"Bill" wrote in message
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After taking my car back to the garage 3 times and not having it fixed
properly, I learned to fix it myself....

Recently I called various contractors/HVAC to install a wood stove chimney
for me. After waiting several times for people who did not show up, and
waiting for calls which were never returned, I did the work myself. I'm
glad I did because I did a much better job than they would have.

It just took me time to learn how to do these things is all and purchase
the tools needed. It's not rocket science. And of course once I learn to
do something myself, I'll never again be calling for someone else to do
any work which is similar, since I now have the tools required. Note: I
also got the required permits for the chimney, etc. The inspector said
nice job...


Yeah... I was always of the mentality "I'm kind of lazy and these guys are
professionals"... LOL, guess I'm wrong on the 2nd part. Sometimes you'll get
a really good guy like a drywall guy I stumbled across in the pennysaver,
but that was the 5th drywall guy I had do work for me.

Another issue is that you are sometimes scared to tackle projects because
you can cause more harm then good.