Do you like repairing broken things at home?

hello dorisday1971 Yes, I like to repair appliances very much. But most of all, my husband would like to do this, he loves do such repairing things as well, so I would let him do it. We can now search many useful information on the internet, we can learn a lot of technique and can do something trivial by ourselves. Of course, a professional help is a must if some complicated appliances need repaired.

If i think i can hadle it... then i fix it by myself... but i do call a professional if i find out that i am wrong... i love twittering around gadgets at home... and was quite successful in fixing some of the electronic stuff... and i am quite proud of that...

I can't do much at home. My husband is useless around the house. He's not home much either so I can certainly relate. I call a repairman for everything. I won't tackle a toilet, broken appliances or anything else that's a big job. I need the insde front panel of my dishwasher taken off and try to replace the second holder where the detergent goes. The spring broke and I was told it would be a difficult job. So I have to load the open holder for the first wash and make sure I get back into the kitchen to add detergent for the second wash cycle. It's nothing serious but is an inconvenience. Since the dishwasher is beginning to groan, I won't get it fixed. Will eventually replace it. Dishes is one job I don't care to do any longer.

I love fixing things myself. I have an uncontrollable urge to break things down to find out how they work and find a way to fix them. Its just fun to me, after all its broken so i don't care if I break it more by trying to fix it. If all fails i will call a professional.

Only if it's very, very minor! My husband is a Carpenter...in name only! He is unfortunately not very carpentry minded. He can do simple basics: hanging photos, putting in a new kitchen faucet, repairing the broken couch leg...he has even started reupholstering the chairs on my kitchen table. But beyond that, I certainly couldn't ask him to fix anything!

I would love to be able to repair even simple things on my own. Unfortuantely, I think i was born without the "handy" gene. My brother is just as bad. When growning up, my dad really didn't do too much of this stuff, but he could do the basics. He just really didn't want, or have time, to show us what he did know. Then he had friends who were plumbers and electricians and handymen, so if there was anything more complicated he would call them. So now if i have an issue I usually call my friend who is a handy type of guy and he helps me out with the little things.

as for now I always call fo hubby's help. I will watch him do it and then I will do it myself if I can. he usually shows me how to do it too. I'd rather fix things myself since if we hire people there is no guarantee they will do it right and they only work 8 hrs while I would keep going until it's done - it's my home anyway

Hi, dorisday1971!!Hooray to you for your skills! The only thing that I am able to do is change a lightbulb. Any other things, I don't know how to do. But, if it is simple, I may know how to do it.. I usually call upon my husband to fix anything that is broken at home. I am not taht skillful when it comes to repairing things as much as he is. If, I don't know what to, I will leave it to my husband to correct..

I like to repair things but my mom always got first to repair it. She also like to repairs things so what I do is to broke things for her. Just kidding . I don't broke things. We repair them.

i like to repair things at home itself.... i get new things to learn from it... it also saves money....i call mechanic only when its neccessarry...

yes i like repairing broken things at but mostly i like repairing electrical instruments and gadgets since my childhood days since i wanted 2 do scienticism.

It would be my pleasure to repair stuff which I am capable of repairing. It would be my pleasure doing so. Besides,I am the repair guy in my house always messing around with stuff ,opening them,rewire the circuits hopingbto make it better and make some cool projects with the broken stuff. Once I made a toy crane using a motor with heavy torque from my broken bulldozer. It worked out to be a a great hit. You see curiosity and experimenting can lead our lives to a respectable position in the future. More the curiosity more the innovations in our daily lives.

well this really depends on the kind of work. eg if the flourescent lamp bursts thats simple i would replace it on my own. if the water pipe leaks , the temporary solution is put some M-SEAL before any further flooding or loss of water takes place. if the faucet leaks, then most probable the vavle inside is not holding or excessively worm out , that requires replacement. this would also require a special tool " pipe range or american spanner or a shifter". these tools are most not available to us... for this i would call for a professional help. but if the tools or spare part is available, i would rather do it myself.

I always try and DIY it but i never like to ask people for help so i mess up a lot

we fix things because we cannot afford to call someone in to fix things. but believe me, if i had the money i would not spend one minute of my time fixing anything. first of all i am not good at it and it is completely frustrating for me and secondly i have a husband who takes forever to do things that need to be done and then it becomes a major problem instead of a minor one.

We try to do minor repairs - calling in professional help is getting expensive. Just calling them to take a look at the problem, they charge an onsite fee (whatever onsite means!). So my husband will take care of busted lights, leaking pipes and taps, even painting ....anything we can do ourselves.

We repair what we can. Hubby is very good at this and since there isn't much money we live a lot better then we would if he couldn't repair as much as he does.

it depends on what, I would like to do sewing jobs, cleaning and some housework but not changing the light bulbs and fix the host stuff like at, I don't know how to do and I'm not interested either.

It would be fun if you could explain exactly how. In fact, small repairs of the house is my partner, who often tells me to learn how these small jobs, because it saves a lot of money and you gain time to wait for the jurisdiction.

If the defected things to be repaired are trivial then one should do it at home itself. Nowadays ,seeking professional help for a pity issue cost a lot. I think they should be called but for only few times after which you can learn n do it yourself. This way you can save your money and increase your knowledge as well...