So you may not transform your life, but we have done so much DIY stuff and made sooooo many mistakes, but also had a lot of success and we wanted to share that with others.
We will be making videos and putting them on our youtube channel "Our DIY Experiences" will post links to them here as we make them.
My whole life I've wanted to understand how things work and always took pride in learning new things and then applying that knowledge to achieving the things I wanted to get gone. As I got older and busier, I found that I had less and less time to actually do the things I needed to get done. So I'd just hire someone right? Even though I was going to hire someone, I still wanted to know what they were doing, so I would research it before or after the work.
I realized early on in life, GOD set me up with a pretty good BS detector. Because of that, and paying close attention, I started to find that good, honest contractors/tradesmen with integrity were few and far between.
EXAMPLE : When my AC system stopped cooling one time, I called a tech and watched him to his work. After watching him do a couple of things he said : "Your HVAC air handler is shot, you need a new one", how much? I asked. Well, "blaaaaa, blaaaaa, BS BS... It's still under warranty, but.... blaaa blaaaa, BS.... $2500". "umm. ok I'll call you" and showed him the door.
While watching him I noticed he ...
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