\nYou\u2019ll sleep soundly every night knowing your home is well taken care of. If you care about maintaining the beauty and structure of your home, keep on reading! Every homeowner must be knowledgeable of these common home repairs.\n
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One of the most annoying problems any homeowner could have is wobbly furniture. So to begin this list of common home repairs, here\u2019s a simple remedy for unsteady chairs and tables. Simply take them apart (and label them, so you could put them back easily), and use a chisel to remove any excess glue or wood on the joining parts. Once the \u201cjoints\u201d of the chairs and tables are clean, re-apply some glue, and put the parts together. Hold them all with a rope until the glue dries. Easy!\n
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None of us really know the reason why, but sometimes our homes just seem to have so many leaks all at the same time! The solution to this is simple: install a water shut-off valve. Before you get started, turn off the main water supply to your house and plan where you\u2019ll place the shut-off valve. Once you\u2019ve decided, just clean the insides of the copper pipe and attach the shut-off valve. This guide has all the details you have to be wary of.\n
Ditch the expensive moisturizer because you\u2019re not aging faster than you think. All you need are some common home repairs to see yourself clearly again in the mirror! Here are 4 solutions for cleaning or concealing black spots on your mirror. My favorite is taping aluminum foil to the back of the mirror.\n
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Common home repairs often rely on a secret trick, and for this one, you\u2019ll never guess what it is. To have your drawers sliding smoothly again, all you need to do is rub a stick of old candle against the bottom of the drawer where it touches the dresser. Do the same for the dresser itself, and you\u2019ll be getting stuff in and out of your drawer without any difficulty.\n
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If you have claustrophobic tendencies, you might want to take note of this common home repair. Sometimes, doors getting stuck really scare me more than they bother me, so I followed this simple trick. Cut a piece of thin cardboard in the size of your door shims, and insert it between the actual door shim and your door hinge. Screw the parts back and voila! Problem solved.\n
Common home repairs are here to address the problem that\u2019s all bothered us at least once in our lives: mold. This guide has 3 tips for getting rid of bathroom mold. Why not begin with the simplest one? Because humidity is often the reason fungi start to grow, simply open a window after a shower to dry out the moisture in the air!\n
Too many rookie mistakes have been made in fixing a leaking toilet bowl, so here\u2019s a guide on how to get it right once and for all. The best part? This quite complicated process costs only 9 dollars.\n
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Sometimes a house reveals little quirks only after you\u2019ve lived in them for years. I was surprised to find stripped screw holes in a part of the house one afternoon, so I decided to fix the problem with a toothpick. Yes, just insert a toothpick to fill the hole and screw whatever it is you need to screw onto it. This prevents the hole from creating more cracks when taking in more screwing!\n
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Having a screen door at the house has many benefits, but can sometimes require common home repairs. If the problem is just tension, just loosen up or tighten the tension adjustment screw at the end of the closer. If you must attach an entirely new screen door closer, this tutorial also has the right way of putting the closer so you\u2019ll never have to worry about your screen door again!\n
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This common home repair sounds hard, but fixing a leaking copper pipe is pretty easy. Just cut out the part of the pipe that\u2019s leaking, and replace it with a clean one to which a SharkBite (the secret) is attached. Simple and efficient!\n
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Among these common home repairs, this one is what you must remember if you like to decorate your house. The secret is Toggle Bolts and Snaptoggle. With these materials linking your curtain rod anchor to the wall, you\u2019ll have no problem hanging any kind of curtain to suit your taste!\n
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Using the fire pit is inevitable, especially when you have regular outdoor gatherings with friends. A common problem, however, is abusing the ash pan at the bottom of the pit. The ash pan is irreplaceable, so you must procure a metal sheet to drill over your old ash pan. This little ingenious trick will cure all your fire pit woes!\n
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We\u2019re all guilty: we abuse our dishwashers. So, it\u2019s expected, they need replacing once in a while. For this common home repair, remember to shut off the water and electric supply first. Disconnecting these plugs from the old dishwasher will tell you how to put them back once you install the new one. Once you\u2019ve attached your new dishwasher, do a test run. Doing this systematically should leave no trouble!\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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