Amplifier: Tips For Affordable Home Improvement Projects

Maybe you are considering fixing your own appliances. Do you really want to stick your head in an oven, or your face in a freezer? Maybe that isn't the best solution to fixing your appliance problems. Consider for a second what happens if you screw it up. Ah, you ask yourself, what's the worst that could happen? Maybe you electrocute yourself. Maybe you should leave fixing your appliances to the pros.

Whether your refrigerator is on the fritz or your washing machine isn't washing as well as it used to, trying to fix it yourself may not end the problem. In fact, it could also end your life. Do you really want your gravestone to read, hear lies Joe, killed by a rouge washing machine. How embarrassing.

Amateur appliance repairmen can leave you with worse problems then when you started. There is a very easy way to tell if you are dealing with an amateur or a professional. Ask them about their certifications. The recommended certification for someone working on your appliances should be a

NASTeC certification.

The NASTeC certification stands for National Appliance Service Technician Certification. This certification means you are going to get someone who has superior knowledge and experience when it comes to repairing your appliances.

The test to get national certification was written after 6500 technicians from all over the country were surveyed on what technicians needed to know. Then, six national manufacturers, a national retailer, fourteen independent businesses and seven trade schools were also consulted in writing the exam questions. This assures you, when you get a certified technician; you are getting the best possible person to fix your appliances.

Diagnostic Problems:

Finding the problem is what you are paying a professional to do. Where an amateur may poke and prod around, the money you pay to an expert isn't about what they replace, you are paying for their experience, to be able to look at your appliance and diagnose the problem without making timely and costly mistakes. An amateur can poke around an appliance, hope they pick the right part and replace it. It's when it isn't fixed that the customer has a problem. Sometimes hiring an amateur is akin do doing it yourself, with an owner's manual and a screwdriver. You are better off calling in an expert.

Repairs:

Great, if you worked on your own refrigerator and you are lucky enough to get it right, do you have the right part on site, or does that mean another trip to The Home Depot, finding someone to help you and hoping they know more about what you are doing than you do. An expert can perform the repairs on site as they find it. Most have parts stocked in their truck, to avoid billing you an hour's worth of work, while they go to the hardware store. An expert is going to have the parts necessary to fix your problem right away.

Damages:

So, suppose in your attempt to save some money you make your own repair to your appliances. Then your oven goes out because when you put it back together you missed something. Okay, you took something apart. That doesn't always mean you know how to put it back together. It's the difference between a book keeper and an accountant. Both can do your books for you. The book keeper knows where to put things, the account knows where, but more importantly why things go where they do. So, when the IRS comes knocking, do you want a bookkeeper or an accountant? You want the expert of course, so true in appliance repair.

Safety:

As was alluded to in the beginning of the article, have you considered that you could electrocute yourself if you do something wrong? There are large hazards that you may not have thought of, on your rush to get your owner's manual and fix the problem. Next time you are having serious appliance problems, consider hiring an expert. The life you save may be your own.

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Saturday, July 21, 2012

Tips For Affordable Home Improvement Projects

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