I live on ten acres with several other families and I often see a wife or mother ask their husband or son to do some repair. And much of the time, I can tell the one asking has no idea how much work is really required to do the job.

And then they get upset when the job is not done as soon/quickly as they think it should be.

As an example, a dripping faucet. Simple to fix, right?

Plumbing takes a rather specialised set of tools that most of us don’t own. So we either buy those tools or we make do with something else. The latter choice means more difficulty and the chance of damaging something. Plumbing also means dealing with things that are corroded or locked up by hard water deposits. That can mean breaking things during disassembly, or worse when you put it back together. Most of the time you don’t know what part you need until the water is off and the faucet is disassembled. Then it’s off to the hardware store in hopes they have what you need.

Oh, and that getting the water off part? It’s very likely you can’t do that because of the afore mentioned corrosion and hard water deposits. So you either turn off the water to the whole house for the duration, or you turn it off so you can fix the faucet cut off. That’s more parts to find and more things to go wrong.

Last year I tried to fix a faucet for some friends. I went to three hardware stores and could not find the missing part. Then when I tried to put it back together I broke a part. I got it back together and no worse than it was, but it wasn’t going to hold. I ended up replacing the entire sink faucet. (Fortunately, they were fine with this.) It ended up taking several days!

If you don’t know how to fix something, don’t assume you know how much time and effort it will take to do the job.

~ Paul – I’m XY

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