What happened to DIY ?

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

Where have all the DIYers gone. The lost generation that could do anything. Your father or grandfather who could do it all. Where do you turn to now? Me and others like me on U-Tube. DIY saved by just the few, we put ourselves on the line to try and help you, even though we suffer the trolls and haters.

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  • @StuckInTheM1ddle
    @StuckInTheM1ddle27 күн бұрын

    KZread has been a game changer for DIY. I've built new internal walls, laid floors, fixed windows, replaced taps/toilets/showers etc., learned to tile, replaced sockets, built wardrobes...i could go on. People like yourself who have taken the time out to share your wealth of knowledge and experience have kept DIY alive for many Al. I agree, some sort of course for people to learn basic DIY is important...ive considered setting one up myself in my localty for free, in order to give back everything ive learned for free due to people like yourself on KZread.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Thats great good luck with it.

  • @gillypoof
    @gillypoof28 күн бұрын

    DIY should be taught to everyone,along with cooking and basic sewing, your channel is very good so thanks for that.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Thank you too

  • @mikemansfield9668
    @mikemansfield966827 күн бұрын

    I've been doing DIY for nearly 50 years now. It's getting a bit harder now as my body gets older, but i'll always try myself before getting a tradesman/woman in to do the job. Thanks for your Videos, I've learned a lot from you over the years

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    No problem glad I could help you ☺️

  • @anniedean5912
    @anniedean591227 күн бұрын

    Absolutely right. I did domestic science and needlework at school but would have loved to do woodwork. I am a self taught DIYer. Love it! As you say the satisfaction you get is great and of course saving money was always important as I could not afford tradespeople. Sorry to say that I also felt I did a better job sometimes, particularly with decorating. I still decorate and do minor repairs as now in my 70's and feel very frustrated when I can't do something because of physical strength letting me down. My Dad was a plumber so learnt a few things at his knee. One plumber said to me, you seem to know a lot about the subject! I would always prefer to browse a tool shop than a dress shop!! My friends laugh, as I am a very feminine petite lady. I installed telecare products at the end of my career. Loved it. Never happier than with my ladder and white van!! Hopefully there will be people to carry on DIY skills other than online. Nothing like getting your hands dirty!

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Great to hear Annie.

  • @Levelforteeto

    @Levelforteeto

    27 күн бұрын

    Noice one Annie 😊😂

  • @WatfordWobble
    @WatfordWobble27 күн бұрын

    I went to a comprehensive school for boys in the '70's.The school churned out bricks, chippies, sparkies, mechanics. The academic role was really to support these trades and BTH and GEC. None of us were taught and trained to go to university or meet OFSTED targets. Sadly all these lads and my friends are now retiring and those skills are sadly lacking. My father I once remember built his own double garage. His brick laying skills I guess he just learnt as he went but it looked good. It's still standing some 40 years later and still used. Sign of the times I'm guess and progress.

  • @no-oneinparticular7264

    @no-oneinparticular7264

    27 күн бұрын

    We are going backwards imo. We need tradesmen, as I've found with all those jobs that need doing when medical conditions stop you from doing it yourself.

  • @711honved

    @711honved

    26 күн бұрын

    In the 70's, a couple of my schoolmates showed little inclination to academia. They showed more interest in motorbikes, cars & engines. The school recognised that & advised them to take a Practical course in their 4th year. I used to see them working on cars, laying bricks, plumbing & electrics. By the 1990's they had founded a building company employing over 70 staff. They became millionaires & a number of the lads from those courses went on to establish their own successful small businesses.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    Good old DIY

  • @Ste2023
    @Ste202328 күн бұрын

    You Tube - helped alot of People out reg to DiY . I think the Government should NEVER got rid of .... Nights school. Technical colleges Short intense Course . In England we need them back. Your channel is brilliant 👍😊

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Very kind thanks Steve.

