Home Repairs Merit Badge
HOME REPAIRS
- Discuss general precautions related to home repairs. Name at least 10 safe practices that every home repairer should exercise.
- Under the supervision of your merit badge counselor, do FOUR of the following:
- Maintain or recondition a yard tool and show that you know how to clean up and properly store this equipment.
- Weather-strip a window or door.
- Caulk cracks or joints open to the weather.
- Waterproof a basement.
- Repair a break in a concrete or asphalt surface.
- Repair the screen in a window or door.
- Replace a pane of glass.
- Solder a broken wire or metal object.
- Under the supervision of your merit badge counselor, do THREE of the following:
- Install or build equipment for storing tools.
- Build a workbench.
- Repair a piece of furniture.
- Paint or varnish a piece of furniture, a door, or trim on a house.
- Repair a sagging door or gate.
- Repair a loose step or railing.
- Repair a fence.
- Under the supervision of your merit badge counselor, do TWO of the following:
- Locate a main electrical switch box and know how to replace a fuse or reset a circuit breaker.
- Replace an electrical cord or repair a plug or lamp socket.
- Install a single-pole light switch.
- Replace an electrical wall outlet.
- Under the supervision of your merit badge counselor, do TWO of the following:
- Clear a clogged drain or trap.
- Repair a leaky water faucet.
- Repair a flush toilet.
- Repair a leaky hose or connector.
- Clean or replace a sprinkler head.
- Under the supervision of your merit badge counselor, do THREE of the following:
- Paint a wall or ceiling.
- Repair or replace damaged tile or linoleum.
- Install drapery or curtain rods and then hang drapes or curtains.
- Replace window blind cords.
- Repair or replace a window sash cord.
- Reinforce a picture frame.
- Mend an object made of china, glass, or pottery.