Answers to Everyday Questions : Do you always try and do your own DIY or do you always reach for the yellow pages whatever the job?

Do you always try and do your own DIY or do you always reach for the yellow pages whatever the job?

15 Responses to “Do you always try and do your own DIY or do you always reach for the yellow pages whatever the job?”

1. Tio said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 12:49 am

   i do almost all of my own.if there is something i don’t know i have friends in different trades to give me a hand or instruct me.Jack of all trades master of none
2. woodtick314 said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 1:37 am

   I know my limitations, and have been in the trades long enough to recognize them. For the most part I do it myself. When I can’t, I have a lot of friends who are willing to barter. It’s a great system. Hope this helps.
3. big owl said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 1:51 am

   I try to do most of the DIY myself,electric I will not touch
4. BARRY B said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 2:17 am

   I DIY most things with a few exceptions. Plastering is one that defeats me. Carpentry takes me forever, but the rest I gain satisfaction from. And there is the saving of course. I was led into DIY by shortage of funds. I suspect I would have been mostly a yellow page man if I had had stacks of disposable income. What irritates me is the high handed attitude of some so called ‘tradesmen’. You only have to pick up a trade magazine in a wholesalers to read condescending tripe. I pride myself on doing work at least as good as a tradesman and often better than. I don’t cut corners as there is no profit motive. So I say if you can, DIY!
5. Aurora said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 2:36 am

   LOL I always leave it for Mr Fixit to do all that.

   That’s why I married him.
6. LenM said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 3:14 am

   always.plumbing,carpentry,electric,paint,masonry,auto repair.ask if im not sure,reasearch,do it.
7. Haz said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 4:00 am

   I try and do it myself with the help of my Nans beloved Readers Digest ‘How to do just about anything ‘ book lol.

   If I had the money I would do F all myself.

   Luckily my mum is brilliant and her motto of ‘just throw some polyfilla and emulsion on it’ is truly inspired 🙂
8. Matthew said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 4:37 am

   i give everything a go and most things i no how to do
9. DustinDawind said :
   June 2nd, 2010 at 5:36 am

   I will try most things. If something requires too many expensive tools that I don’t own I may pass on it. If it involves too much specialized training or a specially trained crew I am more likely to just hire it done.
   I will do research and get instructions and advice for anything I haven’t done before to try and make it as easy as possible and then, I’ll give most everything a whack. I’ve never been unsuccessful at completing a project because it was too hard or I got stuck.
   The times that I have hired a tradesman to do all or part of a project was when time was a serious factor and I didn’t know how long it would take me to do something.
10. Gobilina said :
    June 2nd, 2010 at 6:23 am

    I too have the Readers Digest ‘how to do just about anything’ book but for major DIY stuff I will seek ‘a man who can’ Most craft stuff will have me having a go. The way I see it men’s jobs are for men if I think it should be!
11. Misty Blue said :
    June 2nd, 2010 at 6:50 am

    I have two tradesmen all to myself.Husband and son,builder and plumber.Between them they can do everything.
12. Ricky said :
    June 2nd, 2010 at 7:02 am

    I do as much as I can myself. Don’t touch electrics unless its only changing a plug or light fitting. Some plumbing I do and some I outsource – I figure that if I bought all the tools to do a job and the likelihood is that I won’t get a similar job afterwards then I spend my money on a tradesman instead.
13. Lynda said :
    June 2nd, 2010 at 7:11 am

    When we were younger, we didn’t hesitate to do most everything ourselves.
14. bigbossmamma said :
    June 2nd, 2010 at 7:57 am

    About the only thing we won’t tackle is plumbing or electrical. We get a proper tradesman in to do these.
15. jedi_ninja_guy said :
    June 2nd, 2010 at 8:11 am

    in between, I don’t mess with A/C because of all the regulations on refrigerants.