AC Phoenix, March, 1992, Page 5
Keeping Up
Your Home
Sweet Home
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Roof
The price of repairing
fomorwom shingtes
varies according to the
size and steepness of
the roof, with the
average being around
$200 inclucfing
material, tabor and
insurance. Basic
fibergiass/asphalt
shakes have dropped
50 cents to $2.50 in
price per square foot.
Chimneys
Various sealers and water repeilams are available to
repair decrepit flues or presen/e cracking bricks. Liquid,
resealers can be poured down the chimney, seating the
cracks and Improving fireproofing, waterproofing,
insulation and combustion efficiency. You can save about
67 percent of the replacement expense - anywhere from
$eD0 to $3,000,
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Gutters
Small holes can be fiHed
with asphalt cement, but
the gutters ought to be
cleaned with steel wool
first. Sagging gutters
probably need new
straps or fixing nails.
Repairing dents and
other minor damage
can cost $50 - $60,
about 10 percent of
average replacement
cost.
Kitchen
Camouflaging worn
doors and cabinets
with new surfaces.
Formica for instance,
can freshen drab
kitchens for 33 percers
of the cost of total
remodelling.
Homeowners doni
have to remove the old
cabinets to update
them.
I Driveways
Black top is expen
sive, often thousands
of dollars, but
considerably cheaper
sealants are available
to fill crevices, cracks
and potholes.
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Paint
Note the manufacturer
and exact formula of
housepainf in case you
need to touch up. Paint
more than the spot.
Cover the unsightly
areas trom corner to
comer or end to end.
Within three months the
areas will match the
remainder of the home.
Bathrooms
Sometimes reconditioning the bathroom does
not require tearing up tile floors, walls or the
bathtub. An old bathtub can be reglazed for
about $300. Synthetic walls made of plastic tm
fiberglass can easily and inexpensively
disguise repulsive wall tiles.
Windows
Regtazing or resoreening
windows costs between 10 to
20 percent of the purchase
cost. Replacing the glass on
storm doors may cost 50 to
60 percent ot the initial
expense. Faulty latches,
corner slide pins and wheels
are repairable at minUrral
cost.
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