  • @Ste2023

    @Ste2023

    27 күн бұрын

    @@dereton33 Thank you. 🎉💪💯

  • @neilj8224

    @neilj8224

    27 күн бұрын

    "Life long learning" was something championed in the early noughties with the likes of every local FE, by then usually incorporated rather than council run, in small towns becoming combined campuses and a few major high schools in inner cities having something like a City Learning Centre to teach all sorts of stuff. Those were really good at teaching basic computer literacy to people then 50+ up to retirees who might have gone their whole life never having touched a computer. Sadly all these initiatives were the very fist casualties of austerity as most of the teaching staff for the adult evening stuff would be hourly contracted folk doing it as a second job so less of a hot potato for the first cuts. It contributed to a huge amount of salaried over capacity though in support and admin roles as those sites fell back to stuff they couldn't just bin. It was a terrible waste of money across the country.

  • @Ste2023

    @Ste2023

    27 күн бұрын

    @@neilj8224 they sacrificed the local people For Mass immigration to keep wages Low . Britain is a low wage economy since 1990s Look at your high street =Dead New build homes - CRAP

  • @shadowdancer4532
    @shadowdancer453227 күн бұрын

    Gosh Al I hadn't actually thought about this but you are right. I knew there was "something" wrong with taught building skills, or rather the lack of them, because of the national deterioration in house building where finished new houses are full of problems. As helpful as KZread is it does have plenty of rubbish so you do have to filter out those who are the genuine from the others. Yours is one of best channels for really proper good trustworthy advice. You have helped me greatly over the years. I think for many of the younger generations they don't realise many jobs can be done as DIY, they assume they have to "get someone in" to do everything and waste their money. They have to be encouraged to trust in their own ability & give it a go. It's such a sad loss & they risk getting an often inferior job done. I have almost always done work myself if possible, mainly for financial reasons, but also I got satisfaction from completing the work. These skills really must be taught at school again just like the domestic science/needlework/ self care / woodwork/ metalwork skills we were taught. Even the old night school or day leisure education classes are no longer going. On another note I was watching your last video yesterday & at the end I realised I really missed your chats & wished you would do them again, thank goodness you heard me😁, glad to have your thought provoking chats back!🎉

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Thanks Showdodancer. Some great comments 👌

  • @davelinkson1
    @davelinkson127 күн бұрын

    Mid 1960s I did metalwork, woodwork and building at school and learnt how to use some tools and there was even a gardening class. Then for about the first 5 years of my working life I would go from job to job which you could do back then working in factories and working on machines, so gained a fair bit of experience which stood me in good stead for some home diy,and on KZread sites such as yourself, Skill builder, Proper DIY, Mark Ballard LTD, and Plumberparts to name just a few, which have been very helpful.. it's an excellent facility..

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Great stuff

  • @mick1406
    @mick140627 күн бұрын

    Good vid Al and agree with you. In my opinion, our education system is far too focussed on 'academia' - university and degrees. I am an ex-Secondary teacher (for my sins) and recall having a discussion with a group of 6th Formers (18-19 years old) about what they hoped to do after school. Almost all said 'University'! When I asked them to consider alternatives, such as an Apprenticeship and training as plumbers, sparkies, joiners etc I was met with blank faces!! When I then went on to explain the really excellent salaries/wages such trades can pay, most did not believe me! I later on got roundly boll@%#d by the Head as he told me, as a staff member in his school: "... you should be encouraging University, not trades!" Needless to say, I left there not long after!! The point is, how many schools out there are like that? Prepping kids for often useless degrees and refusing to even consider Apprenticeships?? Crazy. But, on the bright side, if you have got the skills - happy days for you!! Loadsa money!!!😂👍 Great vid ✌️

  • @Levelforteeto

    @Levelforteeto

    27 күн бұрын

    Eeee by gum ya can't build a house using a computer. You can design one but ya gotta use tools to build it 😢. That head teacher should have been given forced hard labour. 😅. Send him or her to me I'll show em what work is all about. Grrrrrr

  • @emmas3716

    @emmas3716

    27 күн бұрын

    Absolutely, but the best paid trade jobs are traditionally male ones. I think whether males go to university or pick a trade they will always fair better

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Thanks for all your comments

  • @martinlawlor3457
    @martinlawlor345727 күн бұрын

    I agree. I went to a Secondary Modern School. I did woodwork and metalwork and greatly enjoy DIY. On the subject of books, let me recommend "The case for working with your hands or why Office Work is Bad for us and Fixing things feels good" by Mathew Crawford. Its a beautiful, brilliant book.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Thanks Martin.

