There are many little repair jobs that crop up around the average home. There are people who are in business and they fix the things that fall apart. They are usually good but when they're bad they really stink. When we first moved into this house we needed a repair to the oven. The reluctant repairman (me) was not practicing then. An appliance repair man came to the house to repair the oven. A bill was paid and when we checked the oven it still didn't work. The appliance repairman came back and said, "Oh your oven element has to be pushed in." A service call was charged. So the debate was should I pay for the first call and repairs that were not needed. After a vigorous argument we did not have to pay for the first call where nothing was actually repaired. Maybe this is why we became leery of appliance repairmen and I started to do repairs.
Now I don't have a mechanical aptitude. I'm not good with my hands or tools. I don't like doing repairs.
But there I was the other day with just a little job. The washers on the bathtub taps were leaking. So the parts were 98 cents(a dollar here because we don't have pennies). So would you calla repair man for a $105.00 service fee? Of course not.
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| Some of the parts. |
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| Now I think I should do something with that tile color. |
So here I am taking taps apart and replacing washers and voila no more leaks.
