I would actually take someone with me, to help and to watch if they wanted to learn how to install cables. They would be limited in the hands on stuff due to public liability (depending where I was working).
One point I haven't seen clearly mentioned - what are the entry requirements for the course? Is it for people who have never touched a tool of any kind in their life, or does it assume a level of previous experience in DIY or the building trade?
I would have thought that the local adult education might do an Introduction to DIY or Home Maintenance or similar which would be a broader grounding for you to build on later with more specific courses.
A local college may do evening classes, for instance.
HTH
Dave R
Yes. The theory can be learnt from books, internet etc. The manual skills of come with practice
I have worked in places where I have paid someone to sit in my van all day to keep it safe whilst I was working in the flats!
I think it's just a mental hurdle to overcome. The majority of DIY jobs can be broken down into simple sub-tasks which are usually easier than the whole (and during the learning phase if you muck one of them up you can often correct and still produce a good result).
I've watched professionals work before. They make mistakes, too. What they're good at, I think, is planning, having a good mental picture of the whole job while tacking individual bits, and recovering when some unforseen disaster does strike.
cheers
Jules
Wireless doorbell or rabbit hutch:-)?
But seriously, it is a service that I would be delighted to offer to a poster on the uk.d-i-y newsgroup.
Which one? :-)
Well having had the pleasure of meeting TMH I would say that we could offer a comprehensive course in how to eat a full english breakfast in a cafe!
I'm seeing this with our plumber, busy laying a lot of pipe for a new water main and for a bathroom and a loo. He's having to figure out how to get from the bedroom he's traversing, into the other bathroom that has the hot water tank etc. Problem is there's a load of steel under the wall between them.
Even that is not actually as obvious as it sounds. Unless you have seen a rad disconnected, I am sure many would expect that the nut screws onto the rad rather than onto the valve. Hence many would end up loosening it rather than tightening it!
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