DO-IT-YOURSELFER
OF THE WEEK
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5/12/2008 Gene H
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Gene wanted to avoid a costly service call by fixing his own dishwasher, which wasn’t draining.
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5/5/2008 Richard H
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Living in rural New York, Richard had trouble finding a repairman to travel from the city to fix his broken stove burner switches.
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4/28/2008 Pat G
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Busy mom Pat was frustrated when clothes kept catching on the dryer door and burning, posing a fire hazard.
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4/21/2008 Kirk P
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When Kirk’s dryer belt broke, he ignored the problem for a while but was forced to face it when laundry began piling up quickly.
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4/14/2008 Steve F
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Steve of Washington was up to his elbows in broken appliances. All at once, his dishwasher, washer and dryer were broken.
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4/7/2008 Diane R
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Living on an island, Diane of Washington finds it hard to get to an appliance parts store.
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3/31/2008 Valerie H
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When Valerie of Oregon was remodeling her kitchen, she was unable to complete the cabinet installation without repairing her overhead microwave’s broken door latch.
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3/24/2008 Benjamin L
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When Benjamin's dryer stopped working, he was anxious to make a repair.
“I live in a ranch area, and I didn’t want to hang the clothes outside with the flies,” said Leon.
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3/17/2008 Jerry B
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Jerry knew he needed to fix his leaky washing machine when he was getting ready to sell his home.
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3/10/2008 Gavin R
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Gavin’s kids were having pizza withdrawal because the family’s oven was not working.
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3/3/2008 Bob L
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Bob went online to look for repair help when the water in his washing machine wouldn’t shut off.
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2/25/2008 Chris W
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Chris of Wisconsin waited four days for a repairman to come look at his broken washing machine.
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2/18/2008 Michael A
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Michael called a repairman when the door handle broke off his built-in microwave.
“He quoted me $45,” said Michael. “That’s when I decided to look online to find the door handle so I could fix the microwave myself.”
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2/11/2008 Cynthia ~
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In an effort to avoid a costly service call, Cynthia went looking online for a new water pump for her washer. Read more…
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2/4/2008 Dave D
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Dave thought he was out of luck when he needed a new dishwasher gasket but had no model number. Read more…
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1/28/2008 Carlos A
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Carlos wanted to improve the functionality of his refrigerator’s ice bucket to better keep up with the ice needs of his son’s friends. Read more…
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1/21/2008 Daniel M
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Daniel was frustrated when his stove’s heating element failed, because he thought he’d have to spend a lot of time chasing down a part. Read more…
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1/14/2008 Alan H
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Alan scored bonus points with his wife when he successfully repaired the couple’s eight-year-old dryer, thus avoiding a costly service call fee. Read more…
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1/7/2008 Doug C
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When Doug’s dryer stopped drying, he knew it could possibly cost more to repair it than it was worth. Still, he decided to give it a shot himself. Read more…
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12/31/2007 Keith F
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When the light wasn’t working in Keith’s beer fridge, he went online looking for the manufacturer but instead found RepairClinic. Read more…
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12/24/2007 Cindy S
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Cindy was tired of constantly reconnecting the hose on her dishwasher that carries water to the upper rack. After trying a local parts store, she decided to try her luck online…
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12/17/2007 William M
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When William recently tackled a dryer repair, he found he needed a thermostat, but wasn’t sure where he could find the part since it was a holiday weekend. More on William…
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12/10/2007 Augusta A
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Augusta’s 1948 refrigerator was not just an appliance but a work of art. When its thermostat went out, she was desperate for a repair. Read on…
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12/3/2007 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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11/26/2007 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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11/19/2007 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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11/12/2007 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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11/5/2007 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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10/29/2007 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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10/22/2007 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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10/15/2007 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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10/8/2007 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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10/1/2007 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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9/24/2007 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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9/17/2007 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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9/10/2007 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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9/3/2007 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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8/27/2007 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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8/20/2007 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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8/13/2007 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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8/6/2007 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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7/30/2007 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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7/23/2007 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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7/16/2007 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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7/9/2007 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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7/2/2007 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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6/25/2007 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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6/18/2007 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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6/11/2007 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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6/4/2007 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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5/28/2007 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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5/21/2007 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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5/14/2007 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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5/7/2007 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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