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Home Maintenance

Our home maintenance section of our blog is the day to day chore of taking care of our house. DIY on cleaning tips, repairs and all around maintenance to keep it in working order.

#1 Sauna Heater Failure a Simple Inspection to Stop Expensive Repair

April 30, 2022February 5, 2022 by My59 Ranch
Testing Sauna Electric Coil Elements close up

A Sauna Heater is a relatively simple device, almost like an oversized toaster oven. It is important to inspect and clean the sauna heater once …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags sauna, Sauna cleaning, sauna heater

Have a Leaking Toilet? – Quick 42 Min Fix

January 28, 2022January 25, 2022 by My59 Ranch
Toilet leaking on floor?

Would you like to wake up to see a leaking toilet on the bathroom floor? Not me. Some days it feels like home-ownership has zero …

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Categories Home Maintenance

How to Clean Mid-Century Brass Lights

September 16, 2021August 15, 2021 by My59 Ranch
How to clean mid-century brass lights

As we continue to document the restoration of our home, we constantly discover new thinks like this one today – how to clean mid-century brass …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags clean brass lights, Mid-Century Brass lights

1 Day secret to Clean And Paint A Cement Floor

May 1, 2022July 29, 2021 by My59 Ranch
How to Clean and Paint a Cement Floor in One DAY

This weekend we had a small task to spruce up our carport that we will share with you on how you can clean and paint …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags painting a cement floor, Painting a concrete floor

Build a Strong Farm House Style Deck Gate (Plan and Guide)

July 9, 2021 by My59 Ranch
white house beside grass field

Knowing how to build a Farm House style Deck Gate that lasts, does not sag or close properly is something I am sure (If you …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Cross Member Gate, Deck Gate, Farm Style Deck Gate

2 Tips to fix a door that won’t close properly

May 1, 2022February 2, 2021 by My59 Ranch
Old school way to fix a sticky door - hand planer

There is nothing like having a door that won’t close properly. It leaves you with an unfinished feeling that will nag you until you resolve …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Door doesn't shut or is sagging, Door Sticking, Doors that Won't Close, hand planer, How do you fix a door that won't close?, Interior door won't close, plane a door

Need A Staircase Runner? Try and use a Rug instead of Carpet.

May 1, 2022September 6, 2020 by My59 Ranch
Staircase Runner contemporary mid-Centruy Modern

One of the quests we had, was to replace the staircase runner when we bought this house. Last summer we replaced the carpet in the …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags carpet runner, rug, staircase runner

How to Test your Fireplace before it gets cold

May 1, 2022July 11, 2020 by My59 Ranch
Testing Prefab Fireplace

The temperature has started to turn chilly in the past couple of weeks and our bedrooms prefab fireplace will be getting fired up soon. In …

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Categories Home Maintenance Tags Chase Cap, chimney cap repair, Chimney Repair

A promising view by Sanding our Deck Railing then Stain With Thompson’s

May 1, 2022July 2, 2020 by My59 Ranch
Deck Railing and Tree

When you are finished with one step in a project that has many, it is really nice to see the final product. Finishing up our Deck Railing and staining it with Thompson’s Waterseal turned out great

Categories Home Maintenance Tags deck railing, deck staining, featured

You May Need a New Well Pump if…

May 1, 2022June 17, 2020 by My59 Ranch
Grundfos AP Well Pump

What do you do when you go to use your water in the morning and nothing comes out? No water is not such a fun thing, neither is replacing a well pump…

Categories Home Maintenance Tags drill a well, fix well, New well pump
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