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Home Repair Safety Tips

Making your own repairs to your home savesyour home. Unless electricity has been turned
you time, worry and money, but you must notoff to the circuit box from outside the home,
overlook some safety concerns when performingthere is still electrical current running to
these repairs. Below, we list some simplethe main circuit breaker. Even with the main
safety tips for homeowners that will beturned off, there is still current running to
making  their  own  diy  home  repairs.the  main  switch.
Heating  and  Cooling  Repairs:Never work with electrical cords that are
standing in water. The cord may have a break
Always make sure that capacitors arein the insulation surrounding the wire and
discharged thoroughly when working on thecause  serious  electrical  shock.
electrical service box of an air conditioning
or heating unit. Capacitors may still hold anPlumbing  Repairs:
electrical charge with enough electricity to
kill a person even with the power turned off.When working on plumbing lines or plumbing
fixtures in your home, make sure that the
If you're working around gas lines, make surevalve is closed to the line or fixture you'll
not to damage them, as a gas leak make allowbe repairing. Some fixtures such as the
gas to build up and cause an explosion inbathroom toilet have their own cut-off
your home. If you do damage a gas line,valves, but even these are sometimes prone to
remove your family and yourself from the homefailure.
immediately and call 911 to report the gas
leak. A gas leak is definitely an emergencyWater traps in plumbing waste lines are
and  requires  quick  action.designed to hold water that prevents sewer
gases from entering the home. Sewer gases can
Electrical  Repairs:build up quickly in a home when repairing
waste lines where the trap has been removed.
Always turn off electricity to the circuitAlways cover any waste lines completely where
you're working on. Never attempt for a momenta  trap  has  been  removed  temporarily.
to make a repair with electricity running
through the circuit or it may be the lastWhen using caustic drain cleaners, be very
repair  you'll  ever  make.careful if they do not unclog the drain. The
drain cleaners will still be in the water and
Remove jewelry, such as watches and necklacesuse of a plunger or other tool may splash the
when working around electricity. Try todrain cleaner into your eyes or on your skin
always keep the odds in your favor. Acausing  serious  harm.
dangling piece of metal touching a live
circuit has the potential to draw electricalRepairing your home can be a fun and
current  right  through  your  body.educational experience. Follow the simple
safety tips above and may all of your future
Unless you really know what you're doing, dohome repairs be safe ones.
not work on any part of the circuit box in



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