I try to do all condo repairs on my own.
- My feeling is that when hiring a professional, you are paying for someone else’s mistakes.
Everybody on a major task will make an error. Do you want to spend money someone to make that mistake or make it on your own? I savor the system of saving the money and studying something in the process, however occasionally doing my own work bites me in the butt. I recently got heated flooring installed in my home. I got electric heated mats to go under my floorboards. The Heating, Ventilation and A/C company I obtained the plan from quoted me the furnace upgrade price and I decided to do it myself. I study online and the process seemed doable. I have pulled up floors before. Then you need to set the mats next to each other, hook them together and put up-to-date flooring over top. It seemed easy and possible to not make any mistakes. I am proud to say I did a good task with certainly few errors. There are a few gaps with no heated mats, but they are small. The only complaint I have is that the furnace upgrade took forever. I spent afternoons toiling on that furnace install and it was tedious. My back, knees and neck are still aching after the task I did. I get where people would want to hire out the heating repair because it was just awful. Some people might be willing to supply money to never have to go through it. If I got heated flooring again, I might consider hiring someone.