Sharpend
"It Just Is"
And who said plumbing was a qualified trade?
ive worked with a few plumbers who could fill the U gauge with water from the gas meter...oh, and my mate plumbed in a new bathroom, was very posh, he even had hot water in his toilet.! :slap
I started my kitchen over 4 years ago and was without anything but a sink from July until xmas eve, most of it is finished now,the bathroom is in a state of undress, but the shower works ok, thats another 6month ongoing thing, apart from the bath taps have been disconnected since the middle of last year!
I blame the missus, why cant she wait until one thing is finished before she wants another started?
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Thats super quick. It took me 8 years to fit the doors to my kitchen cupboards and a further 2 years to fit the handles. The lighting was a 110v fluorecent on a tripod for 5 of those, even though the cables were there above the ceiling. What pushed me into finishing it all was not the other half leaving me (and blaming this as one of many points) but i had relatives from overseas visiting. The breakfast bar was propped up on the boxes all the doors were in plus bits of cardboard to level & to make it worse it only took about 4 hours to fit all the doors and assemble the cupboards under the breakfast bar, shorter than the time i spent leveling the boxes every week
I have no interest in talking to you at all, my house is fine, and it was fine even before I started,Hi, thanks for the replies.Steptoe, it would be good to hear your DIY stories further if you are interested in talking to me for the case study?
From some of the Threads id say there's a lot of DIYers on here, some possibly working in homes and business near you:0Hi Springcrocus,I understand that there's these programmes out there and I quite agree that there aren't shows that show clients fleecing tradesmen for work they have done. The subject of these studies I am looking for is people who are doing it themselves and have maybe created more of a nightmare and the idea is that they would be given help to repair the damage. I joined the site in case there was any DIYers coking here lookin for advice about DIY in the hope that they might be interested.
Thanks,
Pauline
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