  • @no-oneinparticular7264
    @no-oneinparticular726427 күн бұрын

    I went to a Convent Grammar school in the 60s. I desperately wanted to do woodworking, but as it was an all girls school that wasn't an option. I was rubbish at using a sewing machine and any needlework. I spent 5 years being shouted at for being rubbish at it 😂. Im 71, and eventually learned to value and like myself , doing decorating and upcycling.

  • @Levelforteeto

    @Levelforteeto

    27 күн бұрын

    Teachers who shout and belittle are not teachers they're bully's who have no heart . You go girl . Upcycle to your hearts content. 🤪

  • @no-oneinparticular7264

    @no-oneinparticular7264

    27 күн бұрын

    ​@@Levelforteetothanks so much

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Good for you 👍

  • @daveturnbull7221
    @daveturnbull722127 күн бұрын

    Yup, did metalwork and woodwork (got an A grade O level) at school. My mum taught me basic needlework and cooking (she really struggled on getting me to learn cooking) which came in handy in the army. I've had to help neighbours out with what I class as basic skills like hanging a picture, changing a fuse or sewing on a button.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Well done Dave.

  • @paullbennett2923
    @paullbennett292327 күн бұрын

    I was at secondary school in the late seventies and the girls had to metalwork and woodwork as well as the domestic sciences. The boys did the domestic sciences plus metalwork and woodwork. I actually learnt how to use a sewing machine ! Been a plumber for the last 42 years.

  • @CannockChaseWildlifeProject

    @CannockChaseWildlifeProject

    27 күн бұрын

    I was in school the same time. We did it all too. We got cut doing sheet metal work, had a go with brazing torches, and burned lots of things in home economics. I still remember it all (mistakes included). It is right, you learn far more, and more importantly retain the information, when you try it yourself. Call it TIY :-)

  • @neilj8224

    @neilj8224

    27 күн бұрын

    I left in 88. My form teacher for the last three years was the textiles teacher so that was our class's registration point / form time place. We all learned to sew before "options" on a rotation with that and woodwork metal work and home ec. Frankly it was one of the best things comp taught me and I went the academic route later on. I can still thread a sewing machine.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Wow great 👌

  • @shelleybryony
    @shelleybryony26 күн бұрын

    Unfortunately, I was at school when we weren't taught much in the way of DIY. Luckily, my mum has every tool known to humankind, and there are KZread channels such as your own. Because of this, I have been able to complete so many DIY jobs which I otherwise wouldn't have a clue about. Not only is it highly satisfying and gives you a great sense of achievement, but I feel as if it gives you power. To know you can be self-sufficient and not have to rely on others to fix a problem. Freedom. Thank you 😊

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    That's great Shelly

  • @martinwright7093
    @martinwright709327 күн бұрын

    My Dad had a big Reader's Digest DIY folder It had lots of info about tools, techniques (and at least 10 different types of wood) etc in the first bit and projects like furniture, garden swings etc in the back. I still have it and it is useful sometimes because it shows how houses were put together back in the sixties and seventies and earlier.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @dord1954
    @dord195424 күн бұрын

    I’m 70 and started learning how to fix stuff from around age 11 working on my bikes, skates and other stuff at 16 I had a lambretta and with the help of the handbook stripped the engine down for a rebore and piston, new clutch, brakes etc and then at 17 did the same with cars and later I bought a house in need of complete renovation and another after that I still do loads of diy now for my family it’s saves a fortune

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    Great stuff 👏

  • @CliffHarveyRCPlanes
    @CliffHarveyRCPlanes27 күн бұрын

    I think it's also important to have the attitude to give it a go 'how bad can it be' you'll do a better job than you think 🤔👍

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Great advice Cliff thanks.

