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Do it yourself repair projects... Over the years, I've learned how to do repair projects myself because the landlord wouldn't or would take too long... Right now I have a challenging one. Tougher than the furnace that I just fixed. A windowsill. Why is there no consensus among contractors on what is the best filler for a plaster-based windowsill?!!! After I filled the scraped out section with wallboard joint compound, which was recommended on every DYI site I went to, now I find that general purpose joint compound or the usual pre-mixed spaekling I used to use is recommended to fill deep holes and then the lighter wallboard joint compound is used to "finish." WTF! Live and learn! "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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What you are referring to as "repair projects," I call "breaking shit." Truly a cliche in that I can take it apart, but can not for the life of me put it back together. It's not really a question of how much will it cost for me to repair this more than it is a question of how much will it cost me to replace item x if I try to fix it? | |
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sonshine said: It's ever as simple as the YouTube video. That's what I've learned.
this is what I was going to suggest. you can see what being done an if you look at a few you may get some little tricks. I tried to do my sills and made a mess with just written instructions. but I've used YT for plumbing issues and got some simple tricks that worked like a charm. [Edited 12/18/16 10:53am] | |
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