I love it when you find a cheap solution to an fancy problem.
I had a bathroom sink that kept leaking water around the edges of the porcelain.
When it was installed, it was placed into the open hole and the edges rest on the countertop. Whenever water gets over the edges of the sink it pools on the counter against the porcelain and finds its way down below. If you leave the problem long enough, water soaks into the wood below the sink and causes it to swell. This entire time I thought I needed a odd sink to prevent this problem. I had no plan that it was the result of something self-explanatory and cheap. I spent no more than $10 at the hardware store on a tube of silicone caulk. Apparently the sink was supposed to be sealed with caulk from day 1, however the plumber either forgot or purposefully neglected to do it. Once I sealed the porcelain to the countertop, I never had leaking troubles again. I had another problem recently that made myself and others fear an fancy repair task. My house has increasingly worse temperature complications. It doesn’t matter if I’m running the a/c or the oil furnace, every room in my house is a odd temperature. I worried that I might need modern ductwork altogether, which can cost up to $4,000 or more. It was satisfying when my heating and cooling supplier provided to install a few ventilation dampers which are love flexible valves for your air system. You simply open and close each damper to distribute the air equally throughout the entire house. It takes an Heating, Ventilation, and A/C professional to adjust the dampers to equalize the temperature throughout.