I am a building contractor. My son and I work together and we are not on a big scale by any means. I started out building houses by myself with the help of my dear wife. She wasn't afraid to climb a ladder and help shingle the roofs or nail plywood. We did it all by hand too, no nailers. I have did about every job there is in building a house except for electrical work. After doing this for 35 years I have learned you can't do it all. We sometimes do the concrete flat work yet but otherwise leave the drywall, plumbing, insulating, shingling, and heating to others. Codes say we can't do the plumbing unless it is for my own home. Drywallers won't tape a house anymore unless they hang it. Framing isn't to bad but I have seen a lot do it yourselvers really mess things up and then call for help. Would have been cheaper to hire it in the first place. Same with doing woodwork. Most every homeowner we have built for had the idea to do the woodwork themselves. The one's that do say never again and after looking at it, I know why. I always try to find the best subcontractors for a reason. The job is done right and they don't have to come back to redo anything. Some have been with me since 1992. It all depends on what your skill level is and if you have a good paying job you might be further ahead to stay at that and pay somebody that does it every day to do it. There are a lot of guys that will come driving up looking for you to hire them. If they were any good they would be busy. I put my own foundation in for the house I live in now. Was in June, about 90 everyday. I laid the blocks, my oldest son carried them and my youngest son and wife mixed and carried the mud. By the time we got done we were all about burned out and I saved a $1,000 over if I had hired it done. Then I still had to build the rest of the house. Never again did I do that.
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