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What Homeowners Need To Know About Home Improvement

If you are not confident about your actions, home improvement may be overwhelming. If you don’t know how to begin when you are planning, you should check out these tips to see if they give you great advice for starting and completing projects.

If you have any doors that squeak upon open or closing, try using a little lubricant. Apply a small amount of commercial lubricant to the door hinge and open and close the door to allow it to enter the crevices. You can also try this with cooking oil, though the results may not last as long as a commercially available lubricant.

Sometimes traditional and economical methods of dealing with squeaky doors may work for you. Here is a cheap alternative that you can try: Remove the hinge pin as normal, and rub it with regular bar soap. Then replace the pin and open and close the door …