Comments on: How to ask people for help with home improvement? http://homeimprovementhowto.com/2009/03/23/how-to-ask-people-for-help-with-home-improvement/ Your questions answered about home improvement. Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:05:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: windancerhil http://homeimprovementhowto.com/2009/03/23/how-to-ask-people-for-help-with-home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-149 windancerhil Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:40:01 +0000 http://homeimprovementhowto.com/?p=85#comment-149 I never recommend asking a building professional-- no matter how good a friend or relation-- to work for free. Those people make their living doing stuff like you want done. Not a very good party for them. Pay them for their work and they can buy their own pizza! See it from their side? Think about it. What skills do you have to reciprocate? I never recommend asking a building professional– no matter how good a friend or relation– to work for free. Those people make their living doing stuff like you want done. Not a very good party for them. Pay them for their work and they can buy their own pizza! See it from their side? Think about it. What skills do you have to reciprocate?

]]> By: scarecrow http://homeimprovementhowto.com/2009/03/23/how-to-ask-people-for-help-with-home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-148 scarecrow Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:56:19 +0000 http://homeimprovementhowto.com/?p=85#comment-148 If they are family and friends just ask for help that's what family, friends do for each other. just ask. If they are family and friends just ask for help that’s what family, friends do for each other. just ask.

]]> By: am1benz http://homeimprovementhowto.com/2009/03/23/how-to-ask-people-for-help-with-home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-147 am1benz Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:09:27 +0000 http://homeimprovementhowto.com/?p=85#comment-147 Yes, this is a effective way of saving money and getting insight into fixing a problem from another perspective. Before sending the invites, make sure you have all the tools needed for a pacticular job. If it's painting, get brushes, rollers, paint, dropclothes,edgers, scrapers and screwdrivers to remove the cover plates for outlets and switches. All these items should be in the room and ready for the work to proceed. If you hope your invitees bring the tools, it will be a disaster if something is forgotten. Make sure everything is ready to proceed. I wouldn't mind helping if I knew I wouldn't have to move all of the furnature around before the project starts. Give your guests a finish goal! Do this and your done! If they ask for another project then fine, however only one task at a time! If you prep everything you will not have to cater to their needs because it will have been addressed before they arrive. This will allow you to work with your guests. The guests will feel they are not doing all the work when you are also pitching in! Preplan throughly and all will have a good time. Yes, this is a effective way of saving money and getting insight into fixing a problem from another perspective. Before sending the invites, make sure you have all the tools needed for a pacticular job. If it’s painting, get brushes, rollers, paint, dropclothes,edgers, scrapers and screwdrivers to remove the cover plates for outlets and switches. All these items should be in the room and ready for the work to proceed. If you hope your invitees bring the tools, it will be a disaster if something is forgotten. Make sure everything is ready to proceed. I wouldn’t mind helping if I knew I wouldn’t have to move all of the furnature around before the project starts. Give your guests a finish goal! Do this and your done! If they ask for another project then fine, however only one task at a time! If you prep everything you will not have to cater to their needs because it will have been addressed before they arrive. This will allow you to work with your guests. The guests will feel they are not doing all the work when you are also pitching in! Preplan throughly and all will have a good time.

]]> By: dr.smokes http://homeimprovementhowto.com/2009/03/23/how-to-ask-people-for-help-with-home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-146 dr.smokes Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:24:18 +0000 http://homeimprovementhowto.com/?p=85#comment-146 well you can always rely on tim the tool man tailor and his benford tools :D no seriously, i think the main issue is to determine if you're good with your hands\handy work, i mean can you actually paint, or fix a broken window or stuff?! cuz if you can't, you'll end up with a big mess which will cost you probably more than it will if you hired professionals at the first place. sure, doing these things by yourself is a great satisfaction, i personally love to do all the small repairs\painting by myself. So, evaluate yourself and determine if you can do these things by yourself or not. as for the part of inviting friends and family, DON'T!!! too many cooks will ruin the meal you'll end up with a bunch of people all with good intentions but all with different points of view on how things need to be done... just imagine the consequences! best of luck with your decision. well you can always rely on tim the tool man tailor and his benford tools :D
no seriously, i think the main issue is to determine if you’re good with your hands\handy work, i mean can you actually paint, or fix a broken window or stuff?! cuz if you can’t, you’ll end up with a big mess which will cost you probably more than it will if you hired professionals at the first place.

sure, doing these things by yourself is a great satisfaction, i personally love to do all the small repairs\painting by myself. So, evaluate yourself and determine if you can do these things by yourself or not.

as for the part of inviting friends and family, DON’T!!!
too many cooks will ruin the meal you’ll end up with a bunch of people all with good intentions but all with different points of view on how things need to be done… just imagine the consequences!

best of luck with your decision.

]]> By: dartagnanpluck http://homeimprovementhowto.com/2009/03/23/how-to-ask-people-for-help-with-home-improvement/comment-page-1/#comment-145 dartagnanpluck Wed, 25 Mar 2009 05:05:26 +0000 http://homeimprovementhowto.com/?p=85#comment-145 Thant depends on your friends and how handy/skilled they are. I wouldn't want too many of my friends working on my house. It would get really messed up. Thant depends on your friends and how handy/skilled they are. I wouldn’t want too many of my friends working on my house. It would get really messed up.

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