Yep - curiously, I actually enjoy it and find it relaxing.
Not in my case, or I suspect many others. But that does bring into question whether 'It' needs doing in the first place ;-)
Rather missing the point - but it was more the skills exchange side of it that I was looking at.
Yes, that's what I meant: people working in the building trade.
Er, sharing a drill and a few spanners - it not supposed to cover 'plant'.
I had a pair of Ecco shoes with moulded one piece soles re-heeled last year by one of those key cutter/shoe mender shops and he did a great job and they're still in good nick.
Yes you could. In principle anyway.
The reason scaffolding companies employ 3 people is simply because it's more than 3 times as quick doing it that way. That's simply because with one person they're forever climbing up and down the ladder to secure both ends
But providing you used a hoist as you went there's no reason you couldn't do it all on your own. Fred Dibnah used to hoist scaffold boards to the tops of
200ft mill chimneys to give himself a platform to work from. Mind you he didn't have to climb down 200ft every time to lash up the next load.michael adams
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Oddly it's one thing TV always got pros in for. Scaffolding in a TV studio as part of the set. No matter how simple or small. I was told it's because the scaffold companies had their own insurance. Yet our own chippies would build things sometimes much larger.
BBC?
Does seem rather silly that there weren't a permanent scaffolding team (who could do other at-height work when not scaffolding)....
Now was that a Mini or a BMW?
Things like H&S tend to mean you need to use those with suitable accreditation.
They'd only need to buy one. Not that one would repair a kettle now.
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In message , charles writes
I remember chuckling at an early H&S notice displaying someone opening a tin of paint with a screwdriver. I still wonder what they thought you should use.
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Such assumptions need not be made. Effective triage is an area that traditional repair shops have failed to implement satisfactorily.
many things are.
Correct parts are available for many items, and nonoriginal part designs can be used in many too.
obviously a competent repair shop would not choose to do that with items where it is not likely to be worthwhile.
rubbish. I repair things when it's worthwhile, and sometimes it still is. I accept it's a popular opinion though.
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Indeed, one can often make / save £50-£100ph fixing electronics. The id ea that it ain't worthwhile is just popular myth.
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I use an old blunt chisel specifically put to one side for that purpose, but it's my tool box so I know what it's there for.
jgh
Pry bar?
Of course, you coulld alwsys buy a paint tin opener ;-)
Well at a minimum wage of what - £7.50 and hour, if you cant do it in less than a couple of hours, it ain't worth it.
Not with the overhead of managing the customer and premises.
Angle grinder.
Yes, I work with to of them... The Restart Project, based in London but spreading nationally and abroad. The Reading Repair Cafe, run by the local makerspace (RLab).
I find it really rewarding to show people how to repair their broken appliances. You never know what's going to turn up, so it's an unknown challenge.
e idea that it ain't worthwhile is just popular myth.
When did you last see an electronic repairer working for minimum wage? How did you decide repairs are all worth 2 hours labour + business overheads?
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Only one totally out of touch would think you'd get a competent repair tech for the minimum wage.
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