'It looked as good as new': readers share their tips for repairing household items

From YouTube video guides to sourcing parts, here are some ways to extend the life of your appliances and sentimental itemsChange by degrees offers life hacks and sustainable living tips each Saturday to help reduce your household's carbon footprintGot a question or tip for reducing household emissions? Email us at changebydegrees@theguardian.comOne of the best ways we can reduce our household's carbon footprint is to repair things instead of throwing them away. But it's also a way of life for many people."Seems I've spent most of my life fixing stuff because I was brought up that way," observes Phil, from Bedfordshire. "I look at everything that comes my way as potentially useful and more often than not, it is," writes Richard, a designer from Essex. Continue reading...