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[Macca]

I'm surprised you didn't just take it down brick-by-brick and then re-build it from scratch. You must be getting old

[Marco]

I dont think spirit levels were invented when they did this one. One of my pet hates is cowboys

Me too, and bodged jobs even more! Which is why when I want jobs like that doing, I always hire professionals and pay what's necessary.

I know you're pretty handy (and also a perfectionist), so no doubt the jobs you do will be done to a high standard, but one of my pet hates are men who insist on tackling DIY ['cos it's a 'manly' thing to do], but are UTTER SHITE at it (although they'd never admit that), and so end up making a ROYAL ARSE of things or creating a series of 'eyesores', which then require great expense to be fixed by a professional!!

Total false economy, therefore always accept and embrace your limitations!

Marco.

[Macca]

Me too, and bodged jobs even more! Which is why when I want jobs like that doing, I always hire professionals and pay what's necessary.

I know you're pretty handy (and also a perfectionist), so no doubt the jobs you do will be done to a high standard, but one of my pet hates are men who insist on tackling DIY ['cos it's a 'manly' thing to do], but are UTTER SHITE at it (although they'd never admit that), and so end up making a ROYAL ARSE of things or creating a series of 'eyesores', which then require great expense to be fixed by a professional!!

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Got a mate like that, his old man was really handy so he thought that meant he was, just by genetics. You would go round his house and stuff like doorknobs would come away in your hand. The doors fit so badly to the floor you could limbo under them. One time we were sat watching the footie and there's an almighty crash from the kitchen. The cupboard he had put up had come off the wall, full of crockery and glasses. I've been there gone midnight holding one end of a kitchen counter while he hacks at it with a saw. No measuring, all by eye.

[struth]

[Marco]

Hilarious!!

These folk really need to get grip and say 'hello' to reality.

Marco.

[walpurgis]

I can tackle most jobs and get them right, even if I've never done them before.

[Made in 1968]

Well my trade is actually a cabinet makers, so anything wood wise is no problem. Its plastering that gets up my nose with people,why do they attempt it?. they have great issues with it & nearly always fuck it up, they make the same mistakes all the time. tbh. i honestly do not understand how people can go wrong with things but they sure do.. If its your own home there is absolutely no rush, Take you time and do it right but people need to get things finished within a day. utter cuckoos

[Marco]

I can tackle most jobs and get them right, even if I've never done them before.

Good stuff, mate. I suppose it's just how your mind works. I also think it's partly an older generation thing. My dad's always been really handy, even now, especially with wood [when he was young he always wanted to be a carpenter before he was 'forced' into the family business by my granddad].

I suppose at one time you were forced to learn those types of skills, as you couldn't afford to pay someone else to do the jobs

Marco.

[Made in 1968]

DIY thing i suppose was popular in the early 60's people used to make pretty much everything for the house, You had magazines like 'Practical Householder' & 'Homemaker' that gave detailed drawing to make things, but nothing indepth like plastering.. a lot of tarting up things like Fabalon etc.. ofc it was all sexist in them days. The woman tied to the kitchen sink. Hubby does DIY at the weekend.

[walpurgis]

Its plastering that gets up my nose with people,why do they attempt it?

Repaired and replastered my ancient laths & plaster bathroom ceiling and put a new laminate floor in the living room about four years ago. Both jobs I'd not done before that turned out spot on.