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Home » These 3 Home Repairs Are Not DIY Projects, Call a Professional
These 3 Home Repairs Are Not DIY Projects, Call a Professional

These 3 Home Repairs Are Not DIY Projects, Call a Professional

04/16/2021 By Deborah T

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DIY projects have been trending for years mainly because they’re a great way to cut down labor costs. However, when not done well, the likely cost of repair works from damage will cost an arm and a leg.

For example, a 2019 ImproveNet survey discovered that 63% of Americans who carried out DIY projects regretted doing so. The survey found that people ignored safety tips or ended up carrying through with erroneous projects they had no expertise in. Indeed, it’s best to leave some things to professionals to handle, including those listed below. 

Hire a Professional, These Are Not DIY Projects

Call in the experts, these jobs can go wrong if you don’t know what you are doing.

1 – Replacing your electrical panel

First and foremost, electricity is a vital energy element you shouldn’t overlook. Every year across the United States, the firefighting department handles a total of 44,880 fire incidents in homes. A simple thing like changing your light switch or swapping a light fixture isn’t a purely technical process; about 90% of Americans change burned-out light fixtures on their home.

However, something as complicated and technical as electric panel conversions isn’t a DIY project. You’ll be reducing the likelihood of a home fire when you allow licensed professionals to handle this for you. Besides a fire outbreak, there are risks of electrocution or code non-compliance that may land you in the emergency ward or jail, respectively. 

2 – Installing pipes and plumbing

Plumbing is an intricate system of pipes, tanks, etc. that are responsible for your home’s water supply, among many other functions. Without a professional background in pipe installation and plumbing in general, you risk causing more harm to the system than you intended.

The dangers of DIY plumbing projects include the following:

  • Burst pipelines
  • Water leakage problems leading to mold formation
  • Flooding

Although the list is endless, the three named above are the most common ones reported in the United States. According to Water Damage Advisor statistics, insurance companies paid out over $13 billion in damages to homes destroyed by water. Out of this sum, about 40% went out to DIY plumbing projects gone wrong, a reminder that some DIY plumbing projects have a high likelihood of turning out badly if not done by a professional.

3 – Replacing the drywall

Did you know that the fine dust from drywall may contain toxic elements that can irritate the lungs and eyes? Especially when it’s an old house, it may expose you to lead-containing paint chips. Apart from the health dangers drywalls pose, taking them down can result in pretty expensive structural damage. Some walls are erected to bear the weight of parts of the house. Therefore, without a background in architecture or masonry, you’d have caused irreparable damage to something that should have been minor work and incurred avoidable costs.

DIY Home repairsThe Takeaway: These Tasks Are Not DIY Projects, Leave Them to the Pros

In conclusion, never allow the desire to save money to lure you into carrying out DIY projects you don’t know about. Besides the health risks these may pose, you stand a high chance of blowing a minor repair work into a major one. Allow professionals to handle what they’re licensed to do.

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Deborah T
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Editor and author at DIY Home & Garden, a Word Innovations publication
Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.
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About Deborah T

Deborah Tayloe is a full-time blogger, children's book author, and freelance writer, contributing to large publications.

She has a B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education/English and a Spanish Minor. In addition, she holds a Certificate in Natural Health from a fully-accredited program and is a Certified Herbologist. She pursued these natural wellness certifications due to her love for herb gardening.

Despite freelancing to make a living, her love is "all things home."

Deborah grew up in a family that grew a large vegetable garden and a fruit orchard, helping her parents pull weeds and can home-grown foods as part of her childhood. In fact, she had no idea that she could purchase veggies and fruits in pre-packed steel cans until she went to college and made a food run.

Today, she lives in Bertie County, North Carolina, an agricultural rural area with more chickens than people. She lives with her husband and two rescue pets a sweet toy fox terrier and a cat who showed up one day and moved into the house. Together, they enjoy DIY projects, furniture refinishing, gardening, and canning.

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