Tired or fed up of paying contractors for doing jobs you can do yourself? At some time most of us will feel like that. Guess what, you really don’t have to anymore. We seem to have a never ending access to all the information we need to do these jobs ourselves. Many hardware stores are now giving free instructional classes on the weekends, there are also all those instructional television shows plus countless CD sets that make doing it yourself seem really easy. Not only do we get to save money, in most cases a lot of money but we also get to take great pride in what we have done. Here are some suggestions and statistics about doing it yourself.
There has been a do-it-yourself boom in recent years. Statistics show that the age group that relies most on do-it-yourself activities are people between the ages of 30 and mid 40’s, (they make up 41 percent of home improvement spending). DIY is now starting to attract more women, about one-fifth of home buyers in this past year were unmarried women, so it makes sense that women are getting more involved edicated to incorporating women to the do-it-yourself world.
Statistics also show that an average...