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How to make automatic rainwater irrigation without pumps or electricity

If you have a system for collecting water from the roof during rain into a container, for example, a metal barrel, you can create an automatic watering system without using a pump or consuming electrical energy. Any adult can handle this kind of work.

How to connect profile pipes in 3 angles at 90 degrees without welding

When assembling structures from profile pipes, it is most convenient to use welding, but not everyone has it. In its absence, you can use various techniques to bend pipes and twist them with self-tapping screws. Such methods provide no less accurate and

How to make a hex hole in thick steel in a garage

If you don't have a waterjet or erosion machine that can quickly cut any hole in thick steel workpieces, then don't worry. This master class will discuss how to make a hexagonal

How to make a silent water seal for a fermentation tank

Moonshiners and distillers, when setting mash or wine for fermentation, use water seals of various designs. Each of them has its own advantages and disadvantages, but the glass-type system is considered the most successful. It allows you to minimize

How to make a powerful submersible pump from PVC pipes

In various situations, it becomes necessary to withdraw large amounts of water from reservoirs. This can be done very quickly if you use a battery-powered submersible pump. It is not difficult to assemble such a pump with your own hands. With its help you can download

6 ideas for using PET bottle handles in everyday life

When buying water, vegetable oil and household chemicals in PET bottles, you can collect a lot of handles from them. At first glance they are useless, but in fact you will find a use for them in every home. Let's look at where they can be useful.

1 best product for removing bitumen from a car body, which is always at hand

After laying fresh asphalt, or simply when driving in the heat, the bitumen torn off by the tread sticks to the car body. It sticks so strongly that it is impossible to wash it off even with a high pressure washer. However, there is a simple way to

Life hack: how to prevent blockages in pipes and prevent dirt and grease from leaking into the sewer

Plumbing problems are known to anyone who has had to deal with a clog. The procedure for cleaning pipes, which is associated with an unpleasant odor and dirt from the work of a plumber, is now expensive. Therefore, we should conclude: the blockage is easier

How to pour paint from a can without staining its edges or anything around it

This life hack will be useful to absolutely everyone who in one way or another deals with paint or other viscous liquids: varnish, oil, etc. If your task is to pour some of the paint from a can into another vessel, then you can’t just do it, because

How to make ash cement from wood

We have long been accustomed to using purchased cement as a construction binder. But this is not the only material available to us. An excellent binder can be made with your own hands from wood waste.

How to make a solar oven from aluminum cans and a satellite dish

Focused rays of the sun can heat surfaces to enormous temperatures. You can take advantage of this property and make a solar oven that allows you to quickly heat up food and even cook it. It is not difficult to make such a system.

4 tricks for small household repairs

Something breaks at every home. Something needs to be replaced, but in most cases everything can be solved by repair. Let's look at 4 tips that will help you quickly and easily fix common household problems in your home.

Three ways to get rid of unpleasant odors: trash can, dishes, dishwasher

Several items can have an unpleasant odor in the kitchen: the trash can, the dishwasher, and, of course, the dishes in which fish or seafood was cooked. Previously, the smell irritated me very much. Until the neighbor shared with

How to drill into tiles with a concrete drill so that it doesn't crack

If you need to fix a picture, hook or shelf on a tile, a problem arises with drilling it. If you do this incorrectly, it will simply crack. You can drill into a tile without damaging it, and with a 100% guarantee, if you use these

A quick and cheap way to lay a pipe under the foundation. Personal experience

Often there is a need to lay additional communications into an already built house. For example, supply water or remove sewerage. For this purpose, the trench method and digging under the foundation are usually used. What if the yard is already

An interesting do-it-yourself feed level indicator in a chicken feeder

Homemade bunker feeders made from plastic sewer pipes are very popular. Due to their capacity, they have to be filled every couple of weeks. Due to the fact that maintenance is rarely required, many people forget to use them on time.

How and from what to make a mini hand drill with your own hands

For drilling printed circuit boards, parts for modeling and other small things, a miniature hand drill is enough. This tool can be made by hand. This will require inexpensive parts that are sold on Aliexpress.

How to drill a wall without dropping a crumb on the floor without a vacuum cleaner

If for some reason you cannot use a vacuum cleaner when drilling a wall, then this life hack will be very helpful.Helpful advice will teach you how to drill a hole in the wall cleanly, without dust and construction dirt. No expensive ones

How to make a wall bracket for a large TV from a piece of plywood

If you only need to securely and easily fix the TV on the wall, then there is no need to spend money on purchasing a factory bracket. You can make it yourself from available and inexpensive materials, and you don’t need

How to make a soldering nozzle for a gas torch

Soldering sometimes has to be done in places without an electrical outlet within reach. In this case, you can make a special nozzle for the gas burner. With it, electricity is not required for soldering.

How to make a cheap toilet fragrance

Every time I come to the store to buy household goods, I am surprised at the prices that rise almost daily. I replaced expensive washing powders with washing gels a long time ago. The savings turned out to be significant. After the last purchase I decided to abandon the suspension

How to use a ballpoint pen to unscrew a regular or non-standard screw

This life hack does not intend to replace a regular screwdriver. This is just an example of ingenuity, how you can get out of a difficult situation due to the lack of a regular or non-standard (service) screwdriver.

10 tools from pliers, bearings and more

Old or cheap soft pliers made from bad metal can not be thrown away, but converted into another specialized tool.There are many options for such homemade devices that are really useful in the workshop. Some of these

How to make a threaded connection of polypropylene pipes of different diameters

To organize a temporary system for watering beds or watering animals, you can use polypropylene pipes, connecting them not by soldering, but by threading. This will allow such lines to be disassembled and reassembled, for example, at the end and beginning of the season. This connection

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