One thing I love about my husband is that if he doesn’t know how to adjust/fix/make something, he figures it out. He’s by no means an auto mechanic, yet he has successfully installed stereos, replaced rotors and brake pads, and more recently, replaced an alternator in my car. He didn’t go to school to learn how to become an electrician, yet he has wired new and existing outlets in our house, fixed a broken outlet in the kids’ bathroom, and installed ceiling fans in all three bedrooms, and another one in the living room. And he’s no technician or repair man, yet he has fixed my washer, and used various washer parts to fix my mother’s at one point as well.
We’re all about DIY home repairs whenever possible. Doing home repairs on our own, first and foremost, is a heck of a lot cheaper than paying someone else to do it. That bathroom outlet Dan fixed? It took him a couple of hours of messing around to get it working. I shudder to think of what an electrician would have charged just to walk in the house. Those ceiling fans? They were also quite tricky to install, particularly in our bedroom. Again, the fees an electrician would have required… ugh. And we both know from our first Kia Spectra just how much an alternator replacement would have run us – $500! Our do-it-yourself price? Roughly $180 — the cost of a new alternator, and a handy mechanic book that shows explodey diagrams of every element of my Kia Spectra. DIY home repairs are also preferable because you get to choose when and how to do them, and you have more control over getting things done.
When it comes to making these and other home repairs happen, PartSelect is definitely a go-to resource. PartSelect carries thousands of parts for electronics and appliances. Whether you’re looking for a new belt for your dryer or replacement components for your DVD player, PartSelect’s easy-to-use catalog will help you find exactly what you’re looking for. You can search by model name or even by part number, which means there’s no searching for a needle in a haystack — you’ll get the exact part that you need.
Better still, PartSelect offers free installation help! Looking to repair your dishwasher or install a stove? No problem. PartSelect offers installation guides and basic troubleshooting points to help you get the job done. Besides text, these installation/repair/troubleshooting guides are also presented in graphical form, and even via videos! There are currently over 100 videos that outline installations of various appliances and parts. Each one shows you step-by-step what to do, and a certified in-house repair technician is your guide in each video. Need a new drive belt for your dryer and the know-how to get it installed? Simply watch the videos that are being added to product part pages:
PartSelect has recently unveiled Virtual Repairman, a free and interactive tool that helps you diagnose problems with your appliances, and then get them fixed! To get started with the Virtual Repairman, simply enter in your appliance’s model number. You’ll be presented with a list of common problems, and upon clicking each one, will be shown the list of part(s) that will fix them!
Dan has used PartSelect in the past to find parts info, and now he’s even more excited about future repairs since he’ll have the opportunity to check out interactive guides and installations. And I’m excited too, because that means I can compile a Honey-Do list and actually get it done! ;)
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