Bought my first home

[Benton]

(04-03-2017, 11:44 AM)Au165 Wrote: Youtube, lot's of Youtube.

Yup.

Car stuff, house stuff. Youtube is great.

Shows you how to do it, and often by a professional. And unlike something that's written, you can usually tell by the way the presenter talks if he knows what he's doing. You can pause the video, skip parts you know how to do, etc.


My grandparents had rental property and the grandkids were cheap labor, so I've done small jobs since I could walk. Setting toilets, tile, laying carpet, painting, etc. You can do most of it yourself, but I don't do electricity. If you screw up your plumbing, you get a leak and maybe have to call a professional; you screw up running new wires and your house burns down. That said, changing out light fixtures/ceiling fans is a pretty easy job.

Before you get into a project, though, check what tools you'll have to have. If you don't have many, factor that cost into the project. Like tiling. It's kind of fun, but plan on spending a couple hundred dollars on a tile saw. even with small stuff, like changing out a light fixture. You might get by with just a screw driver, but you might end up having to buy wire strippers or caps, which adds up. I'm trying to do some quick fixes so we can put our house on the market and my $1,500 budget (with $250 built in for overage) is already over $500.