On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 3:16 PM, Peter Hiscocks via talk <talk@gtalug.org> wrote:
I did a major reno on my house a few years ago. The deal with my wife was that I could buy any power tools that I needed, and I now have a nice collection.
This was the front of the house including a large livingroom, hall, stairway and front door area. Complete demolition, rewiring, new windows, new fireplace, two sets of new stairs.
I did everything except the drywall (hard work and tricky) and the painting. We purchased the stair unit. I didn't know how to do trimwork but studied the youtube videos and bought some books on it. The result was very attractive, but it does require the proper tools and knowledge.
I have found that the public library often has a huge selection of diy books. Some are useful - - - - some are NOT. It doesn't hurt of have someone that you know that has some knowledge function as at least somewhat of an advisor!
I quite enjoyed it. It took 13 months, including time off for a stupidly self-inflicted injury. But I'm retired, it would take a lot longer if you were working and could only do evenings and weekends. They call the drywall dust 'divorce dust' for a reason.
Pity - - - I could have given you some tips on how to severely reduce said stuff. Learnt helping a few buds doing their renos and partially from a 'plasterer' ticketed father. There are some tricks to reducing the amount of dust generated! Oh yes - - - tools are wonderful things!! Regards Dee