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What DIY Job Could You Handle
Sorry not the DIY question you were thinking
Out of all the building trades, joiner, brickie, plumber, painter, electrician etc... what one can or could you handle doing yourself even if it's not your trade.
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Did an electrician course back in the day but never took it up as a profession.
When I came out of the Navy and the kitchens I worked for a short while in a garage as a body builder/panel beater so handy that way.
Also until recently I did ALL DIY in my own house and some of the minor ones at work too.
So have done a bit of joinery, plumbing, painting & decorating, plastering etc
Nowadays my landlord gets someone else to do it. Only DIY I do is get up and switch the telly on, grandweans lost the remote |
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Absolutely none. Even changing a lightbulb stresses me out. Have to pay tradesmen for everything I want done. I do have good interior design ideas I just need to pay people to implement them. It’s the only Domme side I have  |
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"I’m good with wood! 
So you can handle wood then... I'm sure you will soon be inundated with offers from guys needing a good rub and polish...  "
You'd get a fright if she jammed your wood in a lathe... |
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"I’m good with wood!
So you can handle wood then... I'm sure you will soon be inundated with offers from guys needing a good rub and polish...
You'd get a fright if she jammed your wood in a lathe..."
I'm sure there are some on here who "wood" find it a turn on though.  |
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"I’m good with wood!
So you can handle wood then... I'm sure you will soon be inundated with offers from guys needing a good rub and polish...
You'd get a fright if she jammed your wood in a lathe..."
I can work a lathe! |
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Had my own handyman business for a while so done quite a bit from renovating a complete flat, fitted 3 new kitchens and loads of complete landscape jobs with decking. Small DIY jobs would never phase me.
As kola said earlier fuses boxes , boilers and kitchen worktops are the main jobs that should be left to professionals.
If you excuse the pun I'm a bit of a tool 'freak'. If i do a job and dont have the correct tools , i go out and buy it so if i ever do it again i will have the correct tools. Needless to say i have a very large shed fully equiped. |
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"I’m good with wood!
So you can handle wood then... I'm sure you will soon be inundated with offers from guys needing a good rub and polish...
You'd get a fright if she jammed your wood in a lathe...
I can work a lathe!"
Told you, Jack!  |
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"Had my own handyman business for a while so done quite a bit from renovating a complete flat, fitted 3 new kitchens and loads of complete landscape jobs with decking. Small DIY jobs would never phase me.
As kola said earlier fuses boxes , boilers and kitchen worktops are the main jobs that should be left to professionals.
If you excuse the pun I'm a bit of a tool 'freak'. If i do a job and dont have the correct tools , i go out and buy it so if i ever do it again i will have the correct tools. Needless to say i have a very large shed fully equiped. "
I'm known in the trade as "aw the gear and na idea" I just like buying tools so I can pretend I know what I'm doing before I call in the professionals 
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I've rebuilt a place from bare walls and no roof. Plumber did the gas, I got some roofers in for speed as it was winter. Plasterer because I can't. Other than that I did it all - floors replaced, new windows, full rewire, kitchen, bathroom, second fix and decorate. Oh, and someone to fit carpet although I did tiles and wooden floor.
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I have a skill for coordinating works and dealing with emergencies, even got paid for it for years
Doing actual works... Would love to be able to sort plumbing, basic electrics and joinery but I'm fairly useless. W has taken down walls and put in built in wardrobes but I really should have married a sparky or a joiner with the list I have in this house
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?"
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'. 
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'.
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
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So, it was either "kiss, fuck, avoid" or "screw, bang, drill" |
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I'm an electrician, and I do everything in my own house my self.
Fitted kitchen
Re-sheeted ceilings
Knocked down walls
Built new partition walls
Skirting, facings and dado rails
All plumbing heating and gas
All painting and wall papering
Converted the attic
The list goes on...
I got my uncle to do the double glazing and new external doors though
I tend to stick to my own trade out of the house, but I do the plumbing bit when replacing faulty showers.
As for cars.... Gear box rebuild, head gasket replacements, brake drums, disks, pads and shoes, changing head units before the new standard plugs took the fun out of it,
Still to try welding, would love to play with some metal
Never had a fear of trying anything, and got away with it all... Hahaha |
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I can do everything.
Got to - I can't find any tradesperson who has a clue - no offence - there must be some good ones out there but they are a tiny minority. All I hear is horror stories from friends.
Only job I'll get done is plastering - I don't do enough of it to get good at it.
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'.
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
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Next time go for a "Would you fuck... Insert elderly celebrity name here" thread. |
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'.
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
Next time go for a "Would you fuck... Insert elderly celebrity name here" thread. "
Are you an elderly celebrity, then? |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'.
