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Do-it-Yourself Repairs: As American as Apple Pie

  • For 250 years, Americans have followed the tradition of repairing items instead of replacing them.
  • A Duck brand study found that 87% of Americans say their family values resourcefulness and fixing things with the right tools.
  • Twenty-Nine percent of Americans say their family phrase is 'We can totally fix this.'
  • Seventy percent learned repair skills by watching family, with 63% having a parent as the main problem solver at home.
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Do-it-Yourself Repairs: As American as Apple Pie

(StatePoint) For 250 years, generations of fixers have passed down a very American tradition: don’t replace it, repair it. With crisp fall weather here, families across the country will be putting their weekends to work—together.

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The Billings Gazette broke the news in Billings, United States on Friday, September 4, 2026.
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