I hear this "it doesn't matter — until it matters" a lot. But it's a limited view that focuses on bad things that will occasionally happen, not placing equal em

I hear this "it doesn't matter — until it matters" a lot. But it's a limited view that focuses on bad things that will occasionally happen, not placing equal emphasis on all the common benefits of repair. Consider this — 1 in 10 repairs, something will go wrong and the person doing DIY will either break the item or have to call a specialist in to rescue it. This means 9/10 times they will save money/keep the item out of waste if they were about to replace it, or save themselves an expensive servicing call. The benefits far outweigh the risks. We need to look at the bigger picture, not small hang-ups. Replacing GFCIs may even be prohibited in some scenarios, but that is by far not the only type of DIY handyman work that's going extinct. Phone batteries, electrical sockets, broken low voltage cables, fuses, car parts, painting walls, laying flooring and other such things can absolutely be done by 80% of the population, if they were to read one or two chapters on this type of work in a DIY book (which are plentiful).