Item Name: Home Repairs 1961 - 1968

Item ID: HomRep-F

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements January 1960 until September 1961

Do fourteen of the following:

1. Paint or varnish a piece of furniture, door, or part of the trim on a house.  Clean brush afterwards.

2. Paint a wall or ceiling.  Clean brush afterwards.

3. Repair an electric cord, plug, or lamp socket.

4. Repair a sash cord.

5. Replace faucet washer.

6. Solder.

7. Replace all cords in a Venetian blind.

8. Repair or install curtain rods and hand curtains.

9. Lay linoleum or asphalt tile or replace worn areas.

10. Repair furniture.

11. Mend china.

12. Repair sagging door or gate.

13. Repair window screen or screen door.

14. Replace a broken pane of glass.

15. Clean out a sink trap.

16. Install fixtures for the storage of equipment or tools.

17. Waterproof a basement wall.

18. Know location of main electrical switch and replace fuse.

19. Repair a picture frame.

20. Calk cracks or joints open to the weather.

21. Repair leaky garden hose or connector.

22. Build a workbench.

23. Install or replace stairway or porch handrail.

24. Recondition a garden tool.

25. Repair a garden or flower-bed fence.

26. Repair a break in a cement sidewalk, driveway, or garage floor or in an asphalt surface.

 

Requirements September 1961 until June 1972

Do fourteen of the following:

1. Know location of main electrical switch and replace fuse.

2. Waterproof a basement wall.

3. Repair or install curtain rods and hand curtains.

4. Install or replace stairway or porch handrail.

5. Repair furniture.

6. Repair window screen or screen door.

7. Repair sagging door or gate.

8. Repair a picture frame.

9. Clean out a sink trap.

10. Repair a sash cord.

11. Replace a faucet washer.

12. Repair a break in a cement sidewalk, driveway, or garage floor or in an asphalt surface.

13. Repair a garden or flower-bed fence.

14. Recondition a garden tool.

15. Repair an electric cord, plug, or lamp socket.

16. Replace a broken pane of glass.

17. Mend china.

18. Paint or varnish a piece of furniture, door, or part of the trim on a house.  Clean brush afterwards.

19. Repair leaky garden hose or connector.

20. Calk cracks or joints open to the weather.

21. Install fixtures for the storage of equipment or tools.

22. Paint a wall or ceiling.  Clean brush afterwards.

23. Lay linoleum or asphalt tile or replace worn areas.

24. Solder.

25. Replace all cords in a Venetian blind.

26. Build a workbench.