Do It Yourself

With the proper tools and explicit directions I can fix just about anything I need to. I am not particularly adept at carpentry, plumbing or anything like that and if I had to fix something without directions I would be at a loss as to what needed doing. Proper tools are a necessity as well. I know some people can rig up stuff and it works great but I am not one of those people, therefore I go to DoItYourself.Com to find directions to get things done.

When I removed part of the porch railing and added in a new set of steps to our side porch a couple of years ago I hadn't a clue as to how to proceed. The first two times I put the steps together and attached them to the porch they looked awful and I pretty much destroyed the first set of steps. My neighbor at the time was a carpenter and normally I traded out with him. He helped me with things around the house and I kept his computer running properly. Knowledge is power and when there are thousands of articles and links to help you out you become the most powerful person around. Once I was able to sit down and actually figure out exactly what it is that I was supposed to be doing they turned out pretty well.

If I had been able to go to DoItYourself.Com and buy their DoItYourSelf DVD I never would have found myself in that boat. Don't get me started on when I replaced the kitchen faucets. That was even worse. I would hate to see what my bathroom would look like after replacing a toilet.

One thing I can do is electrical wiring, although I am not a certified electrician. When we moved in to our house I ended up getting most of the do-it-yourself directions off of the Internet and taught myself about electricity. It's a great feeling to be able to finish a project yourself without having to hire someone to get it done.