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Be Excellent To Each Other.

From eyeglasses, to office chairs, cherished childhood stuffed animals, and trinkets and toys. Doors, walls, furniture and floors, popcorn ceilings and ceiling fans. Appliances, kitchen utensils, drills, chainsaws, and machines of all ilk. Someone here is going to try to help you fix it when it's busted.


What we do

We strive above all to be a sub that provides a community service, and as such we hold ourselves to certain standards. Keep the comments on-topic, you can make jokes, it's fine, just don't go off the rails. Do not market anything here without asking the mods first (spoiler, we're gonna say no), don't be posting links to Amazon.com with affiliate codes in them either. Don't post about things you've already solved or made, /r/DIY is a better place for that.

Passing good fixes forward

Further to this goal of providing a service; If someone's comment provides you with a working solution to your issue (or if you just plain figure it out for yourself) post a comment singling out what the solution ultimately was and please flair your post as Fixed. Hopefully this will let future readers learn from our collective successes.


Posting for Maximum Effect

When you make your submission, post a detailed description of your issue and the friendly users here will do their best to sort you out.

Do your best to include:

  • A detailed description of the problem.

  • Detailed photos are often a plus. This can mean, for example, close up photos of a part as well as photos from farther back, and/or different angles, which give significant context.

  • If there is a part number or a model number on something you suspect or know to be at issue definitely include that.

  • A description of the event(s) or circumstances that lead up to or were present at the time the issue arose.


Safety

There are things that are too dangerous for us to handle here. This can include certain electrical jobs, or natural gas plumbing jobs for example. Rule of thumb, if there's any reasonable chance you could get hurt or killed if something went awry you'll probably be directed to find yourself an expert.


Basic Decorum

Don't engage in racism, sexism, creeedism, homophobia, transphobia, or general assholery. The banhammer is swift and unforgiving.


Last but not least. The Prime Directive

Above all else: Be Excellent to Each Other


Related subs

/r/fixxit -- two x's, they do motorcycles over there.

/r/whatisthisthing -- sometimes you don't even know what it is that broke!

/r/easyfix
/r/howto
/r/DIY
/r/auto
/r/techsupport

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I need to change the light bulb in this. I don't know how to remove the cover. Can I please get some help?

1 Comment
2024/12/05
12:58 UTC

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Can this tape measure be fixed?

It’s probably impossible. I’m just angry with myself because my dads had it longer than I’ve been alive and it was his dads before that. I’ve ruined it and now I don’t know what to do. There is probably nothing that can be done because of how it’s snapped off but I just wanna check 🥲

12 Comments
2024/12/05
11:01 UTC

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Washing machine making clicking noise when drum spins.

This is completely new as of this morning, I thought it might have been because the load was too heavy because I had all my towels in there and I took half out and it still happening.

0 Comments
2024/12/05
10:00 UTC

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How to tighten this seat?

Toilet is installed super close to wall. Seat is loose and screws aren't tightening. I need something to hold the nut underneath. I can kind of reach behind underneath the skirt of the toilet, but my arm is not long enough to grab hold of anything. Any recommendation for a kind of tool to do this. I'm very ignorant of tool names so a picture will help or googlable key words/names.

Mah Toes

Thank you!

0 Comments
2024/12/05
08:15 UTC

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Deoderant stick

I just got a new stick of deoderant, I was alergic to my old stuff, I went to open this one, and it basically just exploded so please tell me how to fix this.

6 Comments
2024/12/05
06:15 UTC

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Bedroom door stuck closed

Bedroom door is stuck closed I'm on the outside luckily or unlucky in regards the latch

Can tell on the handle it isn't right

IV tried using a card and some of that plastic on the front of a folder and it just can't get through this narrow gap would unscrewing the handle help or not as it would still have the fixture screwed on the inside

4 Comments
2024/12/05
05:51 UTC

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some stain remover spilled on this, how can I fix the stripped paint?

