A buddy told me to just slap some flex tape on a small leak under my kitchen sink last month. I figured it was a quick fix and I'd deal with it later. Three days later I woke up to water all over the floor and a warped cabinet bottom. That cheap fix cost me $80 in new particle board and a whole Saturday replacing it. Anyone else had a 'temporary fix' turn into a real headache?
Moved into my 1980s fixer-upper in Cleveland 3 months ago and those hallway floorboards squeaked like crazy every time I walked to the bathroom at night. A neighbor told me to sprinkle baby powder into the gaps between the boards, then work it in with a soft brush. I tried it on a 10 foot stretch last weekend and now it's dead silent. Has anyone else found a random household item that fixed something annoying around the house?