Calling a plumber every time you face a small leakage or a clogged sink is not the best deal for your wallet. The same holds true for when you need your walls painted or have some scuff marks to fix. While several jobs do require professional attention, like tinkering with wires and appliances, learning a few hands-on skills and home repair services in Commerce Township could save you big cash!
Here are a few skilled tasks that could help improve your skill with fixing stuff-
Get Painting
Have a few scuff marks on your walls where you dragged the furniture or maybe holes left behind when you took out some nails? Those darkened lines and holes tend to ruin the look of a room. Here is how you can begin your experience with handyman jobs by learning to fix up walls.
- Always have some spackle or wall putty around and once you see some hole left from a loosened nail, fill it with spackle or putty. For scuff marks, apply some paint primer over the spot.
- Smoothen the dried putty by sanding it with sandpaper.
- Now you can paint over the hole. You can also directly paint over primed scuff marks.
Fix leakages and unclog drains
Who hasn’t faced leaky taps or made victims of a sink that just wouldn’t drain no matter what? Here is how a little plumbing knowledge could help you with that.
- Recognize the model or the make of your taps, and see which object from the washer, o-ring, or stem is faulty.
- Now turn off your water flow by turning off the faucet ball.
- Remove the tap handle using pliers, a wrench, or a screwdriver. See if the o-ring, stem, or washer is damaged.
- Change the faulty part and put back the removed nuts and handles in the same order you removed them.
For sink drainage issues:
- First, flush the drain with vinegar, hot water, and baking soda.
- For additional cleaning, use a specialized drain plunger to clean the drain.
- Finally, open the pipe under the sink and clean it for stuck debris or any other obstruction and replace it.
Handyman jobs do require a lot of precision, skill, and patience. However, learning some of these will better your living conditions easily and make sure your budget stays in your control!
