Bøker av Brian Skinner

Your home is one of the greatest investments that you have, if it doesn't top the list of the most valuable things in your life. Improving your home not only helps make your home more valuable when you eventually sell it, but also makes your home more livable, making life easier, more comfortable, and more pleasing for you whenever you are indoors. As a homeowner desiring to improve your living conditions, you may be faced with the tough decision whether to tear down your existing house and build a new one, or to just add on or remodel your existing home to better accommodate your family's lifestyle. Here are just a few of the things you'll discover inside:Complete guide for wiring, plumbing, roofing, siding, heating, gardening and more.Discover budget-friendly alternatives for high-end materials.Insider tips and tricks to achieve professional-quality results on a budget.Say goodbye to endless maintenance bills and learn how to effectively maintain your home.Money-saving techniques for painting and refreshing your walls.And much more...It also presents valuable Information about the numerous benefits of DIY, from the satisfaction of completing projects yourself and saving money, to the potential for increasing the value of your home. With Do It Yourself Home Improvement guide, you'll have the confidence you need to make your home a place that you can be proud of.

Small-scale Water Supply provides non-specialists with an overview of the technologies available for water supply in low-income communities in rural areas of developing countries. Focusing chiefly on point supplies such as wells, boreholes, springs and rainwater catchment systems, the book also introduces the reader to powered pumps, water treatment and piped distribution systems. Chapters cover design capacity, sources of water, raising water, storage and water treatment. The book contains useful illustrations of each of the technologies and outline guidance on making appropriate choices between technologies. The subject of water supply is vast and this handy book shows the reader where to begin in designing water supply systems. Extensive appendices point the reader to sources of further information for each technology, both in printed form and from Internet web pages. Published in collaboration with WELL (Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough).''It is authoritative and detailed, but concise and very readable, offering clearguidance to lay and specialist readers alike.''Sandy Cairncross, Professor of Environmental Health, London School of Hygieneand Tropical Medicine