Do It Yourself

in these hard times, who has been pursuaded to get things done without getting the professionals in

Times are hard

I recently replaced a heating element in an oven
replaced a thermal fuse in an oven
plumbed in a bathroom
tiled the kitchen and 2 bathrooms
plumb in a sink and shower
not to mention loads of flippin flatpacks

anybody else to DIY or do you resemble the old kenny everett sketch

Always do my own D.I.Y. the the only thing that i hate is the electric, my brother in-law does that  and Brick work i have to get someone in for that.

Bump!

Crap at it myself, but installed a 2 metre desk in place of the old computer one so that we can have two PC's going at once. Brilliant - no more fighting with the wife for who's go it is.

Also whacked a couple of shelves above the desk to tidy stuff, and installed a couple of wallside nightlights in the boys bedroom for them.

Not bad going!

Nice one ayrton!

Was putting a new element in the immersion heater a while ago but forgot to turn the power off, took the cap off the element to disconnect it from the mains and as soon as I touched it with the screwdriver there was a cracking noise a huge flash that temporelily blinded me and all the fuses blew.
I was really lucky there didn't even get a belt if I had it would have killed me stone dead it's all 13amp gear up there so it gives a powerful surge.
There was no damage done really except for the wire being welded on the terminal box with the heat,as soon as I could see again the power was turned off and the element was replaced but I then found out the element was ok it was the mains lead to the unit which had a break in it - these things are sent to try us.

That was lucky Stuey!

I hate electricity, at least I hate having to mess around with it, very scary.

And cheers Gareth!

That's why I don't touch electrics, to bloody dangerous, glad your OK Stuey.

You do it to yourself, you do, and that's what really hurts.

It's a doddle if you turn the power off and something of a drawback to say nothing of the shock factor if you don't.

Andrew Ayrton, how will you ever get away with watching porn now?

I love DIY so will tackle most things BUT like most other people on here I hate electrics. so always get the professionals in !