When you hate DIY’ing!

Installing recessed Lights in the attic

 

Holy Moly, yesterday was a DOOSEY!  I accomplished a lot, but it was NOT a fun day.  (I’m not complaining, just stating the facts.)

I installed some of these in my library.

Installing recessed Lights in the attic

 

About the only thing that went smoothly was my little trick to shove a wire hanger with a “flag” on the end up through the a hole where I want my light to be so that when I get up into the attic I can locate the location where I want to locate my lights!  (After measuring and remeasuring before I decide EXACTLY where I want the light to REALLY go.)

Installing recessed Lights in the attic

 

Yeah baby!  Works like a charm.

Installing recessed Lights in the attic

 

…and it was all down hill from there.

Installing recessed Lights in the attic

 I hate DIY’ing when:

  1. I have to swim around in blown insulation in a hot attic
  2. I sweat
  3. I have to wear a headlamp on my sweaty forehead because it slips down constantly
  4. I sweat into my face mask which I have to wear to keep the insulation out of my lungs
  5. My glasses fog up because I’m sweating in a face mask
  6. I take my glasses off because I can’t see anything and I LOSE my glasses in the insulation
  7. I give my thumb a blood blister because I pinched it HARD with pliers while trying to manipulate a 12 ga wire into doing what it clearly does NOT want to do
  8. I cut my other thumb on SOMETHING and it won’t stop bleeding while I’m up in a hot, itchy, stuffy, STUPID attic and I’m dirty and sweaty and bloody and irritated.
  9. You install two light switches — that are the same brand and both new (as in one is not a decade old so maybe they changed their design in the mean time) — and they don’t line up!  Not even close to lining up.  The screw holes …  What the FFFFFlip!

Things that make you go "Huh?"

Not to complain…just stating the facts!  🙂
I basically hate electrical work!  I swear a little bit on those days.  But I keep plugging away and that’s what really counts, right?
So, when do YOU hate DIY’ing?  What is your least favorite job?

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15 Comments

  1. Insulation. Doing it right this minute on my second floor addition and hating every single second.

  2. Last week I did the exact same thing! I loved this post. It was like you were writing out my experience for me so I didn’t have to. 🙂 The insulation and heat is horrible. The absolute worst was when I got all the way up to the attic and realized I had forgotten a tool I needed. I had to trek up and down the ladder so many times. I love that we had similar experiences. You are my hero!

  3. I had to laugh and cringe at this post. I can empathize with you. I still have a light in our kitchen that I haven’t hooked up yet in dread of going into the attic.

  4. I’m so envious you know how to do this stuff. I worry and fret and it takes me so long just to install a light fixture or change an outlet. I’m always afraid I’m going to mess something up.

  5. That’s easy! Sheetrock and mudding sheetrock seams. Hate, hate, HATE it!!

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