Change the light bulb, lubricate the hinges of the doors and solve the problem of "knocked stops" - we tell what small repair work is to learn how to do it yourself.
1 Include light in the apartment
Everyone in the house sometimes without ad turn off the light. In this situation, you first need to walk all over the apartment and check the switches and sockets. To understand whether there is a voltage in the latter, connect some device to them, such as a hairdryer or a table lamp. If nothing works, most likely, you "knocked out traffic jams." It can happen if there are many devices at the same time in the apartment.
Just in case, look out on the street: if the light is most likely in neighboring houses, the light is turned off in the entire area. You will have to wait, will not eliminate breakdowns.
The problem with traffic jams is easy to solve independently. Go to the distribution panel, it can be both inside the apartment and on the staircase. Look at the circuit breakers. If one of them is in the "Off" position, it means that it must be enabled. However, first disconnect the devices from the socket connected to this machine. If the light after never appeared, you have to turn to the electrician.
2 Water cranes
Knowledge where taps overlapping water supply are useful to you in emergency situations. If the leakage happens, you must turn off the water. For this, levers or valves are responsible, they are in wet areas: under the sinks in the kitchen or in the bathroom, on the tap pipes from the riser. Most often there are separate levers that are responsible for the supply of cold and hot water. To overlap water, you need to twist the valve clockwise or turn the lever into the perpendicular position to the pipe.
Also overlapping water in the entire apartment is at the moments when you leave the house for a long time.
3 Overlapping gas
If your apartment has a gas stove, then you must know where there are levers that turn off the gas. If you consider leakage, you need to block the gas pipeline crane as quickly as possible, air the room and cause emergency service.
4 Change the light bulb
If you have blocked the light bulb, act as follows: Turn off the overall light, unscrew the bulb from the lamp. Then turn on the light back and read the light bulb, especially the narrow part of it is the base. It can have a different size and length. Therefore, take a light bulb to the store so as not to be mistaken with the size. If you doubt yourself, contact your consultant, he will pick you up the desired option.
However, when the light is selected, only the size of the base is not enough. It is worth orient to the appropriate color temperature: there are models with a warm white, neutral and cold white tint.
5 Grease door loops
The creaking door causes unpleasant emotions, so it's better to get rid of it. You need the universal lubricant WD-40. Apply a little composition on the loop, while slightly moving the door back and forth. If there is no such lubricant at hand, use Vaseline.
6 Strengthen the sealant in the bathroom
If you have noticed that the sealant is moving away from the sink or bath, it is necessary to urgently correct the situation. You may not notice how water penetrates under the plug, in this case humidity appears in the room, the leakage to the neighbors is not excluded.
If the damage is non-serious, then fix it is easy. In a construction store you will have to buy a new tube sealant and a special gun, if you do not have it. Declaring the damaged area, let it dry and break the new layer of sealant. Follow the instructions on the package: often the restored place can not be wetted until complete drying.
