Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last?

Re:Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last? by jotm on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @03:35PM (#15751292)

Pretty sick of this, really. I know it's meant to stop idiots from doing work that could endanger them and others, but I've serviced my own boilers, installed my own sockets for years and even laid out the electrical for a whole house.

Now some dickwad comes and tells me "man, that is illegal". k

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Re:Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last? by maxsilver on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @04:07PM (#15751554)

No one ever prevents you from doing your own work, it has never been illegal. You just need to get the permits and pass inspections (just like all licensed electricians / plumbers / etc do).

> I know it's meant to stop idiots from doing work that could endanger them and others

Yes, and it's a lot bigger problem than you might think. You know what you are doing, but 99% of people don't, and they will happily murder the next owner / next occupant through their own malpractice, without even thinking once about it. I've seen professional home builders screw this up and fail inspections, multiple times. It's a real and common risk.

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Re:Blue-collar wages are surging. Can it last? by ramses0 on Tuesday November 21, 2017 @06:39PM (#15752781)

Language, please. Also consider the context: "I just bought a home, I don't know what I'm doing!"

That is _not_ the person I want working on a gas line (which is "plubming") on a house I'm going to buy in the future.

I'm sure you're a special little snowflake that's good at everything, but if you don't feel comfortable getting a permit for permit / license-required work, then... um... maybe you shouldn't be doing it? That's the context for the advice I gave to the parent poster.

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