Home repair is an ongoing, and sometimes expensive, reality for homeowners. In the United States, about 85% of residential homes date back to before 1980. Because of their age, they require ongoing maintenance. This maintenance, in addition to monopolizing nights and weekends of the home’s residents, can become expensive. Most homeowners spend somewhere between 1% and 4% of their home’s value on repairs and maintenance each year. This cost only goes up as the house ages. Whether it is spending those repair dollars on brass nuts and bolts or buying the tools needed to do a job, to cut down…