  • @robshorts
    @robshorts24 күн бұрын

    I really enjoy DIY, always enjoyed watching other people do it and started reading DIY books when I was 8. Learned to do basic plumbing when I was 14 and did most of the work at my mum's house. I'm 50 now with my own place and still do almost everything myself. It's good to know your limits though, I can't plaster anything other than a small area, just had to have a new boiler installed which is obviously not a DIY job, and anything with the roof or Chimney I have to leave to trades. Must have saved a tens of thousands over the decades.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    Great stuff 👏

  • @alexstools
    @alexstools25 күн бұрын

    I wish classes like that still existed. I try to do what I can, but I'm not quick enough to figure it out myself.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    Cheers Alex

  • @Nicks-Picks
    @Nicks-Picks27 күн бұрын

    Appreciate this, you've just made me realise I need to teach my son more to hold is own. Have a great weekend buddy, and the good wife too🤜🤛🙏🍻

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Thanks, you too!

  • @cyclingSausage
    @cyclingSausage27 күн бұрын

    I do all my own DIY. Plumbing, electrics, joinery, tiling, painting & decorating, cycle maintenance, car maintenance, actually if I need something done and there's youtube videos for it I just go for it. Hence the reason I watch your channel.. I love watching plumbing stuff. I find I do a much better/tidier job than the pros, but it tends to take me about 4 times longer. I work in IT which is pretty boring, so it's nice to get my hands dirty in my spare time. 😀

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Good on you

  • @jeremypowell8039
    @jeremypowell803921 күн бұрын

    Everything you have said is spot on and it’s easier now then ever to learn as you just need to look up at good u tuber like yourself. I’m a builder and the shame is that a lot of youngsters don’t realise that if they train to become a skilled tradesman, the earnings can be very good . But it amazes me how little some people want to do on their home and would rather pay someone to come in for the simplest jobs. Keep up the videos as I’m of a similar age and enjoy listening to man who knows what he’s on about and doing this for the right reasons.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    21 күн бұрын

    Thanks Jeremy.

  • @mikemansfield9668
    @mikemansfield966827 күн бұрын

    I used to unscrew and repair my Hornby Locos when I was only 5 years old, then Scalextrix, Meccano and Lego tought me everything I needed for my future life. If you've got good eyesight, good lighting and the right tools you can do most things yourself

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Thanks Mike 😀

  • @jonny7491
    @jonny749127 күн бұрын

    I did a ten week basic plumbing course at a local college, soldering, pipe bending then went on to fit my own bathroom suite.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Well done

  • @saminachishtiali4414
    @saminachishtiali441426 күн бұрын

    I have learnt new skills on tube thanku

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Great stuff

  • @barrycorney3665
    @barrycorney366527 күн бұрын

    I left school in 1985 with 10 O levels and 2 highers but opted to do a stonemasonry apprenticeship with Historic Scotland instead of academia. Always liked working with my hands more. I pretty much do all my own DIY- plumbing, electrics, plastering, painting, flooring, carpets, windows, joinery, locks, gutters and drainage, groundworks, self taught on a mini digger and even the car/bicycle(fully qualified at that too, Velotech) mechanics just replaced all the brakes on the car, calipers at the rear next it's only specialist stuff that needs bonkers tools or ramps it goes in for. Been beaten by one plumbing job lately- mums house has a frozen/seized stopcock and nothing I've done(including yours and many others vids) has worked... Might get a plumber out as it's a high risk job if something goes wrong and a damn awkward usual location under the sink...I'm considering seeing if I could fit one of those Aladdin clamp around ones and just leave the original as it is, I doubt it's been shifted in 22 years- what do you think of the Aladdin system???

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Seems a good system in your case I would give it a go.

  • @thomascoyne157
    @thomascoyne15727 күн бұрын

    Everyone one should do something in school a form of plumbing or setting a door casing nice one AL 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿💯

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Thanks Thomas.

  • @SteveThorndale-hl4cy
    @SteveThorndale-hl4cy27 күн бұрын

    I really enjoy my DIY and have saved a fortune over the years. I’m retired now but worked as a mechanic so had the necessary engineering skills. I learnt decorating from my Dad and before the days of the internet I used to refer to my Readers Digest DIY manual which was the font of all knowledge. Very few jobs I haven’t tackled but don’t do heights. I’m passing on the knowledge to my daughter who helps when I do a job for her.

