What have you repaired lately?

I have a pair of sliding glass doors on my seaside balcony. Each has had a fiber screen because the sea air eats up metal. We've recently repaired two fiber screens because my cats have ripped their way through. The bottom half of each is now a metal sheet, with the top half a combo of thick mesh to repel rats [and cats] and fine mesh to repel insects.

I have at last some extra cash, so I will replace the two remaining fiber mesh doors with doors which will match my new ones. :)
 
I have a pair of sliding glass doors on my seaside balcony. Each has had a fiber screen because the sea air eats up metal. We've recently repaired two fiber screens because my cats have ripped their way through. The bottom half of each is now a metal sheet, with the top half a combo of thick mesh to repel rats [and cats] and fine mesh to repel insects.

I have at last some extra cash, so I will replace the two remaining fiber mesh doors with doors which will match my new ones. :)
My brother just installed these in his house. They replace his non existent storm/screen doors for warm weather.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Magnetic...z0t7T5Tw86KRnLK3tRy&athancid=null&athena=true
 
HVAC repair belt for ripped heat pump tube.

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Changed the auger belt on my snowblower. That and an oil change.

How did your average moron (like me) do stuff like this before youtube?
You either asked a neighbor or friend, or you paid a professional.

Going by the questions I get from people regarding clipping cats' claws, I could actually make a bit of money doing that here, as some people will actually pay a vet to do what is really not that hard. At least a third of the tenants in this building have cats and some have asked me how to do claw-clipping. In one case I told my neighbor, "Bring the kitten over now and I'll show you how to do it."
 
Changed the auger belt on my snowblower. That and an oil change.

How did your average moron (like me) do stuff like this before youtube?

Snerk; babymaker and handyman! Your gf better watch out or there will be competition.
 
I learn everything from YT. Everything.
We could learn Scandinavian by watching Caramelldansen videos all day long!
 
I bought a house a couple months ago, so I've been doing pretty much nothing but repairing things since then.

Currently partway through insulating sealing/insulating all the outlets on exterior walls and levelling out all the receptacles/switches so that they're perfectly level with the wall and face plate.
 
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