Hey guys. Some of my laundry stain remover splashed on this little planter. I tried wiping it and it stripped the paint off. Does anyone know what type of paint I can buy to fix it? Or stain? Help pls

6 Comments
2024/12/05
05:18 UTC

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Found ball bearing behind new LG wash tower—could it be from the machine?

I had a brand-new LG front-loading washer/dryer tower installed on Monday. It's been shaking and making noise during the spin cycle. While inspecting the unit, I found a 1/2-inch roller bearing steel ball in the corner right behind the tower. I have no idea where it came from. The floor was cleaned and swept after the old unit was removed and before the new one was installed. I did some research and came across this thread. Could it have somehow come out of the drum assembly?

2 Comments
2024/12/05
05:06 UTC

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Sneaker edges?

Any ideas on if I should re... upholster? Or just paint over the hole? Ideally I'd like to do my best on them since I'm gifting them.

0 Comments
2024/12/05
04:48 UTC

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Gaskonvektor Noises - help

0 Comments
2024/12/05
04:29 UTC

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Drilled too far through ‘big box store’ oak cabinet

How can I patch these holes to match the grain pattern? I know I can use wood filler, but the holes will still stand out. How would I blend it to match the wood green?

7 Comments
2024/12/05
00:02 UTC

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How do I fix my wall?

I had foam mounting tape that held some shelves on, and mounting putty. I removed them a while ago but still have no idea how to remove the residue. I tried sanding with 80 grit but it doesn’t do much as I can still feel/see the sticker. I also tried using a blow dryer and goo gone. There was an area where the paint came off that I just spackled and sanded over but for the rest of the residue what should I do? Any help is appreciated, thank you :)

3 Comments
2024/12/04
23:29 UTC

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Massage gun

I have a powerful massage gun that stopped working before it stopped working it wasn't charging, now it says its charging but won't work I've opened it up ,any help would be great

3 Comments
2024/12/04
23:27 UTC

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Laptop Serial Number

My laptop won't turn on and I tried contacting customer support but they need the serial number and I took the sticker off that had the serial number. Please someone help.

3 Comments
2024/12/04
23:20 UTC

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Faulty radiator or bad landord?

My room won’t heat and my roommates are having similar problems. As it being our first time living alone we don’t really know what’s right or not. As seen in the picture is my radiator with paint over it. It doesn’t heat or anything, and we’re wondering if it’s turned off? Does this look like a switch that needs to be turned is the main question. The other radiators are nice and hot. Living in Minnesota I don’t wanna blast my heat to 80° just for it to be warm in all rooms.

31 Comments
2024/12/04
22:32 UTC

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I have a picture frame and the inside corner isn't perfect, how can I fix it without taking it apart?

Cheap wooden picture frame i made.
One inside corner doesn't align well.
How can I correct this to look acceptable?

10 Comments
2024/12/04
20:14 UTC

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Additional weather sealing for front door?

Hello, my front door is brand new. I mean it was replaced, frame and all (including the weatherstrip) last month. I want to know what measures I can take to add more sealing. I can see it's installed correctly and very much well fitting.

It's currently 34F and I can feel drafts in these areas of the door. What products or techniques and how to install them correctly can I learn from your suggestions to kill those drafty areas?

7 Comments
2024/12/04
18:51 UTC

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ELI5: This brass nut has a teflon o-ring-ish piece that is chipping. What information do I need to know to order a new one?

I am covering for someone at work while they are out for about half a year and I have this nut that I use for their tasks. The inner teflon piece is starting to chip and I want to replace it, but I'm not really sure what the piece is called or what measurements need to be done to make sure I'm ordering the correct thing. I'm not handy at all and searching teflon o-ring and sealing ring don't seem to bring up the same piece as this one. The brass nut itself is fine (I think at least).

Can I buy this piece independently or do I need to replace the whole brass nut?

https://preview.redd.it/x4vy8mmymv4e1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=258f157509537af377bda2e1fb5befea1e567ec6

3 Comments
2024/12/04
18:41 UTC

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Any way to fix this on the handle of my fancy purse?

2 Comments
2024/12/04
18:34 UTC

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