Hi, guys. Tell me what you think of doing DYI home improvements/maintenance.

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17. Every time I tried, my ex would kill the idea

Literally told me I'm simply not good enough and we'd spend X00's on getting a professional.
So it's been kind of beaten out of me, which sucks now that i'm divorced and living in a DIY-lover's dream of a home...
it's fine, but needs work... lots of it. none of it that really requires a professional.
sadly my exwife did a very good job of beating, viciously, that drive to do anything right out of me.

but I'm competent enough when it comes to home wiring, carpentry (literally in my blood as well as two years of woodshop in school) and engineering / design. I'm cheap but not where it matters. Usually I go to the lowest reasonable cost, but if the better idea is the top-shelf wangle, then it's the top shelf wangle. Toilets, however, can be discount!

I'm thinking of expanding and covering my deck in the spring and perhaps replacing the trailer walls with dry wall... assuming I canget my deflated ass to do it.