  • @robertjones3613

    @robertjones3613

    26 күн бұрын

    Ah, the good old Readers Digest manuals. Excellent books.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    That is awesome!

  • @inquisitive1911
    @inquisitive191127 күн бұрын

    It's a real shame that back in those days, the biased ones running society couldn't just give school children the choice of all 4 and 5 - cooking, sewing, woodwork, metalwork, computing. Also, boys got football and girls were stuck with netball ... It really wasn't fair to either gender. Still loving your videos!! Much Love from Scotland, ❤ X ...

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Thank you much appreciated I just love Scotland ❤️

  • @timwhittey4121
    @timwhittey412123 күн бұрын

    DIY has saved me a packet over the years doing the car, the house and garden. There is a price to pay though. Never try to take a swing at a small branch with an axe after a few beers. Said axe went straight through it without stopping and caught my foot a glancing blow. The resulting flattened toenail turned black and then eventually fell off to reveal a nice new pink one underneath. Marvelous think the human body. Stepping on nails and getting fried by an unexpected live wire can be annoying as well.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    22 күн бұрын

    Ha ha it`s all in the game.

  • @johnsaunders1945
    @johnsaunders194527 күн бұрын

    I hadn't thought about it but you are right. I did metalwork and woodwork at school and I'll turn my hand to most things. I still can't saw straight so help on that would be appreciated. One change is that we're not allowed to do some things. I re-wired my first house in the 70's but that is no longer possible.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Health and safety I guess.

  • @neilj8224

    @neilj8224

    27 күн бұрын

    There's a place for laws and regs. I'm not sure if it is still the case but I seem to remember one of the old CORGI things was not even selling the older style hoses used to fit gas cookers to non accredited peeps. Stopped a lot of fires and often in terraced housing where it wasn't just the simpleton's house going bang bang.. (I might be mis-rembering this) but it seemed like a smart move. It was a chore on moving house just getting someone in just to connect a cooker. At the same time I could see why. I also used that guy to then fit our GCH having met him that way. Some things make a lot of sense all around.

  • @johnsaunders1945

    @johnsaunders1945

    26 күн бұрын

    @@neilj8224 I agree and I believe that the UK has some of the best safety regulations in the world because of changes like that. It's a bit much though that things like pond pumps are now only sold without a plug and extractor fans no longer come with any cable attached.

  • @jameskrell4392
    @jameskrell439218 күн бұрын

    I was a school when they did woodwork, metal work, pottery and technical drawing. I didn’t like woodwork, I wasn’t very good at it and didn’t enjoy it. I was reasnably good at technical drawing but afte fifty years I’m still no good at woodwork or DIY, I don’t enjoy it and find it boring. I do however cook and have been since I was in my early twenties. I have cooked for up to 40 people on many occasions, friends not professionally. The irony is I asked to do cooking and they refused saying it was for girls. I am also good at macanics. I think we should all play to our strengths. Over the years when my wife tries to get me to do DIY she says its easy but I have noticed that she never gets involved.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    17 күн бұрын

    Ha ha thanks James.

  • @saminachishtiali4414
    @saminachishtiali441426 күн бұрын

    They should re introduce these skills back into schools

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Definitely

  • @emmas3716
    @emmas371627 күн бұрын

    I left school in 1999 and it had all changed even back then...

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    🫠 shame

  • @sugarpuff2978
    @sugarpuff297827 күн бұрын

    I know I've commented this same comment on one of your videos before Al. I think that now people can't afford to buy their own property and most young people rent it means that a lot of the public aren't even able to fix things in the property they live in as the landlords won't allow it. I personally think this is a major cause of DIY skills being lost.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Yes it is a factor thanks Sugarpuff.

