Timeline for Could a layman build a house from plans?
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| Sep 21, 2017 at 18:46 | comment | added | Dan Esparza | "this will be an experience of a lifetime for you"... and if you screw up, it might be very exciting and brief. | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 9:24 | comment | added | mickburkejnr | I must say that, in the UK at least, people my age (I'm 30) tend to pay people to do work for them. So if the room needs painting or a door hanging, they pay someone to do it. I refuse to do that. My Dad worked on the buildings and every bit of house work that needed doing he did it, and I would help. So I learnt the basics from him, and since buying my house as a fixer-upper the only two jobs I have outsourced were the plastering and the electrics. Everything else, painting, woodwork, roofing, insulation etc I have done myself. Made mistakes, but learnt from it. I wouldn't do it any other way | |
| Sep 21, 2017 at 6:03 | comment | added | wallyk | Hi Jimmy, Congratulations on a successful build! I am curious what skills you had before you built the house. Were you already experienced in a residential construction trade? | |
| Sep 20, 2017 at 2:44 | comment | added | noybman | +1 for the positive attitude and honesty. I agree, and a small kidding in that it could take a lifetime, but certainly ANY knowledge gained from the effort, even if it ends up something you turn into a builder to finish or fail at while trying you will experience volumes of potentially life changing events. Just recognize the value of buying good tools, good advice, and good experience of tradesmen in the industries. MEET CODE! | |
| Sep 20, 2017 at 2:40 | history | answered | Jimmy Fix-it | CC BY-SA 3.0 |