Family can play an integral role in maintaining financial stability. Parents helping out kids, kids helping out parents, siblings helping out one another, or whatever the situation, such help can be a big cycle of exchange that benefits -- or in some situations hurts -- all those involved.

Our family is a great example of helping one another to become more financially secure through our exchange of goods and services with one another. As my grandfather used to say when losing money playing cards with my grandmother, "At least I'm keeping it in the family."

Bartering Services

Our family is like one big bartering service. The in-laws provide dinner for my moving furniture or cleaning their garage or crawlspace. I provide lawn care, gutter cleaning, or home repairs and maintenance at their house for their childcare services. It all really works out well and ends up saving both sides money. We get to save on things like food and childcare, while they cut the costs of hiring professionals for home maintenance and the likes.

Combined Garage Sales/Resale

Our family tends to have a garage sale at least once a year. We find it's a great way to stay downsized and make a little extra money in the process. However, we don't always have enough stuff of our own to make the sale much of a draw to prospective customers. Therefore, we often pair our sale with our in-laws and/or other family members. This way, we not only increase the amount of stuff we have for sale, but it helps having additional hands on deck to save time and labor, and we can market our sale in the local newspaper as a "multi-family sale", making it more attractive to buyers.

At times, we've combined our resale abilities in other ways. I've helped my mother and mother-in-law sell back old textbooks and other items by way of online resale for cash. I handle the resale efforts (since they don't want or know how to do such things online), packaging, etc. and they cut me in for a portion of the proceeds. This way, they get rid of their old stuff that would just sit unused otherwise, and everyone makes a little money in the process.

Exchanging Leftovers

You wouldn't think that exchanging leftover food would make a big difference, but we've often been able to make at least an extra family meal or two a week out of our in-laws' regular leftovers. At first, I felt bad about taking the food, but after seeing them throw out large portions of these leftovers on regular basis -- and I'm talking good food here -- I felt better about minimizing the waste. And knowing that since they have a large family, they're going to make the same excessive amounts regardless, it makes it even easier.

However, we end up paying them back to an extent, since as a smaller family ourselves, we occasionally overbuy. A 5-lb bag of potatoes or 3-lb bag of onions is much more than we'll need or use, but if it's a really good buy, we'll go ahead and get it and then share the excess with the in-laws. Therefore, some of the leftovers we're taking home were supplied by us in the first place. This ends up decreasing waste on our end, and does the same on their end, while often providing an extra meal or two per week for our family, especially if we can extend such meals with items like rice, potatoes, pasta, or other inexpensive fillers.

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Jedi Plumbing urges NSW homeowners to keep an eye on their plumbing system to prevent costly emergency plumbing services and mitigate risks brought on by what is regarded as the states worst bushfire season.

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One of the common instructions pointed out by the Rural Fire Service (RFS) and Jedi Plumbing is the need for NSW property owners to clear out debris from roofs and gutters. While cleaning dried leaves from roofs and gutters aims to minimise the risk of fire intensity in the event of a bushfire occurring in the area, Jedi Plumbing adds that the simple property maintenance can also prevent corrosion.

The NSW plumbing service remarks, It is simple to take steps to stop corrosion in the early stages but costly to replace the guttering if it becomes fully corroded. In addition to that, you should have your septic systems and drains inspected by a professional once a year or, at a very minimum, every three years.

Jedi Plumbing also cautions homeowners about the dangers of disposing items down the toilet or the sink. The premier plumber Northern Beaches residents prefer explains, Extra care should be taken to monitor what types of materials are disposed of into the drainage system. Non-decomposing items can cause the most problems even if they are small in nature. These items will sit in the pipes and, over time, as more materials are added, a blockage will occur. A blockage in the plumbing system can potentially mean costly and disruptive repair work.

A blockage could also spell trouble for residents who happen to have the Static Water Supply (SWS) sign on their properties. The SWS sign, which should be placed in a visible location, is meant to help firefighters source out emergency water supply from properties that have a swimming pool, water tank, creek or dam. A property with an SWS sign needs to maintain water reserve especially during this crucial season. Unchecked blockage in the plumbing system could lead to a serious burst, rendering the property with minimal to no access to water, apart from what Jed Plumbing warns as expensive water damage.

To prevent this scenario, Jedi Plumbing urges NSW homeowners to know the location of their shut off valve. The well-established plumbing service adds, It is also useful because you could potentially turn this valve off and wait until such a time when you can call your local plumber instead of the emergency number.

Established in 2009, Jedi Plumbing has increasingly gained favour with NSW residents as it provides high-quality workmanship and top-notch plumbing services like bathroom plumbing, toilet repairs, and gutter cleaning and repair 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Jedi Plumbing states, We believe that these are the basics of any plumbing service, which is why we find them easy to provide to you. And these basics have created the solid reputation that Jedi Plumbing proudly carries. We cover most aspects of plumbing and have developed a loyal customer base through our domestic, commercial, strata and real estate customers The Jedi Plumbing team are trained in the latest plumbing technologies and products so they can provide the highest quality service possible. They are also trained in OH & S procedures.

The premiere emergency plumber also does commercial plumbing, rainwater tanks specialisation, leak detection, CCTV drain camera inspection, and a host of other plumbing services.

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