Your Journey Starts Here: Begin the Maintenance Ready Program

Get knowledge, skills, and repair experience that last a lifetime for the equivalent cost of a few hours of a professional’s time. 

Our three-part Maintenance Ready program prepares you to tackle essential home maintenance tasks and common repairs with confidence. 

Each of the nine classes in the program builds on the one before it, allowing you to combine new knowledge with practical techniques to solve problems. 

You’ll gain a home repair vocabulary, get to know the systems that make up your home, develop tool skills, and complete actual repairs in the Lab with plenty of support and no worries about costly mistakes.

Part 1: Knowledge

The Knowledge portion of the Maintenance Ready program prepares you to take charge of home maintenance and lays an essential foundation for our Skill and Repair classes.

Home Fundamentals
Class
1
of 9
90
Mintues

Get to know your home from the foundation to the roof and learn the right lingo to communicate effectively with service professionals. This lecture-style class focuses on the vocabulary and visual identification of home maintenance, empowering you to recognize all the components that make up your plumbing, electrical, and structural systems.

Maintenance Fundamentals
Class
2
of 9
90
Mintues

Once you’re familiar with the systems that make up your home, it’s time to develop a personal maintenance plan. This lecture class takes you through four seasons of maintenance essentials so you come away prepared to take excellent care of your home all year round. Learn how to extend the life of your plumbing, electrical, and HVAC systems; anticipate upcoming maintenance needs; and prevent expensive breakdowns through proactive stewardship.

Part 2: Skills

Building on what you learned in the Knowledge portion of the Maintenance Ready program, Skills classes start you on the road to constructing and creating. You’ll build a tool library, learn to use power tools safely, and tackle woodworking projects.

Tool Skills
Class
3
of 9
90
Mintues

This hands-on class will show you how to build your own tool library without overspending on things you don’t really need. You’ll gain confidence handling power tools and learn essential drill skills for home projects and future classes. Choose the right tool for any job, master DIY safety basics and best practices, and expand your solution set for maintenance and repair tasks.

Saw Skills
Class
4
of 9
90
Mintues

Level up your DIY skills and build your confidence with power saws. Learn crucial saw safety and accurate measuring and marking techniques. By the end of this class, you’ll have hands-on experience and be able to make precise cuts with miter, circular, and jigsaws.

Build A Box Project
Class
5
of 9
180
Mintues

This project class offers you a chance to combine knowledge with technique and assess your new tool and saw skills. Master the basics of project planning and wood joinery to unlock limitless DIY potential and the ability to create custom storage. You’ll leave this class with a box you can proudly display in your home. (Participants must complete the Saw Skills class prior to taking this class.)

Part 3: Repairs

In the last step of the Maintenance Ready program, you’ll put your Knowledge and Skills to work to tackle common repairs, take control of your home maintenance, and save yourself money. You will come away empowered to fix what you can and aware of when and why to call in a professional if needed.

Electrical Basics
Class
6
of 9
90
Mintues

In Electrical Basics, you’ll learn how to work safely with electrical tools to replace light fixtures, outlets, and switches. Most importantly, you’ll be able to determine when to take on a DIY project and when to call in a professional electrician to keep yourself and your home safe.

Sink Basics
Class
7
of 9
90
Mintues

Get empowered to resolve leaks, clogs, and more. Work with the Lab’s real bath and kitchen sinks to gain a hands-on understanding of sink components, supply lines, and drain lines. You’ll come away prepared to troubleshoot and repair common sink problems without the expense of a professional plumber.

Toilet Basics
Class
8
of 9
90
Mintues

This hands-on class will teach you to identify the components of your toilet, repair issues, and make upgrades without the help of a professional plumber. Take apart a real toilet in the Lab and learn to replace faulty mechanisms and resolve problems with confidence.

Drywall Basics
Class
9
of 9
90
Mintues

Learn how to choose the right materials for flawless drywall repair and master techniques for patching holes, dents, and nail pops. We will show you how to maximize what’s already in your toolbox to make damage disappear and get your walls paint-ready.

Private Lessons

If you have completed the Maintenance Ready program or are an experienced DIYer looking to gain more advanced skills for a specific project, meet us in the Lab!

Our advanced one-on-one classes will prepare you to take on kitchen, bath, tiling, or flooring improvement projects. Reach out to talk to us about the classes we offer.

Open Lab

Already have something in the works, but need access to more space or specialty tools? We invite you to use the Lab and our tools during our FREE monthly Open Lab time. (Participants must complete the Saw Skills class in order to use the power saws.)