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Topics > House and Garden
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Basic Repairs for the Helpless Homeowner
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$123.00 (1 section available)
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Forced to spend hard-earned dollars on professional services or to live with inconvenient, unpleasant, or even dangerous situations in your home because you lack the skills, knowledge, and most importantly, the confidence to tackle even the most basic home repair? This course will equip the homeowner with everything you need in order to complete repair jobs easily, inexpensively, and safely. Fix a lamp, unclog a sink, replace a light switch-are all tasks that you will accomplish. The course includes hands-on exercises and do-it-yourself homework assignments.
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Design Your Own Garden
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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Is your yard a mixed up combination of plants? Learn how to create a unified landscape that is satisfying to you and others. With the use of line, form, texture and color, you can transform your yard into a vision of beauty. Bring photographs of your existing landscape to class.
**Please contact us at 412-788-7507 if you do not receive the Zoom link (M-F from 8:30 AM -4:30 PM). If you register outside of these hours or online, it will not be automatically be sent. We hope that you will join us! Thank you!
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Fixing Faucets
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$61.00 (1 section available)
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This hands on class will teach you parts of a faucet, how to install it and which tools are needed. Learn how to change shower heads, use of a dermal to cut tile and how to fix a leaky faucet. Learn what tools to buy and not buy.
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Hillside Gardening
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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Does your landscape include a hill? Learn how to turn this into a true landscape asset. Students will explore how to analyze their hill and select the best solution to their problem. Bring a photograph to class.
***Please contact us M-F 8:30 AM -4:30 PM to receive the Zoom link if you are missing this. If you register outside of these hours, the link does not automatically get sent out and we do not want you to miss having this information. Thank you and we hope that you will join us!
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Home Buying Workshop
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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Considering buying a home in the not-too-distant future? Then there are some things you should know in advance. We will explore such topics as choosing the right Real Estate Agent, finding available homes, placing an offer, obtaining a mortgage, home inspections and home appraisals. Led by an experienced Realtor®, students will be well informed for what to expect during the home buying process to make the most important financial decision of their lives.
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Home Improvement Basics--Do It Yourself
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$142.00 (1 section available)
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Whether students want to save money or just enjoy the satisfaction that comes from doing it themselves, this course will teach the basics of home repair. Students will learn how to handle practical repairs and improvements, such as installing a ceiling fan, changing a light switch or fixing a leaking faucet. Topics include basic plumbing, carpentry and electricity, painting and drywall, tools, hardware, and safety measures and precautions. If the job is too much to handle, this class will show students how to choose and hire a contractor.
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How to Care for House Plants
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$51.00 (1 section available)
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Learn the basics of caring for house plants. We'll cover which are best for which parts in your house, tips to keep them alive and more! You'll be able to get rid of fake plants for good.
**Please contact us to receive the Zoom link for class (M-F from 8:30 AM -4:30 PM) if you do not receive this. If you register outside of these hours or online it unfortunately does not automatically get sent out. We hope that you will join us. Thank you!
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Pipe Problems, Pressure & Plungers: DIY Basics
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$61.00 (1 section available)
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How to work with Copper, PVC, Brass, ABS, Lead, CPVC, Pex, Quest, Galvanized, Cast Iron and Terra Cotta pipe. Ferncos and Sharkbites. How a garbage disposal works. Check valves. Pressure Regulators, Expansion tanks. Valves, Installing a new shower head. Fighting clogs.
What to buy, and where to get them. What not to buy.
**Please note that our printed catalog had an error in the description -please disregard and refer to this online description.** We apologize for any inconvenience. Please contact our office at 412-788-7546 if we can be of any assistance. Thank you and we hope that you will join us!
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Toilet Tech
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$61.00 (1 section available)
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Learn how to fix your toilet without hiring a plumber! We'll cover tips to make your toielt work better as well as fixing leaks and clogs.
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Upholstery
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$129.00 (1 section available)
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Students will learn measuring, sewing and padding techniques needed to recondition and recover furniture. By the end of the course students should have completed one or more simple projects. Bring a project piece to first class. Materials are extra and will be discussed.
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