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DIY: Garage Storage Part I
Our new house has a nice, attached, 2-car garage. Our 2 vehicles fit side by side with no room to spare. It feels like that’s all there’s room for in there but we also want to fit holiday storage, bicycles, garbage/recycling bins, and ideally a workbench. Here is a horrible Microsoft Paint sketch of our…
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Frugal Fix Friday: Lawn Mower
Our lawn mower was running ROUGH! Not a little rough, but dislocate-your-shoulder-trying-to-start-it rough. Eventually we could usually get it started, but would most likely get injured in the process. Starting: We would yank the cord furiously trying to make it start and would have little luck, and every once in a while it would just…
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Frugal Fix Friday: The Dryer
With the rate things have been breaking at our house lately, we’d be bankrupt in no time hiring people to fix them! What happened now, you ask? Our dryer. It’ll tumble some clothes like a champ, but apply heat and actually dry them? Um, no. Fortunately, Sears has a generous amount of documentation online for…
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Frugal Fix Friday: Washing Machine
The washing machine was broken. It wasn’t agitating the clothes and therefore not washing them so much as just rinsing them in water. A visit from the repairman would cost at least $60. No, thank you! We dissected the agitator and found these little flaps with worn teeth. I later found out these are called…