SteveB wrote:

"U.L. Tested" wrote in message ...

"Moo" wrote

What a bunch of crap. You must be a "professional". If everyone
believed this crap you could charge double.

I am a professional in my field, which is not construction. So, I totally
understand Kirk's point.

In most fields, newbies, apprentices, and such have a _lot_ to learn
before becoming a professional. All of us must start at the beginning, and
it takes years to become a professional.

I wouldn't dream of going back and starting at an inexperienced wage and
having to start at the beginning. Although, even being a professional,
learning new & better techiniques is an every day occurrence.

Practice doesn't make perfect, but perfect practice does. Exactly, what
don't you understand about being a professional?

How long do YOU think it would take a person of average intelligence to
learn to hang prehung doors, cut baseboard, and install indoor passage
locksets? With good tools.

Steve

Highly variable. Since our failing public schools no longer teach any
manual skills, most of the public has no exposure to actually doing
anything physical. Some people would learn and get it right in a couple
days, other could keep trying for months and still not get it right.