Home Repairs
Do 14 of the following:
- Know where your main electric switch is. Replace a fuse
or reset the circuit breaker in an electric entrance
switch box.
- Waterproof a basement wall.
- Repair or put in drapery or curtain rods. Hang
draperies or curtains.
- Build or fix a stair or porch handrail.
- Repair furniture.
- Repair window screen or screen door.
- Repair sagging door or gate.
- Repair a picture frame.
- Clean a clogged drain or trap.
- Repair or replace a sash cord.
- Repair a leaky water faucet or valve.
- Repair a break in a cement walk, drive, garage floor,
or in an asphalt surface.
- Repair a fence.
- Recondition a garden tool.
- Repair an electric cord, plug, or lamp socket.
- Replace a broken pane of glass.
- Mend china.
- Paint or varnish a piece of furniture, door, or part of
the trim on a house. Clean brush afterward.
- Repair a leaky hose.
- Caulk cracks or joints open to the weather.
- Put in fixtures for storing equipment or tools.
- Paint a wall or ceiling. Clean brush afterward.
- Lay floor tile or repair a worn spot.
- Solder.
- Put new cords in a Venetian blind.
- Build a workbench.
- Repair a flushing mechanism in toilet.
- Clean or replace a grass sprinkler water head.
- Install insulation in attic, wall or crawl space.