Highly skilled plumber for all your DIY home projects
Why not do it all yourself?
Why use a highly skilled plumber for your home DIY project? Most people would love to save dollars on those minor home repairs that crop up from time to time by doing it themselves. After all, you can hop into the car and pick up whatever you need from your local Home Depot. That clogged kitchen sink your wife has been complaining about is a simple fix. Even installing a new shower head in the kids bathroom is no big deal, but there is a limit to the jobs most people feel comfortable with.
Won’t Google show me how to do it?
You don’t need a highly skilled plumber to do a fairly straight forward and simple home plumbing DIY job, like changing the washer in a leaky faucet. This can be accomplished quite quickly and easily by most people. Even if you’ve never attempted it before, a simple google search will turn up numerous video clips showing you exactly how to do it.
Planning and preparation take skill and know-how
What about that annoying drip from the pipe behind your toilet? Do you have the necessary tools and know-how to attempt a repair, and do you know where to switch off the mains water supply should something go wrong? What if you wanted to actually install a new toilet or shower in the basement? In addition to the actual work involved there are a host of logistical problems that need solving. How do you get the waste water from your below ground level basement to your outside sewer mains?
Quite soon you realize that this is no job for an amateur. A highly skilled plumber will know exactly what is entailed, but that only comes from years of training and practice.
How will I keep the costs down?
Once you have come to terms with the fact that your DIY skills can take you only so far, it is time to call in the professional to get advice and plan the project, looking at the bigger picture.
The cost of many projects is in the time and labor involved more than in the actual cost of the materials you will need. Most plumbers charge by the hour, but they have the skills to avoid and minimize the errors that you would likely make if you tried to do the work yourself. How many times haven’t you started putting together a flat pack item from Ikea, only to find that you put one shelf in back to front, so that the unfinished edge is showing! The time and energy involved in taking it all apart and re-assembling it is a real nuisance, and this is something a trained workman knows how to avoid by looking ahead and planning, saving you time and keeping you within your budget.
Accidents are caused by a lack of knowledge and experience
But it’s not only the money and time-saving involved. Attempting a plumbing job that you are not trained to do can in fact be dangerous. I can recall one occasion when a so-called plumber installed a toilet by mistakenly connecting up the hot water supply to the cistern, so that when it was flushed, steam came out! Funny but true story.
When to leave it to a skilled trained professional
A burst pipe or water mains, requires expert handling, and the type of tools that a home owner quite probably won’t have on hand. At the end of the day, a DIY project is something that you hope to accomplish with pride and satisfaction. It should be fun and enjoyable to do. Stress is definitely not something you want thrown in to the mix. Accidents usually result from a lack of knowledge, and it is best left to the true professional highly skilled plumber to handle those complicated tasks. So by all means, plan the basement restoration, and do go ahead with the painting and cupboard installation, but call in your professional highly skilled plumber to do the major plumbing installations. It can save you lots of stress and money in the long run!
