Having both skills and tools make a lot of sense. My last call to the plumber cost about $200 dollars for him to clean out the drain. Ultimately, it turned out that he got a toothbrush and a McDonalds toy out of the shower drain (in a rental house). I was shocked for multiple reasons, the first of which I had tried to snake it already. Second, there way a cover screwed over the drain hole and last there hadn’t been kids in the place for several years.
This little snake cost $7.70 at box store and about ten minutes of time to clean the drain. I ended up buying one because my last one broke and it had been on my to do list for a while. This job could have been done without the specific tool (having the skill), but rentals frequently have these kinds of issues so having the tool is helpful. The point is, for a little cost and effort, I saved $200.
The only real consideration is probably time. I think a lot of time, people replace ‘I don’t want to spend my time doing that’ with ‘I don’t have the time to do that’. What took me ten minutes might take someone 30 minutes. In the alternate scenario, you would be scheduling a plumber, being available and paying a bill that you would probably rather not. For the most part, we have the luxury of approaching situations in that manner.
Even if you don’t know how to do something, be brave and I promise that you will feel confident in the future about such a task.
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