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Save Money With DIY Home Repairs

Saving Cents With Sense

Every homeowner knows their home is a major investment that needs to be protected with maintenance and repairs, but not everyone knows how to perform home maintenance and professionals are expensive. Proactive Home Maintenance. Some home maintenance and repairs save you money because they are proactive.

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Tips For Keeping Home Plumbing Repair Costs At A Minimum

Saving Cents With Sense

Finally, one excellent way to lower your monthly bills is to be proactive about keeping your home plumbing repair costs at a minimum. For example, everyone should own a plunger and know how to unclog a toilet. Jim Klossner is a plumber who writes about money saving plumbing tips and other ways to save money on home repairs.

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Thankful Thursday | heating issues

The Frugal Girl

that I am not responsible for home repair bills While I was in Hawaii a branch fell onto my roof and poked a hole. This week, I am thankful: for kind people who let us borrow space heaters I already had one from my Buy Nothing group, but I also got to borrow one from my landlord and two from neighbors.

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Daily Frugal Tip: Watch YouTube Videos To Save On Repairs

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Utilize instructional YouTube videos to educate yourself on how to fix things and perform tasks you didn’t already know how to do. You’d be surprised how helpful these videos can be as they visually walk you through step-by-step. It’s a pretty simple one. When something is broken, try fixing it yourself first.

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Meet a Reader | Gretchen from Oregon

The Frugal Girl

As well as other “from scratch” things like my current main hobby of teaching myself how to spin yarn from our sheeps’ wool. We spend most of our time seeing friends and family, participating in our church activities or working on our property. I do a lot of our cooking from scratch which takes a lot of my time!

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Save Money – Develop Important Home Owner Skills

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Perhaps the county appraiser raised the appraised value of your home, thereby raising the taxes. You will want to know how to challenge the new appraisal and avoid spending more tax money. Home Maintenance – Keeping Things Up to Snuff. Home Repair – Fix It When It Breaks. Home Decorating. De-cluttering.

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Home Renovation Techniques

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Every homeowner knows that renovations and home repairs are necessary to keep the home in tiptop shape. While this reality is an accepted fact, some people do not want to have large expenses when it comes to home maintenance and renovation. You can minimize labor cost by doing some of the renovations and repairs yourself.