DO-IT-YOURSELFER
OF THE WEEK
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3/15/2010 Chuck L
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Just before Christmas 2000, Chuck’s gas stove wouldn’t light.
“Christmas was coming very soon, and we planned to host a Christmas Eve party for family and friends,” he said. Read on…
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3/8/2010 Patti H
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Talk about bad timing. Patti and Troy had just filled up their refrigerator when the condenser fan quit working.
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3/1/2010 Randi M
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When Randi ferreted out the cause of her dishwasher’s leak, she found it was the fault of her ferret Bandit.
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2/22/2010 David A
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David already knew how to fix his leaky dishwasher. He just needed help getting a part.
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2/15/2010 Ronald W
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When Ronald's noisy dishwasher was driving his wife crazy, he sought out repair help on the Internet.
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2/8/2010 Angie D
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When the lint filter on Angie's ten-year old dryer broke, she was in a hurry to get a new one since laundry for a family of five piles up fast.
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2/1/2010 Jim B
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When Jim’s dryer needed a repair, he turned to the Internet because the nearest appliance parts store was two hours away…
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1/25/2010 Pat S
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Pat recently took on the formidable task of replacing the igniter assembly on her Jenn Air stove.
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1/18/2010 Matt C
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When Matt’s dishwasher began leaking, he surfed the Web looking for some repair advice…
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1/11/2010 Linda M
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Linda's refrigerator water dispenser was broken for over six months because she and her husband didn’t know how to make the repair, and they didn’t want to pay for an expensive service call…
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1/4/2010 Ron D
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Ron’s dryer was spinning out of control due to a faulty timer. Dismayed by the prospect of paying a hefty service call fee, he surfed the web looking for a way to make the repair himself…
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12/28/2009 Tom H
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Tom’s ice maker had been acting up for a few weeks. The ice maker were underfilling, and worse yet, there was water running down the inside of the freezer…
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12/21/2009 Ruth M
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Ruth thought she had ghosts in her kitchen. Every so often she would find a little water on the floor and couldn’t figure out where it was coming from…
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12/14/2009 Geraldine H
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Geraldine accidentally damaged the float to her dehumidifier. North Carolina had been getting unusual amounts of rain, and Geraldine was worried about everything in her basement getting covered with mildew…
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12/7/2009 John G
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John and his family just moved into a home with a 15 year-old Jenn Air stove. One of the burners stopped working and John set out, with his wife’s encouragement, to get it fixed…
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11/30/2009 Carol S
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Carol has always liked trying to fix things herself. When her dryer began making a clunking noise, she took off the back and front and looked for the problem…
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11/23/2009 Luther K
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Luther figures he saved $100 by repairing his own dryer. He was able to order the part online in a couple days instead of waiting 10 days for the local parts distributor to get it…
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11/16/2009 Louis M
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Louis is a volunteer maintenance man for ten group homes for the mentally challenged. When the fan switch went out on the oven in one of the homes, Louis decided to look online for the part…
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11/9/2009 Catherine P
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Catherine’s father, the “Mr. Fixit” of the family, tried unsuccessfully to fix her washing machine. Catherine was sure there was something clogging the drain, and decided to attempt to fix it herself…
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11/2/2009 Scott P
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Scott was on hold with the local service center inquiring about parts for his washer. While on hold, Scott went on line, found the RepairClinic web site and actually found his parts before the repairman got back to him on the phone…
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10/26/2009 Jennifer H
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Jennifer and her family were getting ready to move when their dryer broke. The last thing they needed was the inconvenience of going to a Laundromat during such a busy time, or worse yet, buying a new dryer…
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10/19/2009 Brett F
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Brett was out to impress his girlfriend. She had mentioned that her ice cubes from her icemaker had an unpleasant odor. They had just started dating, and what better way to impress her than with his fix-it skills…
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10/12/2009 Wilma D
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Wilma, a retired 63 year-old, has always been interested in fixing things herself. Her husband says “She thinks she can run out and kick the mailbox and fix anything.” This time, the problem was with her refrigerator…
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10/5/2009 Chris D
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As an illustrator, Chris has had little experience with mechanical things or do-it-yourself home maintenance projects. His toolbox is outfitted with only the most basic of tools…
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9/28/2009 Anthony C
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Living in a rural part of Pennsylvania, Anthony appreciates the time and cost savings of ordering products online. “This is the way business will be done in the future,” said Anthony…
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9/21/2009 Mary H
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When the refrigerator handle at her home broke off a few years ago, Mary didn’t immediately replace it. She wanted to keep her small children from hanging on it…
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9/14/2009 Maureen A
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Maureen’s five-year-old was getting a drink and somehow broke the shelf off the refrigerator door.
Losing a whole shelf of space meant a tight squeeze for the family’s groceries …
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9/7/2009 Jim B
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Friday night at 8 pm, Jim and his family were trying to get packed for an unexpected trip to visit an ailing relative 1300 miles away. Unfortunately, their dryer wasn’t working and they had wet clothes they needed to take…
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8/31/2009 Mike R
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The hose on Mike’s portable dishwasher was leaking like a sieve. The part a local appliance parts store sold him didn’t fix the problem, so he went on line…
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8/24/2009 John C
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Does it take a rocket scientist to repair a stove? When John’s stove stopped working, he got out the schematics to diagnose the problem…
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8/17/2009 John M
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John’s dishwasher had been making a rattle and squeal for a number of months. Finally it got so loud that he and his wife would have to turn it off anytime anyone called …
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