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...but I ended up a chef!
Hello, my name is Jamie and I'm 25 and I've come here to learn. I am in the process of renovating my first house, using the internet and my ability to pick things up quickly. I like to do things myself, or at least know whats going on and why. I am about to fit a new bathroom and kitchen, and I'm considering my options in regards to under floor heating and the shower. I'm sure I will have various questions soon, but I'll start with an easy generic one.
I need to get a new gas supply fitted in the kitchen. I have worked out the pressure drop and know what needs doing. Would it be considered rude for me to get the copper myself, attach the pipe clips, and then choose the cheapest over the phone quote from a gas registered plumber/engineer?
I don't like to waste money on anything that I would enjoy doing myself, and after some weird multi-switch light configurations, socket/light/switch locations and general plaster destruction courtesy of the electrician who did the re-wire, I wish I would have planned and fitted the wires/sockets myself and just got someone to connect it all up and test it.
Do you professionals see people like me (I have been called a control freak numerous times) as a pain in the backside? Am I worse than someone who keeps changing their mind and doesn't know what they want? Do you find it annoying being watched? Because I followed the electrician around quite a bit, which I sensed annoyed him, but if I wasn't there he would have been stuck in the crawlspace under the floorboards a lot longer when he misjudged the depth and jumped in without a means of getting back out (in his defence, the floor of the crawlspace got increasingly lower without it being noticable, so he might of been able to get back out in the lounge but not the hall!)
Thank you in advance
Hello, my name is Jamie and I'm 25 and I've come here to learn. I am in the process of renovating my first house, using the internet and my ability to pick things up quickly. I like to do things myself, or at least know whats going on and why. I am about to fit a new bathroom and kitchen, and I'm considering my options in regards to under floor heating and the shower. I'm sure I will have various questions soon, but I'll start with an easy generic one.
I need to get a new gas supply fitted in the kitchen. I have worked out the pressure drop and know what needs doing. Would it be considered rude for me to get the copper myself, attach the pipe clips, and then choose the cheapest over the phone quote from a gas registered plumber/engineer?
I don't like to waste money on anything that I would enjoy doing myself, and after some weird multi-switch light configurations, socket/light/switch locations and general plaster destruction courtesy of the electrician who did the re-wire, I wish I would have planned and fitted the wires/sockets myself and just got someone to connect it all up and test it.
Do you professionals see people like me (I have been called a control freak numerous times) as a pain in the backside? Am I worse than someone who keeps changing their mind and doesn't know what they want? Do you find it annoying being watched? Because I followed the electrician around quite a bit, which I sensed annoyed him, but if I wasn't there he would have been stuck in the crawlspace under the floorboards a lot longer when he misjudged the depth and jumped in without a means of getting back out (in his defence, the floor of the crawlspace got increasingly lower without it being noticable, so he might of been able to get back out in the lounge but not the hall!)
Thank you in advance
