Thread full of DIY tips

[BRIGHT ON Q]

Dont build any shelves out of MDF and then put your china tea pot collection on them.

 

[virgirlo]

I take it he is now an ex boyfriend

Yes, he is now an 'ex'

and i was also quite happy to do the curtains myself, but he insisted on doing something DIYish in my place....it took him almost 2 hours!!!

 

[London Calling]

Don't "SORT" your boyfriend out b4 he starts work on your curtains, it will make his knees wobbly.

 

[Slowhand]

Start painting the hallway knowing damn well you cant reach the high bits, then get 'big strong boy' to finish the job for you!

Bloody hell, this must be a female thing, I thought only my missus was that daft. She did exactly the same with the outside walls!!!

Women clearly can't read maps or climb ladders!!!

 

[Slowhand]

Oh, and always have the right tools for the job.

Not having them means you can put off doing the bloody job for months!!!

 

[FamilyGuy]

get yourself a brother who's "in the business" and then pay him to do it - at specially reduced family rates

 

[zefarelly]

I haver a tendancy to have a go at everything myself, and now I know why good tradesmen charge what they do !

an easy calculation is if the tradesmen does it in half a day and charges what you earn in a day, pay the tradesmen, he'll do it twice as fast, you won't have to spend £100 on tools to do the job that you'll never use again, AND the tradesmen will do it right for the price, rather than you f***ing it up right royally and having to take the sarchastic digs from the wife/tradesman . . .and you save a day off/weekend

never take the cheapest quote because its cheap . . .theres a reason why its cheap.