Guides
Most household repairs are not difficult. They are unfamiliar, which is a different problem and a much easier one to solve. These guides cover the tools that earn their place in a drawer, the handful of jobs that account for nearly every call-out, and the honest line between what you can do on a Saturday and what needs a licensed trade.
A Starter Toolkit That Actually Gets Used
A 200-piece case in a plastic clamshell is mostly filler. About a dozen tools handle nearly every job an ordinary home produces, and buying those well costs less than the case.
The Repairs That Come Up Most — Taps, Toilets, Doors and Walls
A handful of failures account for most of what goes wrong in an ordinary home. None of them are complicated once you know what is inside the thing that stopped working.
Seasonal Maintenance and Knowing When to Call a Professional
Most expensive repairs began as cheap ones that were invisible for two years. A short seasonal routine catches them — and a short list of jobs should never be a DIY job at all.