DIY Series – Part II: Why DIY is Bad

Read the first part of the series, click here.

To continue the series, I bring you Part II: Why DIY is Bad.

Reasons Why DIY is Bad:

1) If you don’t know what you’re doing, you could end up spending a lot more.
2) Sometimes that ‘homemade look’ isn’t what’s called for.
3) You could get injured, hurt, or die. (My building manager fell off the roof while cleaning gutters. I am sad to report he passed on before an ambulance could arrive.)

I could only think of three. Again, if you can think of other reasons why DIY isn’t a good thing, please comment here and leave your name & blog to be credited/linked.

Overall, there aren’t many downsides to DIY. It’s a matter of sound judgement. I’ve had a hand in building a flamethrower. It was really fun. I was surprised at how easy it was. I was also deeply skeptical that this was a safe thing to do. But it all turned out ok. No one got hurt and the men all sat around trying to figure out how to make the weak little bursts bigger. (Typical. Just fiddle with the valve to let more fuel into the mixing chamber.) I did end up watching from very, very far away though.

As for the building manager, it was a very sad story. I heard his voice while I was in that pre-waking dream state and I didn’t know this voice was a real voice coming from outside my open window. (I was three floors up.) By the time I understood this was not a dream, other neighbors were attending to him. It was all very weird and sometimes I ask myself, what if he had been wearing a harness of some sort for safety? Just something to think about when you are planning a DIY project. Dust masks, safety goggles, thick gloves, steel toed boots, may all be good things to have while working on a project. Safety First!

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