Doing Things I Never Thought I Could
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Have you ever been limited by your own thoughts? Have you told yourself “I can’t do that?”. Me too! This video is about my experiences of challenging those …
We are the same here, we replaced our broken window hinges last year, the hardest part of it was the weight of the opener that I had to hold whilst hubby screwed it all in place, we've also replaced a huge fogged up double glazed unit for about £40, this year we decided to replace two entire windows after having a quote of £800, we bought the windows for less than £400 and spent £10 on fixings.
A couple of weeks ago we had some huge trees taken down and had to pay a professional for that, they were bigger than the house and we know our limitations. They know how to charge though, every little job costs hundreds now.
Well done for giving things a go you have inspired me to have a bash at plastering my kitchen ceiling will be checking out how to on YouTube 👍
That's great Tess! You have inspired me! I have ripped up carpet and painted walls, trim, and even floors. ❤
Fairly recently I fixed the bobbin winder on an old sewing machine. Years ago I put a new radiator in my very old car. It was a case of undoing some bolts, taking the old one off, and bolting on the new one on and re-connecting the hoses. It saved me so much money. That car had loads of room under the hood. I wouldn't even attempt it on a modern car.
Very interesting video! For many years, we couldn't afford to hire anyone to do anything, so if something had to be done, we did it ourselves. My husband learned to rebuild the engine on our old VW beetle, and did lots and lots of mechanical repairs on it. At one point we lived 2 miles out of town, and when he had the car taken apart, he would walk to town to the parts store and walk back. 90 years ago that was the norm, but is unusual now. When I wanted new curtains for our living room, I printed the fabric myself and sewed them. I'm not mechanical, but once I did take apart my electric hand mixer, cleaned it and put it back together and it worked! It amazed me. My husband has kept our 46 year old dryer running since 1975…..Carla Hoag
Well done Tess you have got me thinking . I have mended my kitchen cupboards and of course lots of decorating. I have also soundproofed my wall in my bedroom. Thank goodness for youtube x
We turned an old grain building into a house, with 6 kids!!! It took us so long, some of it is coming undone!!
Great motivational and encouraging chat for all ages. 🙂
Great topic which got me thinking. I think women are particularly bad for doing this. We have been lead to believe that certain tasks are beyond us. I think that culture is changing. A good channel is Wild she goes. She is so inspring and does all her own home reapairs and maintenance
Also he loves YouTube! He learned how to repair everything from watching videos. 👍🏻
Hi Tess, well done on all your repairs. My husband isn’t handy but he did repair our Beetle that we had for 18 years. Changed out headlights, replaced the radio and fixed a window that stopped working. It saved us lots of money. I enjoyed chatting with you today. ☺️
Electrical, gas supply, and plumbing are NOT that hard! You COULD learn to do them! And they charge so astronomically much for those jobs. You just need to learn the safety precautions and always use them! We've installed gas stoves, gas water heaters, replaced electrical switches and plugs, installed light fixtures, sinks, faucets, toilets. It's all very DO-ABLE! Just need to be careful. And sometimes know the local codes.
When we had a new boiler in our old Victorian house we no longer had use for the immersion heater, I figured out I could take the old water header tank out which was above where the immersion had been, checked there was not water in it and took it out myself, the old lead pipe work too, we also had a huge tree in the garden that had lost all its shape and had quite a few dead branches, so I thought I can take it down, chopping away with an axe and secured it with heavy rope so it didn’t fall on me when it crashed down, success again, I think the key is to plan things thoroughly before you do them, and understand that some things are out of your realm.
Hi Tess
You are so right we have to step out of our comfort zones sometimes, and try new things. My husband is really good he can or will try to turn his hand to most things xx
My father was a master carpenter who took me to his various job sites as a child. I'm SO thankful he did ! I'm now 59 and disabled, but unafraid to tackle jobs I haven't before. I've laud flooring, woodwork, hung cabinets, fixed the clothes dryer, done minor plumbing…..the list goes on. YouTube is a great resource for do it yourself repair work that one might not have previously done. Kudos to you for changing out the mirror ! Great video !
The one that made me so proud was when I was in my very broke early 20s living with my very broke roommate and our toilet tank cracked on a Saturday — water everywhere. We cleaned it up and she tried calling to get it fixed and was told it would be Monday at the earliest. I called my Dad and he suggested we head to the hardware store and ask the guy there for epoxy. So we headed over there and the guy told us girls how to mix the blue and the yellow until we got green and put the epoxy over the crack both inside and outside the tank. He also stressed many many times that there was no guarantee that it would stay fixed. We were both so proud of our $2.39 fix.
I bought a wooden rocking chair from a charity shop, the spindles in the back rest and the seat base were loose n kept pulling out of sockets. I watched u tube videos rubbed down the spindles and reset them in their sockets and the chair looks like new. I must admit i was very proud of myself and i think my husband was inpressed too loooooool
Well done, that’s job satisfaction at its best. I’ve mended the vacuum cleaner to keep it going. Didn’t want it in landfil, anyway with no car how could I get it to the tip?
My husband has saved us thousands over the years ! I recently diagnosed and repaired our dryer and I ordered a needed part for our washer and will replace .Done with You Tube help .
We do almost everything ourselves, in fact I don't remember the last time we got someone else to fix something for us. My Husband is extremely logical and handy and I am not too shabby either lol!
I was on our roof a few weeks ago repointing the chimney and putting a cap on the chimney pot and filling in a few cracks.
We fix our own cars and electrical items, fencing, built a polytunnel out of parts of an old frame someone threw out, built stables for our rescue horses out of pallets and seconds wood (don't worry they are solid and very safe), are fixing up our very dodgy old house and garden. I sew, mend, knit and crochet (not brilliantly but I get by). I buy quite a lot of our clothes from the very cheap rails in charity shops, the items that have a hole or need a button etc. which helps us financially. We never throw anything out that has or could have life left in in (not unless we 100% know we aren't going to need it again, we will pass it on if it is of use to someone else).
We have saved a fortune which is the only way we can afford to keep so many rescue animals.
Very interesting video Tess and well done for all your mends, it is empowering isn't it 😀❤
It's amazing what a little bit of time, research and effort can achieve. We prefer to mend things ourselves if we can. I'm currently trying to make a slip cover for an armchair that is really comfortable, but looking past it's best. I'd rather keep it if I can, than put it in landfill.