DIY? Not! 0
Apparently some of the Younger Generation* doesn’t know one end of a hammer from a screwdriver:
Contractors say it’s not unusual for them to get frantic calls from young do-it-yourselfers who get in over their heads.
Sometimes, the mistakes are silly.
Michel Hanet, who owns a door replacement business called IDRC in Scottsdale, Ariz., has arrived at homes to find doors hung upside down. He’s also discovered more than one sliding pocket door that won’t open because someone nailed a picture on the wall and into the door.
“The younger generation are more likely the ones that are getting into trouble,” Hanet says. “The baby boomers have the money to do it (not this baby boomer–ed.), so they just call and say ‘I don’t like my doors; just come and replace them.'”
*Anyone more than ten years younger than the person who uses the phrase “younger generation.”
