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…always a fun part of building a bike……not
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Who wired my fucking house. Give me a fucking name. I just wanna talk
Ya know those articles that went around a while back about how Millenials know less about repairs/home repairs than boomers, and its framed as a “haha these idiots can diy a bathroom rug but HIRE a roofer, how incompetent!”
Because everyone I know who has a house has at some point sat on the floor in tears because nothing is up to code and they’re a heartbeat away from losing everything in a fire and I’m like. Maybe we don’t know less, maybe we just know more and have less hubris
You are exactly right. I have some old DIY books that are REALLY casual about things like “here’s a one-page tutorial on how to knock out part of your foundation to add a cellar door!” “Here’s how to run a 100 amp subpanel yourself!” And i’m like cool! How did anyone survive the seventies!
Look, contractors are expensive for a REASON. Doing a job correctly takes skill, knowledge, and experience. Doing the job wrong can literally be deadly. It can be fun and handy to learn DIY home repair, but like … There’s definitely a limit!
…we are the children of the DIYers who didn’t burn
Wanted to reblog this to comment that yeah, the NESC has come a long way since the 60s.
I have some vintage DIY electrical books from around that time period I wanted to share, to give you an idea what the boomers and their parents thought was fun and safe to DIY in their own homes.
“35 Building and Repair Projects Electrical Handbook” 1963
“Electrical Repairs You Can Make” 1960
“Home Electrical Handbook Volume 3” 1956
A lot of the DIYs they have, while functional, are not safe to be done by inexperienced and untrained people who don’t own or have training using proper safety equipment or have like… y'know… licensure to do home wiring. This is why homes from the 70s and earlier are fire hazards (not to mention the lead solder in the pipes, the asbestos insulation, etc.)
It’s not that younger generations CAN’T do DIY, it’s that we know when NOT to.
