Crafts

Kintsugi Methods: crack; Makienaoshi or piece (filling in holes); and Yobitsugi, joint, or joint-call (attaching pieces from more than one item). Tomotsugi is similar to the joint method but pieces together like items. Staple repair is another method. Use masking tape to trial run gluing order and to number order to be glued. While wearing…

House Repairs

Should I renovate? Fit windows with heat-shrink film or weatherstripping. Improve insulation. Foundation Leaks Basements with a concrete slab foundation and a high water table will often leak along the cove joints of the horizontal slab (which is poured first) and the vertical foundation walls (due to hydrostatic pressure). Reasons for the seepage. U of…