The volume of incoming requests I receive from DIYers at the Ask Tim page of AsktheBuilder.com is rising faster than the Fed can hike interest rates to tame the raging inflation. With the prices of necessities such as fuel and food taking larger bites out of family budgets, there’s often scant money left over to hire contractors to do work.
If you can’t afford to hire a contractor, you may be wondering if you can tackle a larger project yourself. I know it can be intimidating, but it’s never been easier to do some larger projects. Years ago, you couldn’t learn from videos on the internet about how to do a repair task. Now many manufacturers have excellent instructional videos that can give you the confidence to do the job just as well as or better than some subcontractor sent to work on your most valuable asset — your home!…