Reply #3: No idea. I was also raised by a family that never called a repairman [View All]

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so I learned to fix appliances, do plumbing, electrical work, and a huge variety of home repairs. When I was little, it was common to help the neighbors do projects and get help from them. Nowadays, neighbors act surprised when I hold their ladder or show up when they are cutting tree limbs or cleaning gutters.

I suspect you are right, they repairs get put off or some senior citizen falls off his roof.