DIY takes to long get Someone in to do it.

[cuppycake]

I personaly think that DIY is long and boaring and dirty. My advice would be pay someone elese to do it.

[Mungo "Two Sheds" Toadfoot]

Good advice. You'll have plenty of time for English lessons too.

Si

[TheScullster]

"cuppycake" wrote

My experience is: Takes too long to find someone to do it. Quality of work even with reference checks is often questionable. Must be well coined up to afford to "get a man in".

Phil

[cupra]

Yep - it's always a pig of a job.

[Dave Baker]

I was just about to type the same sent

-- Dave Baker Puma Race Engines

Camp American engineer minces about for high performance specialist (4,4,7)ence. Good job I checked all previous posts first :)

[Dave Baker]

Some people have the patience to do it right and turn a sow's ear into a silk purse. Others just tell 'porkies' about what a good job they did. Some are 'ham' fisted. Personally I'm ok at the 'grunt' work but not the complicated stuff.

If you earn enough then sure - you bring home the bacon and use the money to pay a contractor.

I must 'trotter' long now and get some of my own work done.

-- Dave Baker Puma Race Engines

Camp American engineer minces about for high performance specialist (4,4,7)

[The Natural Philosopher]

Perfectly reasonable attitude, but if so, why are you here?

[Guy King]

The message from "cuppycake" contains these words:

What would you prefer to do that's long, boring and dirty then?

[Steve Firth]

Sow what?

[Art Deco]

Who did you pay to write this for you?

[Bob Eager]

Some jobs are a pig. Then I consider it. :-)

[Stuart]

DIY is long ?

Do It Yourself is even longer isn't it . ?

[Staffbull]

Damn, why did I not think of that !! I could have had someone releive me of around =A38,000 I saved on the extension by DIY !!!

[Owain]

But the tradesmen have their snouts in the trough.

And they tend to disappear halfway through the job leaving the house looking like a pigsty.

Owain

[Sylvain VAN DER WALDE]

DIY is about doing something _within_ your capability. Thereby ensuring a good, reliable, and clean result.

This could be bad advice. There are far too many "cowboys" about.

I've been changing the diaphragm in my Chaffoteaux Britony II T water heater from new (I recently renewed the third one). There's nothing boring about doing it. And by taking my time, I'm convinced that the work is at least as good as a good (excuse the pun) professional's (if not better). P.S. How much would it cost me to have this done? I would be unhappy if I had to rely on a handyman to put up shelves, toilet cabinet, etc...

Sylvain.

[cupra]

Yeah - and the bills make you squeal!

[The3rd Earl Of Derby]

Prolly sit on a toilet trying to get the nutty one out. ;-)

[HLAH]

I think you lie, you obviously do do it yourself, being the w*nker that you are.

H

[Guy King]

The message from " cupra" contains these words:

Don't forget the porkies about completion dates.

[The Medway Handyman]

I wouldn't :-)