Experience

Scott Flint is an expert appliance repair technician with over 30 years experience fixing home appliances. His DIY articles have appeared in Earth911.com's website. Scott is a 9th Degree Black Belt and published author of the Self-Defense book Waking The Tiger Within - How to be Safe from Crime. He has been teaching martial arts for over 43 years. Scott has a calm manner that helps to make complex repairs understandable. He enjoys empowering people to be able to confidently do their own DIY appliance repairs. Scott has over 1,900 youtube DIY repair videos that garner over 900,000 views/month.

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Articles & Recipes

Don’t Use Your Oven’s Self-Cleaning Feature. Here’s Why.

According to appliance repair pro Scott the Fix-It Guy, you need to think twice before firing up your oven's self-cleaning cycle.

open washing machine revealing a bath mat inside the drum

Why Bathroom Mats Shouldn’t Go in Your Washer

Bathroom mats should never, ever go in your washing machine. Learn why, and what to do when your bathroom mats and other bulky items need cleaning.