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Home Maintenance & Repairs

Home Maintenance & Repairs

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Home maintenance & repairs can be confounding; that's why we created Hometalk. Finally there's a place where you can get honest help with repairs and maintenance from people who have dealt with all kinds of maintenance & repair problems. Hometalk's warm community of homeowners and contractors are often posting home maintenance checklist reminders. Don't make a repair or replace decision without consulting the knowledgeable Hometalk community. Feel free to share your own tips to help debunk maintenance & repairs myths.



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Power to the Lemon: 10 Amazing Household Tips

Lemons may seem pretty run-of-the-mill as far as fruit goes, but this citrus has hidden potential! Since they're highly acidic, lemons have a ton of simple and helpful applications around ...»
the house. Want to keep ants away? Or maybe you'd like to give your windows and mirrors an extra shine? Look to the lemon! Here are ten amazing uses for our yellow friend.

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BrightNest Denver, CO 8 hours ago
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    Alexandra Arena 8 hours ago
    This is an amazingly informative post! Lemons are great and smell so good! Love your graphics!
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: How to get rid of well water stains

my daughter just moved to an area that has well water, i visited her last week, and ask her why was her tub and toilet were so yellow, she told me it might be the water. she has tried ...»
comet, and bleach, that doesn't work. my grand kids don't want to get in the shower, they say it's still dirty. really need help

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Lynne Detroit, MI Yesterday
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    Brenda Scott-Montero 1 hour ago
    CLR or Rust Out works great
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Queen Size Old Door Headboard - Made on the Light Side

The old doors that we purchase are usually made from pine, oak or mahogany. This old door was originally made using pine. After removing most of the paint we seal the front before ...»
painting the remaining trim.

Our Customer was very excited when she picked it up this afternoon!

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Vintage Headboards Frisco, TX 21 hours ago
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Reclaimed Wood Ceiling- Tips & Tricks

Our big backyard project is done! We added reclaimed wood to our patio ceiling and it turned out great. Come see how a little 'old wood' transformed our outdoor space.
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Crafty Texas Girls Grapevine, TX Yesterday
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The Fan Favorites From Last Week's Make It Pretty Monday

A couple of house tours, craft tips and a tribute to out Mom's!
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The Dedicated House Cypress, TX Yesterday
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Mom,it's hot in here! Why can't our house be cool just like everyone else's? Yourhome can cool without paying huge utility bills. LakeCitywindows doors and siding has everything you need to make your home more energyefficient and cool this summer. A National Geographic Study showed thatreplacing your windows with can save you up to $465/yr on your energy bill. LakeCitycarries a ...»
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: Cracked patio

I have a patio that is cracking really bad the one crack is 1/4 in wide so filling it prob wouldn't work does anyone have any ideas how to salvage it?
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p Kirkpatrick Saint Joseph, MO 4 days ago
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    If the slabs are stable you can always do a tile over lay, or overlay with some other pavers ...»
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  • Take your light and check it out closely as some are different. 1
  • By the bulb you should see some small screws
  • Remove the screws and SLOWLY pull the pieces apart. You will then see a normal, everyday, single AA battery. Yep, that is what gets charged by the sun during the day so that it glows at night! 2
  • Change the battery out with a new one and...Let there be light! 2
  • Now, if you have a different type of light, say like this one from WalMart, with the globe on top, it gets even easier to replace the battery.
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  • One single screw. Leave the three screws by the bulb alone.
  • And there is your battery. Change it out, put the screw back in and you are done!
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DIY Fix for Spring

Got solar lights that aren't working? Luckily, I know how to fix them right up! And, I am going to share my tip with you!Cuz, well, we're friends and all and that's what friends do, right?...

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Kathe With An E (Kathe) Aurora, CO on Apr 29, 2013
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    Sometimes the little solar panel that collects the sunlight gets hazy looking. I've seen ...»
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Home Maintenance & Repairs: My cabinets are pressed wood, swollen from water, how do I repair.

I want to paint them but don't know where tostart or if it is possible to sand them smoothe enough to paint.
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Claudia Thomas Beaufort, SC 3 days ago
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    Like to know what kind of sandpaper please
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  • Try vinegar and water or for really tough stuck on grime - bleach and water 8
  • Broken slats can be repaired easily by swapping it out for a perfectly good one on the bottom.
  • Swap out slats using the same technique used to shorten blinds. Pop off the plastic buttons on the bottom of the blinds.
  • Remove the pull cords up to the broken slat. Replace the slat with one from the bottom.
  • Re-thread the pull cord through all slats, replace plastic buttons on the bottom and presto!! 1
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How to Clean Blinds - the easy way!

Getting the Spring Fever itch? Get a jump start on your spring cleaning with an easy way to clean those icky blinds. #SpringCleaning
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Ellora - Creatively South... Knoxville, TN on Feb 25, 2013
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    Any tips for cleaning real wood blinds? There has GOT to be a better way than 1 slat at a ...»
    time. I' hoping there are lots of you that are smarter than I. hav e10 windows with heavy, brown real wooden blinds and they are always dusty.

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