Simple, yet vital
July 24, 2007 by Heather
Dear Home Ec 101:
This is embarassing, but I can never remember which way to tighten a bolt.
~A nut with more than a few loose screws
Heather says:
Don’t be ashamed. If you have never been shown, how could you know? There is a simple rhyme to keep things straight:
Lefty loosey, righty tighty.
Whether using a screw driver or wrench, you will always turn the handle toward your left hand, counter-clockwise, to loosen a screw or bolt. To tighten, simple turn toward your right hand in the clockwise direction.
Righty tighty…..lefty loosey…..easy to remember….Pam south Bend
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As you can tell by my name I have investment properties - and the other day I was installing a faucet in one of them.
I kept reminding myself of this pithy saying, but when you’re underneath a sink things can turn around and just when you think you’re loosening a nut, it turns out that you’re actually tightening it! :^)
It’s when I’m reaching over the back of something that I get it wrong!