A plumber in Denver told me his $80 inspection camera saved a $15,000 repipe job last winter

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My old washing machine was shaking the whole house on the spin cycle. A repair guy wanted to replace the whole drum assembly for a few hundred. I watched a video online and bought a simple bubble level for five bucks. Turns out the installers never leveled the feet properly. Five minutes of turning some screws and it runs perfectly quiet now. What's the best cheap fix you've ever stumbled across?

jamiesullivan8h ago

That's the kind of math I can get behind. Spending a little cash on a tool to avoid a giant bill is always a win. Makes you wonder how many other trades are out there with cheap fixes for expensive problems. Bet that plumber felt like a genius that day. Honestly, we should all be so lucky with our home repairs.

the_riley8h ago

My buddy had a weird noise in his car engine, a real grinding sound. The mechanic quoted him eight hundred bucks to replace a whole unit. His uncle, who used to work on trucks, came over with a can of spray lubricant that cost maybe twelve dollars. He sprayed one specific linkage under the hood. The noise stopped completely and never came back. It was just bone dry, not broken. That mechanic would have charged for a part he didn't even need.