On this section, you will find information about topics that may not necessarily be about home improvement, but about other home-related issues, upgrades, maintenance and repairs!
New toilet tank bolt, washer, and gasket
Fixing a toilet is perhaps the last thing a homeowner wants to deal with. It is one of the reasons why renters enjoy being renters and the most common argument against land lording you read about on the Internet. I agree with both of them.
Unfortunately, though, I had to deal with one leaky toilet tank a few days ago. It was not the first time I had to deal with one either, it is part of being a homeowner.
Learn how to set up your own blog in one blog post
For as long as I’ve had an Internet connection (I can’t believe it has been for almost two decades now), I’ve enjoyed reading online content, participating in different forums, and for the last few years, following and reading a few blogs.
Blogging has become a great avenue for regular people like you and me to learn and share ideas. As you may know by now, there are blogs about pretty much any topic you can think of: Home Improvement (like this one), Personal Finance, Self-Improvement, Health & Fitness, Travel, Food, and many, many more.
Use photographs to remember how to put things back together
When working on home improvement projects or repairs, at some point, inevitably, we will have to disconnect, disassemble, move around and replace stuff before we can complete, or in some cases, even start our work.
More than once, I have been ‘scared’ to move forward with a project, thinking that if I disconnect, disassemble or otherwise mess with whatever it is that is getting on the way, I will then not be able to put it back together later on after the job is completed.
Some of the hand tools I use to complete my projects
If you’ve been following our blog, perhaps you may be thinking that to complete all the projects we’ve presented until now, we must have spent a fortune on tools, and that for you to be able to do the same, you need to spend a fortune as well.
How are you saving money if what you would have paid for labor you need to spend it on a bunch of tools? Some of my friends have asked.
Well, yes, you need some tools, but no, you don’t have to spend a fortune. They are not as expensive as you may think, even more, when you consider that you only have to buy them once, but you can use them forever (or until they break and cannot be fixed). And, at least, the most expensive ones, can be found used if you plan your projects in advance.
DIY Home Theater Setup
This is one of those projects you don’t even think too much about, I was looking for some kind of shelf to set my Receiver & DVD player. I came across at many different floating shelves online, but, they were either too small or way too expensive. On top of it, I wasn’t sure they were sturdy enough to support the receiver without settling or even worse, falling down at some point.
As a result, I decided to build my own floating shelf and complete a DIY home theater installation.
My GE dryer, the star of this post, and her sibling
My dryer was about two years old when it decided to stop running. I remember putting some clothes in it, closing the door, pressing the start button and going away.
A few minutes, or perhaps hours later, I went back to check up on it just to realize that it was still on. The timer was still showing some crazy number like 50 minutes, the dryer was not running or making any noises, and the clothes were still wet.
Well, perhaps I forgot to press the start button, I remember thinking, so I went ahead and pressed it. It started running, nice! And then it stopped as soon as I released it. So, I pressed it again hoping that this time, it was going to work, but no, it stopped again.
Sounds familiar? You are not alone! It apparently is a very common issue with newer, electronic, dryers.