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# Collins Complete DIY Manual: An essential tool for novices, DIY enthusiasts and professionals, covering decorating, electricity, plumbing and more

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Review: Good price in sale. - Seems detailed enough to manage projects. Bought as a gift. Everything in it to complete tasks.
Review: Impressive compendium - My backgrond is technical (I'm an engineer) but I have a limited amount of DIY experience. Faced with the prospect of maintaining a house, I wanted to learn more about DIY. I was a little hesitant about buying a DIY book as I thought I'd just find everything I need online. True, there are many good discussion boards on DIY topics. However, I find that a comprehensive manual is an excellent starting point. Unless you know exactly what you're looking for, searching the web is difficult. And if you don't know very much about the subject, it's hard to assess the quality of online advice. So I went ahead and bought the Collins guide. When it arrived, I was surprised at the heft of the book. It's larger and heavier than I expected. Printing quality is very good and it's printed in colour throughout. It's filled with a mixture of drawn illustrations and photographs, and both are of excellent quality. The book is clearly laid out and structured, with plenty of subheadings helpfully printed on page margins. It's very easy to find what you are looking for. The instructions are generally very easy to follow. Compared to, say, a Haynes car service manual, the high quality printing makes it easy to tell exactly what you are looking at. That said, I would probably not use this as my only source of information. An all-in-one guide is great as a good starting point. However, I tend to cross-check any advise against other sources. This is how I like to use the book: find out the basics about a topic; then, as you know the basics and the vocabulary, go online to confirm the advise and find other opinions. Used like this, it's a fantastic starting point for any DIY project, both as a complete guide for novices and as a reference work for experienced DIYers.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 3,725 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 1 in Home Improvement Plumbing 2 in Home Improvement Guides 5 in Home Improvement Extensions & Renovation |
| Customer reviews | 4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars (2,498) |
| Dimensions  | 4.29 x 22.86 x 29.21 cm |
| Edition  | New edition |
| ISBN-10  | 0007425953 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0007425952 |
| Item weight  | 2.53 kg |
| Language  | English |
| Print length  | 552 pages |
| Publication date  | 31 Mar. 2011 |
| Publisher  | Collins |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good price in sale.
*by A***L on 6 November 2025*

Seems detailed enough to manage projects. Bought as a gift. Everything in it to complete tasks.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Impressive compendium
*by M***J on 10 August 2013*

My backgrond is technical (I'm an engineer) but I have a limited amount of DIY experience. Faced with the prospect of maintaining a house, I wanted to learn more about DIY. I was a little hesitant about buying a DIY book as I thought I'd just find everything I need online. True, there are many good discussion boards on DIY topics. However, I find that a comprehensive manual is an excellent starting point. Unless you know exactly what you're looking for, searching the web is difficult. And if you don't know very much about the subject, it's hard to assess the quality of online advice. So I went ahead and bought the Collins guide. When it arrived, I was surprised at the heft of the book. It's larger and heavier than I expected. Printing quality is very good and it's printed in colour throughout. It's filled with a mixture of drawn illustrations and photographs, and both are of excellent quality. The book is clearly laid out and structured, with plenty of subheadings helpfully printed on page margins. It's very easy to find what you are looking for. The instructions are generally very easy to follow. Compared to, say, a Haynes car service manual, the high quality printing makes it easy to tell exactly what you are looking at. That said, I would probably not use this as my only source of information. An all-in-one guide is great as a good starting point. However, I tend to cross-check any advise against other sources. This is how I like to use the book: find out the basics about a topic; then, as you know the basics and the vocabulary, go online to confirm the advise and find other opinions. Used like this, it's a fantastic starting point for any DIY project, both as a complete guide for novices and as a reference work for experienced DIYers.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The best UK DIY reference - but out of date
*by J***. on 28 November 2025*

Amazing DIY book, the most comprehensive I've found. However it's somewhat lacking as it sorely needs updating, especially for the latest electrical regulations (it doesn't even mention WAGOs or WAGO boxes for example anywhere). Hope they come up with a new edition soon.

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