Lifehacks and useful tips. Page 24

After cutting down trees, stumps remain, which can sprout and rot for a long time. If you need to make a flower bed or carry out construction in place of the stump, then it must be removed. In order not to dig a huge pit around the snag, it is better to split it with wedges

A common damage to plastic buckets and pots is a cracked bottom because the plastic is less elastic and breaks when impacted. As a result, water flows out through the crack, although the container itself does not fall apart and may still

Many summer residents with a house in a garden partnership are faced with the fact that tap water is supplied only at certain hours. In this regard, there is a need to collect water with a reserve or collect sediment in a reservoir in order to have

Fans of fishing for pike, pike-perch and perch know how difficult it is to clean them afterwards. This is much more difficult than cleaning carp, crucian carp and other peaceful fish. To avoid pricking your fingers on the fins and spending hours scratching scales off your catch, it’s worth making a special

During the period of use of the mosquito net, torn holes may appear on it. They are usually caused by birds, such as sparrows. Which sit on the net and hold onto it with their paws and claws. As a result, the mesh breaks. They can

Almost always, when working with a profile pipe, connections are made using electric welding, rivets or mounting perforated angles using bolts and metal screws. However, there is another very reliable way,

Most modern furniture is made from chipboard. The weak part of this material is the poor retention of screws. As a result, door hinges often break out. To install the loop back, you can use several recovery methods

Under storage electric water heaters there is a safety valve for automatic pressure relief, protecting the boiler from rupture due to excess water pressure and its reverse flow.Common problem with water heaters

When the water hardness is high, the heating element of an electric water heater becomes covered with scale. This coating prevents the transfer of heat from the heating element to the water, causing it to take longer to heat up, which is accompanied by excessive consumption of electricity. Due to this

The plastic handles on the inserted mosquito net dry out and become brittle. When you try to remove it they simply break off. Replacing handles with new ones gives only a temporary effect for 2-3 years, and to do this you must first visit

When storing water for household needs in metal containers, rust actively develops. As a result, the water turns brown, so its use even for irrigation becomes unacceptable. This problem can be solved by applying

The most unexpected troubles always happen suddenly. For example, the toilet is clogged and the water does not flow out. There is no plunger at hand, what can be done in this situation? How to get out of such an annoying situation? And here ingenuity and

Steel containers for collecting and storing precipitation for irrigation and other household needs rust quite quickly, since they come into contact with water for a long time.As a result, over the years, such tanks become leaky. To repair them they can

Gluing chipped plastic parts that are under stress is useless in most cases. The broken part will constantly fall off under load, even if you use very good expensive glue. In such a situation it is better to use

Timely application of fertilizers in the form of root and foliar fertilizers for tomatoes, as well as for other vegetables, leads to a significant increase in the yield of the plantation. And it’s not just a matter of timely replenishing what is removed from the soil by plants.

When repairing household appliances, you often have to deal with broken threads on the plastic housing. As a result, you have to assemble using fewer fasteners, which is naturally unreliable, or use glue, which complicates subsequent installation.

You can quickly light up the coals for a barbecue not only with a special liquid product, but also with regular paper, if you place it correctly. The advantage of this method is, firstly, its low cost, and secondly, the absence of caustic chemical fumes. Fried food

Caring for a multicooker or rice cooker is not limited to just washing the inside of the bowl.There are at least 3 more places, the lack of care of which leads to excessive consumption of electricity by the device when performing automatic modes. If

The season for barbecue and outdoor recreation has long begun. For obvious reasons, this year going out to relax in nature is quite a troublesome task. However, some townspeople moved outside the city to their dachas early in the spring. And this is where it begins

Experienced summer residents, burning plant debris and organic residues throughout the spring and summer, carefully store the resulting ashes. Such a valuable product has no expiration date and retains the entire range of useful elements when stored in a dry place.

The sole is the part of the shoe that is subject to wear and tear more than other parts. After all, it is what provides traction with the ground, asphalt, or other surfaces. When the sole wears out to holes, we usually throw this pair in the trash

Over time, white and light gray plastic parts on computer hardware and console cases turn yellow. This is an inherent quality of ABS plastic, from which the casings of almost all equipment are made. Because of this, it looks outdated and

Transparent silicone cases begin to turn yellow after just a couple of months of use, especially if they are exposed to sunlight a lot. As a result, they have to be replaced, even though they have no scuffs or tears. To return transparency,

Everyone has an old, fully functional tool with broken or damaged handles. Most of these problems can be solved with several layers of electrical tape, but this is done more reliably with PET tape cut from plastic bottles.