  • @WorldOfMikeThePartworkWrangler
    @WorldOfMikeThePartworkWrangler27 күн бұрын

    totally agree alan :)

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    All the best Mike 👍

  • @Levelforteeto
    @Levelforteeto27 күн бұрын

    Oh boy have you hit a nerve, I have never understood someone who can’t use a hammer or screwdriver. All my life from about six years old I’ve constructed stuff from dens to bikes . My mates used to bring their bikes to me to fix. I was stripping them down and rebuilding them by the age of ten (the bikes not me mates). I’m 65 now and so glad like many of us out there have had fun learning how to build sheds , workbenches,decking , brick walls , installed showers loos and sinks, decorated homes , built planters bbqs . Done some electrical work although some of that scares me a bit so got someone in to check it. Taught both my daughters to use tools to get things done. And boy have they done some graft . I’m not saying this to brag I’m saying this to let people know that if I can do it so can you. The one thing i have had doing all these projects is that I’ve had fun learning and doing stuff , and even though my job was a carpet fitter , woodworking was my passion especially wood turning. Now after all these years searching for tools I know I’ve got I’m finally building a huge cabinet to display and store all me tools so theoretically I’ll know where they all are🤷‍♂️👨‍🦳. So if my two penn’orth is worth anything , get orf ya computer games and get out there and start avin some fun and never stop learning. Says he who’s just spent 15 min on his iPad typing this . Honest I’m getting out there now to plane some wood😮. Have a nice day Al and everyone else. May the farce be with you💪👨‍🔧🪚🪛⛏️🔨⚒️🛠️🔧🪜 . P.S I’ve even just recently bought a sewing machine. Yep who said ya can’t teach an old dog new tricks 😂

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    27 күн бұрын

    Thanks for your great comments.

  • @TheStevenWhiting
    @TheStevenWhiting26 күн бұрын

    Big coporations have tried to stop repairs which is the problem. Back in the 80s our backroom TV broke. Family friends husband came round, took the back off, the schematic was in the back, he traced the fault. Quick solder and the TV was fixed. Can't do that anymore, most companies won't give out schematics or sell replacement parts, instead they want you to buy a new device. Its annoying.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    That's life today

  • @joeloboda114
    @joeloboda11414 күн бұрын

    Not only diy skills many people are unable to cook using fresh ingredients hence ready cooked meals and fast foods but also add to the equation people working longer hours /pressures of work and longer commutes people don’t have time or inclination to take on these tasks in our modern society to the detriment of us all

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    13 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much 🙂

  • @malcolmhouse9547
    @malcolmhouse954727 күн бұрын

    My granddaughters husband said to me I'm no good at DIY I told him there was a time I wasn't that good at it and that you have to keep at it .

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Very true 👍

  • @jimfisher5916
    @jimfisher591617 күн бұрын

    Good morning Al, can you tell me if a constant ringing on the pipework that gets louder at night is due to high water pressure and if so who is responsible for controlling it. Just had new supply pipe fitted 8 months ago. Thanks.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    17 күн бұрын

    Yes it is water pressure. The water company may have set your water pressure to high. You can try slowing the flow rate down, by turning down the main stopcock.

  • @jimfisher5916

    @jimfisher5916

    17 күн бұрын

    @@dereton33 Thanks, tried slowing the flow rate but the noise remains. I will call water company tomorrow.

  • @luluthestargazer
    @luluthestargazer27 күн бұрын

    Born in 1960, I much preferred the world I grew up in..and I'm not sure when it all flipped but it's all a big mess in my opinion and one of the things I blame is the TV!

  • @neilj8224

    @neilj8224

    27 күн бұрын

    Every generation thinks the world is going to hell in a handbasket by a certain age. It's just your turn.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Hasn't helped 😕

  • @pault3705
    @pault370527 күн бұрын

    People in the future wont own homes...so diy becomes irrelevant for the next gen...keep up the vids !!!

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Cheers Paul

  • @ng178jt
    @ng178jt25 күн бұрын

    I hate these videos! Not because of you because you are correct but it’s upsetting as it does seem to be a dying skill. I started at the age of 6 believe it or not! I didn’t have no dad about and my mum was shaking on a step ladder so I changed the bulb and I was happy that I did something. I was able to fix a flat on the old push iron by 8 and me and my friends use to love Denis the menace where he built a tree house so we would collect things from the dumping field and try and get them up the tree and because they was heavy we would make pully systems, the tree house never worked out 😂 but it was a good learning experience and we would make go karts out of the stuff by using the tools we all had lying about. We didn’t have KZread then and it was learn as you go or the library for books. We moved around a lot so there was always things to put up. I’m now an engineer lol. I teach my kids how to use the tools correctly and make little projects. I love your videos and they have been a god send and thank you for taking the time to make them! You teach the correct way and explain as you go where as some stuff on KZread can be shocking. Thank you again big man 😊

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    No.problem. Thanks for liking my videos. I try hard to make them easy to follow.

