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Apr 17, 2021
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jkccoug
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Absurd prices force me to do DIY projects I have no interest in.
jkccoug
4/17/21 2:15pm
Thumbtack is your friend
WhirleyPop
4/17/21 2:16pm
?
jkccoug
4/17/21 2:19pm
It's a website where you can put out info for a job you need done, and your
RootieBoy
4/17/21 2:22pm
Then you can see everyone at once trying to rip you off. 🙂
Lip Gallagher
4/17/21 2:56pm
Exactly.
RootieBoy
4/17/21 3:06pm
That’s discouraging. We’re helping my SiL update her basement bathroom today.
Soupie
4/17/21 2:19pm
I like the free market more than the alternatives. If you got the skills to do
cwilke1
4/17/21 2:23pm
Dang. We are re-doing our entire bathroom for less than that.
Chadillac
4/17/21 2:32pm
Exactly!
jkccoug
4/17/21 3:09pm
Found a handyman plumber who charges $95 an hour. I buy all the parts from
YbeatsU
4/17/21 2:39pm
I know I need to find somebody like this; not sure where
jkccoug
4/17/21 3:13pm
Where are you?
YbeatsU
4/17/21 3:23pm
Idaho Falls
jkccoug
4/17/21 4:16pm
Sorry. In SL I’d give my guys #.
YbeatsU
4/17/21 4:35pm
More and more people are learning to do little things themselves.
Lip Gallagher
4/17/21 2:54pm
Did you buy the bags and mix it yourself?
cougaman
4/17/21 3:59pm
I used a pre-mix place.
Lip Gallagher
4/17/21 4:07pm
I mixed about 60 bags for a project last summer. I don't have a truck or a tow
cougaman
4/17/21 4:09pm
Yeah luckily I had a friend helping me with his truck.
Lip Gallagher
4/17/21 4:47pm
Would have been so nice to have it all done rather than spending all day on it
cougaman
4/17/21 7:07pm
Yep. I installed a water softener, just replacing an old one. Minimal work. $500
O Gaucho
4/17/21 3:03pm
This is my problem. If I could get someone else to handle I would happily pay
jkccoug
4/17/21 3:10pm
I just paid a landscaper to do a spring cleanup of a a yard on a rental we own..
kotacoug
4/17/21 3:32pm
Yikes
jkccoug
4/17/21 4:16pm
The electrician I use makes $400K a year and could do more, but doesn't want to
Nat Gas Man
4/17/21 6:56pm
I should have been an electrician
cougaman
4/17/21 7:10pm
Can you get to the shower control from the other side of the wall? Might be
Breaded Hamster
4/17/21 9:37pm
I guess I should report: I finished it today in about 4-5 hours, including
jkccoug
4/17/21 10:01pm
That’s amazing - even the amount of time it took. Usually takes me forever.
Breaded Hamster
4/17/21 11:30pm
I was surprised myself. Seriously had some good luck on this one.
jkccoug
4/18/21 8:55am
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