Repairpicks started as a place to answer one specific question honestly: which fillers, sealants, adhesives, and weatherproofing products actually work for the job in front of you. Most home-improvement advice either sells you a tool you don’t need or reviews products no one can verify was ever used. This site is built around materials and consumables instead: the stuff that gets used up, wears out, and has to be replaced, covered in enough real detail to make a decision without guessing.
The site is run by Etienne Basson, who maintains and repairs his own home and writes from that same practical starting point: what actually works for a specific job, not just what a spec sheet claims. Recommendations here are organized by the problem you’re solving (a drafty door, a cracked baseboard, a bathroom seam that needs recaulking) rather than by brand or category for its own sake.
Coverage focuses on repair and finishing materials: weatherstripping and insulation, sealants and caulking, wood fillers and scratch repair, concrete and masonry repair, and related consumables as the site grows. Each guide aims to explain not just what to buy, but why one product tier suits your specific situation better than another.
Most readers here are in the middle of a real repair, comparing a shelf of similar-looking products and trying to work out which one is actually right for their door, their crack, their bathroom. If a search brought you to a specific article, it was written with that exact situation in mind.
Research and first drafts for guides here are produced with AI assistance; Etienne directs that research and reviews and edits every draft before it publishes, drawing on the hands-on repair experience described above, and the actual product judgement is his, not automated.
If anything on the site looks out of date or doesn’t match what you’ve found in your own experience, the contact page is the right place to flag it.