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
Next time go for a "Would you fuck... Insert elderly celebrity name here" thread.
Are you an elderly celebrity, then?"
Only one way for you to find out. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'.
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
Next time go for a "Would you fuck... Insert elderly celebrity name here" thread.
Are you an elderly celebrity, then?
Only one way for you to find out. "
OMG! YOU'RE ROLF HARRIS! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I'm an electrician, and I do everything in my own house my self.
Fitted kitchen
Re-sheeted ceilings
Knocked down walls
Built new partition walls
Skirting, facings and dado rails
All plumbing heating and gas
All painting and wall papering
Converted the attic
The list goes on...
I got my uncle to do the double glazing and new external doors though
I tend to stick to my own trade out of the house, but I do the plumbing bit when replacing faulty showers.
As for cars.... Gear box rebuild, head gasket replacements, brake drums, disks, pads and shoes, changing head units before the new standard plugs took the fun out of it,
Still to try welding, would love to play with some metal
Never had a fear of trying anything, and got away with it all... Hahaha"
I can weld, my dad taught me. I've also built sheds and put up fences. When you grow up on a farm you get these things thrown at you! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"My hubby build our house from the foundation the drainage the brick work plumbing sparky work and all the jonery work he is a star xx"
That's amazing. My dad built our house too, it was pretty much all he wanted, to provide a home for his family. |
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"I'm an electrician, and I do everything in my own house my self.
Fitted kitchen
Re-sheeted ceilings
Knocked down walls
Built new partition walls
Skirting, facings and dado rails
All plumbing heating and gas
All painting and wall papering
Converted the attic
The list goes on...
I got my uncle to do the double glazing and new external doors though
I tend to stick to my own trade out of the house, but I do the plumbing bit when replacing faulty showers.
As for cars.... Gear box rebuild, head gasket replacements, brake drums, disks, pads and shoes, changing head units before the new standard plugs took the fun out of it,
Still to try welding, would love to play with some metal
Never had a fear of trying anything, and got away with it all... Hahaha"
Be still my heart
Getting someone to fit a new bathroom on a 2 day social is a bit much though eh? 
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"Are you compiling a list of fabbers talents you can call on to get work done, Peter?
Nope, it was either this or a 'kiss, fuck avoid' post'.
I'm a tradesperson at a certain trade and can do most others. Buy flats or houses every so often and do them up for resale so I can get by on my own
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I take my hat off to you Pete , you chose a more interesting thread.  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Be still my heart
Getting someone to fit a new bathroom on a 2 day social is a bit much though eh?
V x"
I've done something along these lines before, was a kitchen for friends |
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By (user no longer on site)
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I can weld, my dad taught me. I've also built sheds and put up fences. When you grow up on a farm you get these things thrown at you! "
Just not had the chance to weld, have done the odd 6 foot fence too...
Dave x |
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Just about anything I’ll try to put my hand too, except plastering. Fitted a fair few kitchens for family and friends, built outdoor areas hard landscapes gardens.
Majority of the time google and YouTube are your friends!!! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I could decorate a tree 
Doe that include you sitting on top of it?
Mmm I wonder where i could put your tree hope it’s a real one with sharp needles . "
Miaow. |
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Up for almost any diy,qualified as an electrical engineer when younger, then as a gas fitter in later years. Fitted a few kitchens and bathrooms in my time. Confident in most domestic diy just need a good course on the female form then I'll then be sble to say I can handle any job arround the house but until the it's best endeavour lol. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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My DIY skills are limited tbh. I can change light fitments plug sockets, paint walls, some light joinery and plumbing. But my main focus is automotive.
Owning your own small bodyshop, you tend to hate DIY because it's so similar to DIY.
Painting cars, filling holes, replacing panels and polishing.
When you get home, I want to relax. Not DIY lol x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"What DIY Job Could You Handle
Sorry not the DIY question you were thinking
Out of all the building trades, joiner, brickie, plumber, painter, electrician etc... what one can or could you handle doing yourself even if it's not your trade.
Question to anyone. "
I’m a bit of a master at all, always willing to drag my trusty toolbox and electrical toys along to help a friend out when it comes to my own DIY I’ll alwais do it tomorrow lol ?? I’ve a loft conversion to do and I’ve not even started it seven
Months after starting the planning xx |
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Being a joiner to trade I'll give just about anything(and anyone) a try , apart from plastering as I just never know when to stop playing with it .
Over the years I've done a large variety of projects from building bridges and log cabins to high end restaurants and night clubs in London, even built a couple of campervan and a dungeon which was fun ?? |
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