Talmud for Moed Katan 1:10

עוֹשִׂין מַעֲקֶה לְגַג וּלְמִרְפֶּסֶת מַעֲשֵׂה הֶדְיוֹט, אֲבָל לֹא מַעֲשֵׂה אֻמָּן. שָׁפִין אֶת הַסְּדָקִין וּמַעְגִּילִין אוֹתָן בַּמַּעְגִּילָה בַּיָּד וּבָרֶגֶל, אֲבָל לֹא בַמַּחֲלָצָיִם. הַצִּיר וְהַצִּנּוֹר וְהַקּוֹרָה וְהַמַּנְעוּל וְהַמַּפְתֵּחַ שֶׁנִּשְׁבְּרוּ, מְתַקְּנָן בַּמּוֹעֵד, וּבִלְבַד שֶׁלֹּא יְכַוֵּן מְלַאכְתּוֹ בַּמּוֹעֵד, וְכָל כְּבָשִׁין שֶׁהוּא יָכוֹל לֶאֱכֹל מֵהֶן בַּמּוֹעֵד, כּוֹבְשָׁן:

A railing may be made for a roof and for a marpeseth [a gallery for the upper story, from which a ladder provides access to the courtyard] in a non-professional, but not in a professional, manner. Cracks [in unslanted roofs, where the rain might enter and cause damage] may be plastered, and it (the plaster) may be leveled with a ma'agilah [a round wood used for smoothing roofs], by hand or by foot, but not with a machletzayim [a wide iron implement, like a trowel, with a handle.] A tzir [the lower pivot of a door], and a socket [in the lower door-sill] and a beam [house beams, literally], and a lock, and a key, which broke [even before yom tov] may be repaired on Chol Hamoed, so long as he does not plan his work for then [i.e., so long as he does not say: "I will wait for Chol Hamoed to do it, when I don't have any other work."] And all preserves [such as fish, vegetables, and the like, which are preserved in salt and vinegar], which he can eat on Chol Hamoed [i.e., which can be quickly preserved and eaten immediately], he may preserve.

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