Which of this applies to you?

Answering these takes the parts that are not for you out of Home Repairs Merit Badge. Nothing is required, nothing is kept on the server, and nothing is ever hidden because a question went unanswered. A step that might apply to you stays on the list and is marked.

Requirement 2: which THREE of the six?

Six offered, three needed, and four of the six depend on your home having something: a yard tool worth reconditioning, cracked paving, a screen, or a broken pane. Weatherstripping and caulking are available to everybody. Note that caulking and paving repair both have a temperature and dryness window, so a cold wet month closes them.

Maintain or recondition a yard tool

Weatherstrip a window or door

Caulk cracks or joints open to the weather

Repair a break in concrete or asphalt

Repair or replace a window or door screen

Replace a pane of glass

Requirement 3: which THREE of the seven?

Seven offered, three needed. Building tool storage, building a workbench, repairing furniture and painting are open to anybody. A sagging door, a loose step and a fence all need the fault to exist first. Painting here shares its whole kit with requirement 6(a), so those two together are good value.

Install or build equipment for storing tools

Build a workbench

Repair a piece of furniture

Paint or varnish furniture, a door, or trim

Repair a sagging door or gate

Repair a loose step or railing

Repair a fence

Requirement 4: which TWO of the four?

Four offered, two needed, and this is the menu where the choice really matters. Finding the switch box and repairing a lamp cord involve no live house wiring at all, and they are two, so requirement 4 can be met in full without opening a wall. Installing a switch or replacing an outlet is work on a house circuit.

Locate the main switch box, and know how to reset a breaker or replace a fuse

Replace an electrical cord, or repair a plug or lamp socket

Install a single-pole light switch

Replace an electrical wall outlet

Requirement 5: which TWO of the five?

Five offered, two needed, and before any of them you must locate the main water shut-off and know how to turn it off, well pumps included. That opening task is compulsory and is not one of the five. Three of the options are indoor and need only a wrench; the hose and the sprinkler head need you to have those things.

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

Requirement 6: which THREE of the eight?

Eight offered, three needed, and this is the largest menu on the badge. Patching drywall and anchoring into drywall are one wall and one afternoon, which is two of your three. Painting a wall shares its whole kit with 3(d). A house built of plaster or masonry has no drywall, which closes one of these and changes another.

Paint a wall or ceiling

Repair or replace damaged tile, linoleum or vinyl flooring

Install drapery or curtain rods, then hang the drapes

Repair a hole in drywall

Secure an object to drywall using anchors

Reinforce a picture frame

Mend an object made of china, glass or pottery

Fix a drawer slide, or fix or replace cabinet pulls

Requirement 7: a career, or a hobby?

One of two, and this requirement does not appear in the 2025 printed book at all. The careers route researches training, education, costs, prospects, salary, duties and advancement for one job. The hobby route asks what training and expenses a lifelong interest would need, and what goals you would set.

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