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Good Idea Leaflets/Build Your Skills Leaflets

Wickes have a number of FREE leaflets to help you complete specific DIY tasks

Our Good Idea leaflets (GIL) have been designed to inform and advise on a wide range of important home improvement projects.

Our Build Your Skills leaflets (BYSL) cover some of the simpler projects around the home.

Click a subject below to reveal the leaflet’s main contents, and for instructions on how to download and print a copy (or to read the information on-screen):

Please select 1 Kitchens 2 Glass Blocks 5 Interior French Doors 7 Partition Walls 8 Water Softeners 9 Wickes Cladding 12 Cement Additives 13 Calculating Building Material Quantities 14 Paving & Walling 15 Timber Decking 16 Timber Fencing 17 Woodcare 20 Plastering 21 Coving 22 Lead Sheet 27 Garage Doors 29 Timber Based Sheeting 30 Stairparts 32 Home Insulation 33 Natural Stone Flooring 36 Timber Doors 37 Ceramic Wall & Floor Tiles 41 Home Security 43 Digital TV Reception 44 Corrugated Roofing & Cladding 45 Electric Showers 46 Shower Booster Pumps 48 Basic Plumbing Skills 49 Central Heating Radiators 52 Polycarbonate 53 Laminate Flooring 54 Aquapanel 60 Guttering & Downpipes 64 Flat Roofing, Underslating & Shingles 65 Easy Seal Roofing 73 Above Ground Waste Products 74 Underground Drainage 80 Undertile Warming 81 Plinth Heaters 89 Lighting for the home & garden 90 Partition Walls 91 Garden Ponds 93 Ventilation Ducting 99 Weatherproofing 101 Macerators 104 PVCu Profiles and Boards 120 Painting & Decorating 121 Bedrooms 122 Bathrooms 201 Painting Basics 202 Paperghanging Basics 203 Fixings 204 Mouldings 205 Sealants 206 Electricity Basics 208 Wall & Ceiling Repairs 209 Power Tools 210 Adhesives 220 Gardening Basics 909 Wiring Colours 910 Electrical Safety 914 Dealing With Natural Disasters - Flooding 915 Dealing With Natural Disasters - Storms

Wickes Good Idea leaflets and Build Your Skills leaflets can also be found in our stores. They should be used as guide information only - if you require specific project information, please consult with a member of our store team or another qualified professional.

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