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Get Help Doing Home Repair and Improvement Projects
Fri 31 Oct 2008 - 08:43
Get Help Doing Home Repair and Improvement Projects
By [http://ezinearticles.com/?expert=Mike_Spillman]Mike Spillman
THE ECONOMY STINKS! We all have to make adjustments. When it comes to home repair and the idea of inviting a stranger into your home only to have the person mess up the job, steel your stuff and/or over charge you is an unpleasant prospect. The solution is to do the project yourself. But how can you get professional results that way if it's the first time you've tried it?
I once had a friend of mine who live in an older home and had a leaking kitchen faucet. Being of little means she hired a handy man from an ad in the newspaper. He said he needed $75 up front for materials. He left to get the materials and never came back. Disheartened by the experience she broke down and called a reputable plumber. He said it would be $250 to do the job, paid when the job was finished. That was just too much money! Meanwhile the faucet continued to leak. Out of desperation she called me and asked "What can I do?" I could see her plight. So I said "Ok, here is what I'm going to do. I'm going to tell you how to do it yourself." I gave her a set of instructions and she had to call me back a couple of times for clarification. After about 4 hours she had that faucet fixed herself. No leak!
IT'S ALL IN KNOWING HOW TO DO IT.
I had a customer call me one time for wood rot on the corner of the house. When I arrived at the job I couldn't believe my eyes! Someone had cut a giant hole in the side of the house. There was rotted wood all over the ground, half the framing was cut out and there were cut marks through the drywall to the inside of the house! I asked the man "What happened?" He said "I tried to save money by doing the job myself but I guess I bit off more than I could chew". I gave him an estimate of what it would cost to make the necessary repairs. When I gave him the estimate I could see the look of despair on his face. I felt terrible. I said "Look, Ill tell you how to do the job right for a nominal fee". He said "OK". I came back to the house 2 weeks later and the side of the house looked clean and new and the drywall inside looked like a pro had made the repair. He thanked me over and over again.
I HEAR THESE STORIES ALL THE TIME!
I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT TO HELP PEOPLE DO THEIR HOME REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT THEMSELVES!
So....
I'm building a website with all kinds if resources that give instruction on how to do home repair and improvement. Taught by pros! http://www.mikespillman.com/Howtodo
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