HOW TO REPAIR ONE’S OWN HOUSE

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22757, 1 October 1948, Page 3

HOW TO REPAIR ONE’S OWN HOUSE

NEW PUBLICATIONS

While wailing, sometimes in vain, for a tradesman to do some small odd job around ihe house, people have often wished that they were capable of doing it themselves. Well, now, that is just what M. Stuart had in mind when he wrote “Mouse Repairs,” one of the “t'each Yourself Building” scries. While dealing more with the English style of housing, the repairs and renovations detailed, both for inside and outside tire house, ould quite easily be adapted to cur type of construction in Mew Zca’ar Many cur.:,! but important maintenance jobs could be successfully tackled with the knowledge gained from the pages of this book. The basic principle of house construction and the correct use and handling of building tools arc all covered. It is well illustrated and written in a manner that the average handyman will easily understand. z “House Repairs” should prove a valuable addition to any book shelf, not only from the money saved in arrying out house repairs but in the satisfaction of knowing how to do them. (Published by English Universities Press, Limited).