Author Topic: To let the Plumber do the Plumbing (Read 3662 times)

spouse of Jesus · « **Reply #5 on:** July 05, 2010, 06:54:45 PM »

Quote from: Alexandria

I tell my husband.

He can do anything and everything. I kid you not. The only thing he can't do is fix transmissions.

I tell my father.
He can do anything and everything.

spouse of Jesus · « **Reply #6 on:** July 05, 2010, 06:56:28 PM »

But if I had to choose one of the two options personally, then it would depend on the job, my moods, state of health and how much busy I would be at the time.

CathMomof7 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 08, 2010, 08:39:46 AM »

Mostly my husband does it. Over the years he has gained a lot of confidence in these small tasks. Why pay someone "skilled" when you can do it yourself for half the cost? There's only one job that my DH won't attempt--that's repairing anything related to our gas furnace. For that, we call a professional--who, by the way, charged us for 2 days worth of work and several parts when the actual part cost $51 and could have been installed in less than an hour. Just saying....

JoanScholastica · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2010, 03:51:22 AM »

If there's no one able to do it, perhaps it's better to do A.

Then I guess if I made it wrong, at least I lent a hand.

spouse of Jesus · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2010, 04:44:57 AM »

Personally I think many high quality gadgets and home equipments don't worth the pain of cleaning, repairing and maintemance. Almost everybody disagrees though!
For example, a gadget used for cleaning cabinets only makes this job more difficult, while it itself needs to be cleaned too. So if an item can't be repaired by ordinary means, I prefer to get rid of it.