Section 4 of 5 · 5 jobs
Mending
Repair instead of replacement. Every entry states what it needs and where the work stops.
Every job in mending
See all 27 →- Mending instead of replacingThe small repairs worth learning, chosen because they are quick, reversible and need almost no equipment.
- A punctureFind it in water, roughen, glue, patch, wait. The waiting is the part people skip.
- A zipMost failures are the slider, not the teeth.
- A chair jointClean out the old glue first or it will not hold.
- Darning a holeA woven patch rather than a pulled seam.
Where we stop in mending
No mains electricity, gas, water mains, boilers, flues, roofs, ladders past single storey, structural work or anything requiring a qualified person. If a job could hurt somebody, it is not in this register.