Section 2 of 7
Repair
Four repairs that stay on the safe side of the line: no pipework past a washer, no wiring, no wall that might be holding the house up. Each one is reversible or nearly so.
Everything in repair
4 entries · effort, whether it can be undone, mess-
A chair jointClean out the old glue or it will not hold. The commonest reason a repair fails twice.
- effortan evening
- undonefully
- messlow
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A sticking doorUsually the hinge, occasionally the frame, rarely the door.
- effortan hour
- undonewith filler
- messlow
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A dripping tapA washer and a spanner. The water goes off first.
- efforttwenty minutes
- undonefully
- messlow
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Filling a hole properlyProud, then sanded back — filler shrinks.
- effortan hour
- undonefully
- messlow