  • @ng178jt

    @ng178jt

    24 күн бұрын

    @@dereton33 and you do a fantastic job mate. Keep the videos up

  • @Autonomous1969
    @Autonomous196927 күн бұрын

    Never mind DIY. Lots of kids are leaving school and they can barely read or write.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    I guess

  • @Autonomous1969

    @Autonomous1969

    25 күн бұрын

    @@dereton33 I worked in Waitrose and some of the kids were putting stuff in the wrong places because they couldn't read the ticket on the shelf.

  • @ccampbell1117
    @ccampbell111721 күн бұрын

    I think many people these days are too “ busy “ ( or lazy ) to do simple jobs and simply don’t want to learn , why would they when they can’t be bothered to wash the car preferring to pay someone £15 ? I’ve been a do anything DIYer for 20 yrs ( as a job ) having started doing bike repairs , as a keen cyclist , before being made redundant when the quarry I worked at closed. I makes me angry , even though it’s a paid job , to repair or replace a cycle inner tube , for instance .My grandfather taught me how to do it , simple and yet people are prepared to drive a bike over leave it with me and come back to pick it up for something so simple .

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    19 күн бұрын

    It`s what you know that counts.

  • @GARDENER42
    @GARDENER4226 күн бұрын

    Excessive legislation against idiots hasn't helped (if you don't recognise yourself as a 'competent person'...). Me? About the only thing I really can't do well is plastering - I can cover a wall chase no problem but once the area needing covered is wider than a float... Having said that, I'm 66 & thus part of the 'old guard'. Latest project's a wood & glass, twin bifold screen over the breakfast bar between kitchen & living room & the timber's coming from recycling 16' of 19th century pine roof beam via my planer thicknesser & router table.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    25 күн бұрын

    Well done

  • @radharcanna
    @radharcanna25 күн бұрын

    I’d say there are plenty of boys doing domestic science (it probably has a fancy name nowadays) and girls doing woodwork/metalwork.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    Haven't heard of any

  • @stuart2010ification
    @stuart2010ification27 күн бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/aauVrNttnJvLY84.html I used to watch BB with my Dad. He made it look so easy.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Great 👍

  • @CB-zr9fi
    @CB-zr9fi25 күн бұрын

    The problem is no one describes diy properly

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    24 күн бұрын

    O well, perhaps I should call it a day.

  • @CB-zr9fi

    @CB-zr9fi

    24 күн бұрын

    @@dereton33 most videos mid key parts out ! Not yours by the way .

  • @BsktImp
    @BsktImp23 күн бұрын

    Related to this is why high-volume builders are able to ge away with the poor quality of new builds. Your stereotypical "professional couple" FTBs just wants something that looks nice and shiny but couldn't spot a snag or downright cowboy work if you paid them. Not their fault, they just haven't been taught. Worse thing this country ever did was do away with technical and practical training.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    22 күн бұрын

    We reap what we sow.

  • @stum8374
    @stum837427 күн бұрын

    We can't have metal work now,h & s gone made.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Has a lot to answer for

  • @ShadowzGSD
    @ShadowzGSD27 күн бұрын

    too many people still do DIY, problem is they have not got the basic skills to do it and make a right mess and still think it is OK. They watch a couple of YT videos and think that is all they need.

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Yes I guess we make it look easy 😏

  • @ermfwp
    @ermfwp27 күн бұрын

    I think it comes down to priorities. Do kids want to fix things or would they rather be doing something else? I know what my kids would rather do However, as they get older and start to figure out how much it costs for someone else to do it then I think they’ll change their mind. Hopefully I’ll still be around to help out

  • @dereton33

    @dereton33

    26 күн бұрын

    Fingers crossed 🤞

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