When you own your home, there are a number of little jobs that will inevitably fall to you. Things like hanging pictures, painting walls, or fixing minor leaks might seem like too small a job to hire a professional for. If you have some basic home repair skills, then you can save yourself time and money as small problems pop up in your home.
Fix a Leaky Faucet
Fixing a leaky faucet is much easier than figuring out how to find a slab leak or repairing a leaky pipe. Often times, the reason a faucet is leaking is because of rusted or dysfunctional washer inside of it. To fix this issue, all you have to is disassemble your faucet to find the faulty part. Before you start, be sure to turn off the water supply to the sink and put a rag over the drain so you don’t lose any parts. As you pull parts off, line them up in the order you find them so you can easily put the faucet back together. When you find the piece that’s giving you trouble, bring that to the hardware store and find an equal replacement.
Find Studs
The last thing you want is your cherished family photos to rip a hole in your sheetrock. This is why every homeowner should know how to find the studs in their walls so they know where to hang art and photos. You can simply knock on the wall and hear the difference between hollow sheetrock and a solid stud. You can also use an electric razor along the wall, which will be louder against a stud.
There are plenty of things homeowners will need to know how to do. Among them are the skills of fixing leaky faucets and finding solid studs in walls.