Sometimes all you need is a roll of duct tape and some courage. A little redneck engineering can get the job done for cheap, but it won’t win any beauty contests. These cheap life hacks work, isn’t that enough?
With any DIY project, it’s all about your budget and skill level. In these cases, the skill greatly outweighed the budget, but if we learned anything from Home Improvement it’s that you always swing for the fences.