Thread: Things you like because they break....

I try to do everything in the house myself: plumbing, wiring, insulation, ceilings, bathroom tiling, etc. I like doing it, and by doing things myself I can spend money on high quality materials instead of worker hours.

+1 on that. And half the time they don't even do the job properly.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I try to do everything in the house myself: plumbing, wiring, insulation, ceilings, bathroom tiling, etc. I like doing it, and by doing things myself I can spend money on high quality materials instead of worker hours.

Don't tell your insurance company.

My Colt 1911 and my Kongsberg 30-06.

EVERY THING.

I love to tinker. and even if i get it wrong i love that learning curve of getting it better the next time.

I'm more of a creator than a fixer.

I like to know how to fix things, simply for my own sense of independence, but in terms of personal joy, I'd much rather create.

I like to do things around the house, mostly because I dont want to spend £400 a day on someone else to do it for me..! If I dont know how to do something, I'll research it on the net first. Thats saved me several hundred pounds on plumbing costs alone..!

I also like to take my guitars apart and fiddle with them. I'll make adjustments to the truss rod, the bridge and the machine heads. I want to replace the wiring in my Jem next. It works fine, I just want to put the real good stuff in it.

I also love fiddling with my razors, tweaking the edges and stuff.

My dad is showing me some gunsmithing at the moment as well, as I have to fix the stock on my side by side.

Since I've moved out of my folks place, I've really missed having a fully stocked workshop and the space to tinker in. Both my brother and I have commented on that actually. We're both working out of tool boxes and using whatever space we can find in our respective flats!