DIY’s new show 10 Grand is inspirational and informative. I suggest any homeowner to engage the show to help them save “big bucks”. But then again I may be prejudiced, I am his Mom

How lovely you are cheerleading for him!

The reason contractors charge is because they know how to do what the home owner doesn’t … I don’t do surgery either because I don’t know how. So how much does it cost to have a licensed contractor take the time get on a plane fly to a persons home and “teach them” how to save money doing contractor stuff? Sure you can save money on your house if someone takes the time to teach you “for free” no wait, I forgot DeSilva gets “paid” to do this (probably ten grand). I’m glad his business is doing good enough so he has time to “take money” out of other contractors wallets by showing people “how to”. That’s why we’re contractors is because we have “learned” to do these things. And guess what, it will probably look like they did it themselves.

I’m a licensed contractor doing business for the last 25 years in Maryland.
I just watched an episode of the show “10 grand in your hand.”
Honestly, what a pathetic attempt to lure homeowners to believe that they are saving big bucks. I watched as a couple installed their own tile, and set their own fixtures.
It was announced how much they saved. However, at each camera angle I could see tiles with grout joints “off” up to 3/8.” I also saw a toilet supply line coming through the tile where instead of drilling a hole, they patched a sliver of tile to fit around it. It looked terrible. Excess grout stains on the tile, crooked tile, etc.
The sad part of this is I would probably guide a good customer through a tile job if they couldn’t afford to hire me to do everything. That would be for free. But to make it look like any idiot could do this type of work to professional standards, is a complete joke.

Please, tell the truth, show the mistakes, and let the customer see the entire result of doing a job yourself. Could you live with incredible eye sores just to save $1,700?

I agree with the thoughts here. What are they really saving?

What are the hidden costs of doing these projects? Shall we assume they have all the proper tools to do the project correctly? Insurance? Are they doing the project according to the codes of their area?

I wonder if the host has lost a project to someone who underbid him by using under qualified/unlicensed trades along with ‘second’ class material………

What is the cost of knowledge…and scheduling and co-ordinating so the project goes smoothly.

DIY is great, but don’t make it sound like contractors are over pricing projects. There is a cost to doing and being in business, along with the cost of materials.

This show makes it all sound so easy.