Do-It-Yourself

By: K. Anthony Bissoon Welcome to another instalment of Do it Yourself, where we aim to give you the know-how for quick, simple and money saving fixes about your home! In this edition, especially for persons that spend a lot of time in the kitchen [also applicable to all bathrooms, wash closets etc.], we will be looking at traps-how they work and how to fix and clean them. Traps as they are called can be made out of plastic or metal [although the plastic kind is present in almost all…

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Do-It-Yourself

By K. Anthony Bissoon B. Eng. In this instalment, we will be looking at a quick repair for a busted water pipe, there may be an instant where you find a leak in the kitchen or bathroom and have to get it fixed quickly, so here is a five minute fix until you can get a permanent fix done. This fix is very fast and easy to do, I would suggest that you have little items like pieces of rubber garden hose and hose clamps tucked somewhere handy for fixes…

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