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Cash Saving Hacks For The Little Things And Big Things
Domestic hacks to help you save time and money on the little as well as the big things.
By Handyman Magazine
Change your approach to domestic tasks with these tried and true hacks.
11. Regrout bathroom wall tiles
Handyman Magazine
Renewing old grout has always involved long hours with a grout saw.
Simplify the job with a high-speed rotary tool such as a Dremel, available from hardware stores, and you’ll be ready for regrouting in no time.
Dremels and similar tools have specialised attachments with carbide bits that effortlessly chew out old grout.
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12. Scratch-free finishing
The Family Handyman
You need a set of sawhorses with carpeted tops for sanding or working with fine pieces of finished timber.
Just trim some carpet scraps to size and hot-glue them on top of your sawhorses.
Now you can sand confidently without getting unsightly scuff marks on the underside of the piece, and assemble pre-finished work without leaving any marks or scratches.
13. Beautiful curves
Wikimedia
It is not easy to attach edging to curved shapes using a hot iron.
A solution is to smear timber adhesive onto the pre-glued side of the edging, position it on the curved part you want to cover, then make it conform using the offcut from the waste side of the curve.
Clamp all three pieces together and wipe off the excess adhesive.
Trim the edging to suit after the adhesive dries.
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Change your approach to domestic tasks with these tried and true hacks.
14. Leafy lawns
PxHere
If you have a large, high-powered lawnmower, you can save yourself hours of work in autumn.
Tape a piece of cardboard over the exit chute to block it, then mow freshly fallen leaves instead of raking them.
The leaves will be pulverised, sifting back into the turf to serve as organic fertiliser.
15. Knocked a hole in plasterboard?
Handyman Magazine
Hold a piece of 90 x 45mm timber flush with the front edge of the wall studs and drill 3mm holes through both.
Anchor the timber with 65mm x 10g screws, then secure on a plasterboard patch with 30mm x 8g screws.
Fill the gaps with compound, add tape and sand to a smooth finish after it has dried, ready for painting.
