Home Repairs

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If you are looking for a tradesperson who you can trust, then look no further. Our contractors are trained and experienced in all aspects of their particular trade - from home repair, internal and external painting to decorating, plastering and rendering. Most of our tradespeople have over 10 years experience - so you can be assured of a first class job every time. Registration is free.

Do your own home repairs and save a lot of money.

Here is a typical example on how I saved myself a few quid. We all have a few tools lying around the house that we have forgooten about, and in my case they are all over the house. I have them in the shed, in cluttered drawers, in my car boot as well as the garage. Overa lot of years, I have accumulated an unbelievable amount of tools. I even thought of going to a boot sale when I realised how many tools I had accumulated.

You know how it is when a bloke goes shopping, I end up buying another tool or a gadget whether I need it or not, thinking that it may come in handy one day. I have every kind of tool that you can think of just lying around in various place in the home. I can recall that one day I purchased a peg board for my tools.  Now I have one in the shed and one in the garage. I spent an entire day organizing all my tools, hanging them on my peg boards.

Standing back, I admired my work and thought, "now I can find any tool I need, when I need it." I also have quite a good collection of DIY books. They too, are scattered all over the house. An overwhelming amount of knowledge was literally at my fingertips. "I am a man." "I can do anything," I thought. I often get in this state of mind, when I become challenged, and have to depend on myself to fix something, but this only happens when I can't afford to pay someone else to do it.

I suppose, it is more convenient to hire someone to do the odd small job rather than breaking in to my usual routine of boring days. Also, my knees thank me when I call the local contractor or home repair guy to come and put a new washer on my dripping tap. But then I always beat myself up while I am paying him the £50 charge, and thinking I could have done that myself.

A few weeks ago the back-light in my very old oven burnt out. I decided to have a go at replacing it myself. "How hard could it be?" I thought. All I had to do was remove a few tiny screws, take off the backing plate, remove the old bulb and put in the new bulb. So set about the task. 
I struggled for what seemed like hours. I had more tools on the floor than God himself would have had while I attempted to align the tiny screws into the holes, and at the same time, holding a small flashlight between my teeth! 

Sitting on the floor, I contemplated every move with care, feeling grateful that the oven door stayed down and did not come back up to slap me in the face. After a lot of effort, and a few swear words along with a prayer or two everything went back in to place. Now came the test. I closed the oven door, said another little prayer, switched on the light, and was amazed the light came on. I must have tested the switch a dozen times, unable to wipe the smile off my face. I had already wiped the sweat from my brow. 

A couple of days after my triumph, the local handyman called around (actually he was more like a mate of mine, he had been to my house that often), he was asking me "Is there anything you need doing today?" I said "No" as I looked back at the bright light in my oven. "Well, you give me a call if something should come up and you need me. "Yes, If I lose my screwdriver, I will give you a call" I could hear him having a little chuckle to himself as walked away.

So the moral of my little story is this: you can save a lot of money by doing the smaller home repairs yourself. If it is something like a bulb in your cooker not working or a fuse that has blown in a plug socket, have a go at fixing it yourself. Even doing a bit of painting and decorating can save you a lot of money. Obviously, if you are not confident of doing slightly bigger jobs then hire in a contractor.

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