HOW TO BE A SUCCESSFUL OWNER BUILDER & RENOVATOR

Product Description – COST $37.00 + Postage

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. This manual will provide you with confidence to build a typical Australian home in weatherboard, brick veneer, cavity brick or concrete block.

THE AUSTRALIAN HOUSE BUILDING MANUAL

Product Description - COST $39.50 + Postage

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.

It has over 660 clear and technically accurate drawings covering each stage of construction. The text and drawings correlate well. The manual covers the foundations and carpentry aspect in detail as well as brick veneer, cavity brick and concrete block systems and weatherboard. 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 ROOF BUILDING MANUAL Product Description – COST $29.00 + Postage This manual is for pitching the conventional cut-on-site roof. This step by step guide is full of easy to follow instructions and is an indispensible aid for teaching apprentices, plus quick and easy to use tables and bevels for all roof pitches from 5 degrees to 75 degrees. Bevels drawn on the page are ready to transfer directly to the bevel tool. A builder’s dream. For manufactured truss roof installation use the House Building Manual.

THE AUSTRALIAN RENOVATOR’S MANUAL

Product Description – COST $27.50 + Postage

This manual 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.

Solve problems such as rising damp, leaking shower recesses and floor and wall cracking

This manual covers all the common renovating tasks:

How to build attic rooms Installing skylights, guttering, shelving Replacing existing floor joists, flooring Fixing sagging roof rafters Installing french doors Building carports, enclosing patios and verandahs Installing sliding patio doors, enlarging window Applying Gyprock, restumping, cooling a hot house

Wall and floor tiling Painting Gives the correct adhesives, sealants and fillers to use

THE AUSTRALIAN DECKS & PERGOLAS CONSTRUCTION MANUAL Product Description - COST $24.95 + Postage 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.

A VERY PRACTICAL GUIDE TO INTERIOR DECORATING

Product Description – $29.95 + Postage

This book is suitable for both the DIY trying to achieve that professional decor look. It will show you how to avoid costly mistakes by understanding the key principles of decorating and their relevant application. Chapters cover: How to discover your own decorating style, the principles of design, colour, tonal values, using neutrals, colour combinations to achieve a specific image or atmosphere. How to use pattern and texture, furniture and its placement, using decorator materials and hands on decorating. An easy to follow, well illustrated manual.

Special Offer 1: Any 4 books for $120 plus postage Special Offer 2: All six books, one of each title for $160 plus postage For Order Form – email: info@guardrite.com.au or phone: 07 5597 5527