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Quick Fixes for Busy Homeowners

Home Handyman Tips and Tricks

Below are a few home handyman tricks and tips which will help you to repair plugged sinks, rattling windows, nail holes, etc. A great many kitchen sink clogs are as simple as grease which has blocked the sink. To remedy this, simply heat a pan of water until it is boiling and then pour it down your sink. Carry on doing this until the grease has eventually broken down and melted. When your sink is clear, use a couple of good squirts of dish liquid in the drain, followed on by more hot water from the tap. The soap will clean the rest of the grease out, and the hot water will flush the system out.

Rattling windows can be easily fixed by gluing a few corn pads for feet on to the frames of your windows.

Nail holes in walls can be fixed by using some white glue mixed with baking soda. This will take paint a lot better than normal toothpaste.

If you need to turn off the electricity in a certain room and you are unsure which breaker to us? Switch on a radio and turn the volume up loud so you can hear it where the breaker box is, then start to flip the breakers. When the radio goes off, then you know you have the right one.

When you need to know if the paint on your walls is either latex or oil-based. You can try a product called Goo Off, found in most hardware and automotive stores. When the paint gets gummy, then it is latex; however, when it just looks cleaner, it is oil-based paint. You can use latex paint over oil-based paint, but not the other way around.

We at Home MD Handyman Services hope you enjoyed our home handyman blog. For information about our services, please call us at (253) 330-3841 today. We serve Tacoma, WA and the surrounding areas.

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