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Save Money With DIY Home Repairs

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Other home proactive home maintenance tasks include draining your water heater once a year, cleaning the clothes dryer vent, cleaning your gutters and checking the batteries in smoke alarms and carbon dioxide detectors. Keep a simple home maintenance log to record each time you replace these items to help you stay on track.

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Tips For Keeping Home Plumbing Repair Costs At A Minimum

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Replacing the ball c**k on your toilet is also relatively simple. According to Real Simple, “It’s a straightforward switch that will cost you about $15 at a hardware store—a lot less than the $150 you would pay for a plumber to do the same thing.”. ©2009-13 Saving Cents with Sense ™, a website of Saving Sense Media LLC.

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