ptonsparky
Tom
- Occupation
- EC - retired
Seems like a lot of DIY requests for help lately. Do these cycle higher at certain times of the year?
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jumper
Senior Member
- Location
- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
- Location
- Windsor, CO NEC: 2017
- Occupation
- Service Manager
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
I always did my own work. Not everyone can afford trades people and some that can afford get a satisfaction of learning new things. Some just like the physical nature of the work--a change from their daily routine.
mivey
Senior Member
A DIY'r and moderator all in one!
I like doing my own stuff as well, up to a point.I don't really mind a DIY'r as long as they are DIR's (Do It Right-ers). I don't mind showing people how do do stuff either, up to a point. I can't take my knowledge with me and I suspect it will be useless on the other side anyway.
LarryFine
Master Electrician Electric Contractor Richmond VA
- Location
- Henrico County, VA
- Occupation
- Electrical Contractor
Really! Just tonight, one of my friends, who has been finishing his basement for about 10 years
roll, asked how would an appraiser know if he chose not to insulate the walls before he drywalled. Unbelievable.Like "tourist season"?
Like "tourist season"?
Larry beat me to it, but I thought the same thing........
Cow
Senior Member
- Location
- Eastern Oregon
- Occupation
- Electrician
People willing to ask questions to learn how to do their own electrical makes them stupid?
Do you look down on apprentices too?
:roll:
readydave8
re member
- Location
- Clarkesville, Georgia
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- electrician
I do some of my own plumbing and carpentry, partly because of the bad work I have paid to have done in the past.
Sparky, being a DIYer does not make a person stupid. We don't close DIY threads because we moderators or the owner of this forum think DIYers are less smart or less able than we are, we close them because the forum is intended for
- Contractors
- Electricians
- Engineers
- Inspectors
- Instructors
- Other electrically related individuals
I would be a little upset if I was condsidered stupid for working on my car or Harley, hanging my own dry wall, doing my own plumbing, woodworking, etc.... I'm pretty sure we are all DIYers in some form.
Roger
jumper
Senior Member
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- 3 Hr 2 Min from Winged Horses
Well said sir.
dbuckley
Senior Member
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- Canterbury, New Zealand
I quite like reading the (usually closed) DIYer questions; although some DIYers are as competent as any tradesman, some are, well, clueless, and these latter group i find entertaining. Just what does "wont trip breakers that are grounded" mean anyway...
- Location
- Chapel Hill, NC
- Occupation
- Retired Electrical Contractor
You know it is strange that we cannot help a guy who has , in most cases, every legal right to work on his own home without a license, yet we often talk helpers thru similar situations where they are doing side work. I would prefer to tell him how to do it correctly rather than see him get hurt or do it incorrectly, but I understand the liability issue.
We're all DIYers in one sense or another. it's not my intention to consider anyone who Does It Themself as stupid. It's just they think the rules here somehow magically don't apply to them.
Not if we know that is the case. If you search many of these type situations you will see where we have advised the helper that he is in over his head and he should ask his supervisor and at times have closed the thread. If anyone knows a helper is moon lighting they should notify us.
Members are allowed to do this in PM's if they choose to do so, but not knowing the mechanical knowledge and application level of the DIYer I would advise against it.
Roger
mivey
Senior Member
MichaelGP3
Senior Member
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- San Francisco bay area
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- Fire Alarm Technician
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