I thought I'd introduce my mistakes along the way. Luckily, no binding contracts have been mistakenly signed, no materials mis-delivered.
I have failed on my first attempt at estimating costs. For plumbing, I assumed something like 400-1000 for labor. It's come in closer to 1000-1500 as the estimate.
So much for estimating!
On other fronts, I'm doing better, I suppose. I recently pulled a PeteGyver, dumpster diving at a nearby construction site for some 2x4's and 2x6's for my basement above-the-car storage project. Brilliant!
I've also enlisted the occasional aid of my neighbors to help verbally slap me upside the head whenever I describe a dumb project idea over the phone. Painful, but Brilliant!
Posted by BilFish at February 8, 2006 01:15 PM