Practical Enquire Within - A Practical Work that will Save Householders and Houseowners Pounds and Pounds Every Year - Volume I
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Practical Enquire Within - A Practical Work that will Save Householders and Houseowners Pounds and Pounds Every Year - Volume I

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Practical Enquire Within - A Practical Work that will Save Householders and Houseowners Pounds and Pounds Every Year - Volume I

About this book

This collection of articles contain step-by-step guides to a wide variety of practical household tasks. The guides range from dry cleaning to making sheds, and will be of considerable utility to modern readers looking to save money and learn practical skills. "Practical Enquire Within" would make for a fantastic addition to any collection and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage literature of this ilk. Contents include: "Sash Window Faults and Remedies", "Fitting Mortise, Rim and Drawer Locks", "Some Novel Uses for a Wireless Set", "Time, Labour and Money-Saving Ideas", "How to Erect Wall Boards", "Making a Wooden Coal Bunker", and much much more. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with its original artwork and text.

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Publisher
White Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781473341067
Print ISBN
9781473331099

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. DIY
  4. Woodworking
  5. Contents
  6. Introduction
  7. Shelves for all Purposes
  8. Repairing Cracks in Plaster
  9. Practical Methods of Distemperino
  10. Notes on Hard Soldering
  11. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  12. How to Lay Linoleum
  13. Dealing With a Leaking Ball Cock
  14. Easy Methods of Rue Making
  15. Uses of Corrugated Iron
  16. How to Enamel a Bath
  17. Simple Woodwork Joints
  18. Practical Methods of French Polishing
  19. Repairing China and Pottery
  20. Care of the Home Billiards Table
  21. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  22. Dealing with Floors
  23. Wiring a House additional Loud Speakers
  24. A Compact Shoe-rack
  25. Right and Wrong Ways of Using Wallpaper
  26. How to Make a Needlework Cabinet Screen
  27. Replacing a Gramophone Spring
  28. Making Old Furniture Look Like New
  29. Painting a Front Door
  30. Re-heeling High-heel Shoes
  31. Practical Methods of Repairing Furniture
  32. Making a Padded Top Ottoman
  33. How to Fit a New Tap Washer
  34. Window Treatments
  35. How to Make Dowelled Joints
  36. An Improved Garden Chair
  37. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  38. Methods of Preserving Wood
  39. How to Fix Glass Shelves
  40. Making and using Mortar
  41. Building and Equipping a Small Poultry House
  42. Best Methods of Lining Cupboard Shelves
  43. How to Make a Cold Frame
  44. House Name-Plates in Wood
  45. Replacing a Broken Pane of Glass
  46. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  47. Graining
  48. Anti-Glare Shades for Electric Lamps
  49. Cleaning a Gramophone Motor
  50. Enamelling Whitewood Furniture
  51. Hiding Defects in Wallpaper
  52. Extending the House Wiring
  53. Fixing Rising Butt Hinges
  54. Bricks and Their Use in the Garden
  55. Cleaning and Repairing Clocks
  56. Methods of Gluing Broken China
  57. Cleaning Household Metalwork
  58. Stencilling for Various Purposes
  59. Varnishing Interior Woodwork
  60. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  61. Fault Tracing Chart for all Types of Wireless Receivers
  62. Wormholes in Furniture
  63. Clothes Renovations
  64. How to Make a Wagon Tea-table
  65. Re-upholstering a Dining-room Chair
  66. Plywood for Floors
  67. How to Cure Draughts under Doors
  68. The Periodical Examination of a House
  69. Simple Methods of Rejuvenating Carpets
  70. Painting Ironwork
  71. Rustic Work in the Garden
  72. Repairing and Sharpening Scissors
  73. An Attractive Expanding or Sectional Bookcase
  74. Time, Labour and Money-Saving Ideas
  75. Renovating Pictures and Picture-Frames
  76. Fitting and Repairing Roller Blinds
  77. Laying Crazy Paving
  78. Repairs to Knives, Forks and Spoons
  79. Practical Notes on Yale and Mortise Locks
  80. How to Plan the Redecoration of a House
  81. Heating Apparatus for a Glass House
  82. Repairs to Attache Cases
  83. Uses of a Small Power Transformer in the Home
  84. Painting a Kitchen
  85. Soft Soldering
  86. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  87. Repolishing Old Furniture
  88. An Electric Fire-Screen Radiator
  89. Practical Notes on the Construction of Garden Paths
  90. Making a Useful Ironing Cabinet
  91. Simple Rules for Colour Harmony
  92. Venetian Bunds
  93. Practical Uses for Old Safety Razor Blades
  94. How to Gild with Gold Leaf
  95. An Easily Made Fireguard
  96. Painting a Greenhouse
  97. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  98. Easy Methods of Wiring a Is’ House for Electric Light
  99. Do Your Doors Shut Properly?
  100. Converting a Battery-operated Bell Installation to “Mains” Working
  101. Simple First Aid for the Home
  102. How to make Loose Covers
  103. Storing Gramophone Records
  104. Practical Notes on Book Repairs
  105. How to Make a Child’s Scooter
  106. Time, Labour and Money Saving Ideas
  107. Paper Hanging
  108. Methods of Laying Concrete Crazy Paving
  109. Screw, Side and Top in Billiards
  110. How to Make a Trolley Bookcase
  111. Protectinc Water-pipes from Frost
  112. The Decoration of Ceilings
  113. Electric Christmas Tree Illumination
  114. Time, Labour and Money-Saving Ideas
  115. Raffia-work
  116. An Attractive and Ly-made Dolls’ House
  117. Fitting an Electric Burglar Alarm
  118. Five-minute Christmas Decorations
  119. How to make a Window Seat
  120. A Luggage Hold-all for a Car