Tools to Conquer Common Household Jobs (NAPSA}—Whether you rent or own your home, there are times when it pays to handle a household repair yourself. Great Neck Saw Manufacturers, who has been making tools since 1919, offers tips on using the righttools for the most common home-repairjobs. The Basics—Put together a basic tool kit, consisting of a hammer and nails, a selection of screwdrivers and screws, locking pliers, a putty knife and utility knife. Start Small—Get yourself ready for the big jobs by tackling the more cornmon light repairs first. For exaraple, a running toilet. Running toilets most often occur when water gets trapped inside the float-ball. Unscrew the ball fromits fixture inside the tank, using the appropriate sized screwdriver. Replace the faulty ball with a new one, which can be found at nearly any hardware store for less than three dollars. When there’s a screw leose—lIt’s important to make sure that your serewdriver fits the slot or star of the serew snugly. Serews are easily damazed when the wrong size screwdriveris used, and then it is almost impossible to remove a screw without resorting to some special tool. It is more econormical to keep an assortment of screwdrivers handy. Great Neck offers several economy sets of popular sized screwdrivers. Patching things up—Whether there’s darnage done by a doorknab, furniture movers, or a teenager’s foot, wallboardis easy to repair. Using a dry wall saw or utility knife, cut out and square off the damaged section. With a hammer, nails, and some scrap wood, you can create a base to hold the replacement piece. Insert two pieces of wood into the top and bottomof the hole. Align the boards so that they run across the hole, and nail into place. Cut out a new piece of drywall and nail over the boards. Cover the seams with self-adhesive wallboard tape and The right tool can help make home improvements a snap. apply a few coats of spackle using your putty knife. When the spackle dries, sand over the area and repaint. Avoid Window Pains-—You can usually improve the movement of a stubborn window by widening the channels the sash shdes in. All you'll need is a hammer and a small block of wood. Place the block against one side of the window channel and give it a few taps with the hammer. Do both sides of the channel until the window slides up and downwith ease. Depending on your strength, a 183 or 16 ounce curved claw hammer is most likely all youll need for your basic tool kit.Whatever your needs, you'll find what you're looking for from Great Neck’s complete set of professional and consumer grade hammers. You can find Great Neck Saw Manufacturers’ products at any leading hardware store or home center. All of Great Neck’s products carry a hfetime warranty and are affordablypriced. Now that you’ve learned some trade secrets and know what tools te put in your teol box, you can start fixing those things you've been meaning to get to. And by the way, no one has to know howeasy it is.
