofing
- Background to soundproofing your property - why and how to soundproof
- Floor soundproofing
- Noises from your neighbour and how to soundproof party walls
- Partition (sound proof) - building a partition to reduce noise
- Suspended Ceiling to improve sound proofing
- Suspended Ceiling to improve sound proofing (alternative method)
- Spanners and wrenches
- Stucco/Rendering mixes
- Stucco - uses and application
- Suspended Ceiling to improve sound proofing
- Vinyl flooring
- Wall Fixings for hollow walls and surfaces
- Wall Fixings for solid walls
- wetNfix - repairs for wall plugs
- Wet timber rot - how to identify and treat wet rot in timber
- Windows (single glazed)
- Wood screws - the basics
- Wood screw clearance and pilot hole sizes
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