Maintaining your home properly is so important because if you neglect the small jobs, they’ll soon turn into large, expensive ones. But calling a professional for every home maintenance problem can get expensive and time consuming, so the more home repairs you can handle on your own, the better. However, there are a few home repairs that require expert knowledge because they’re simply too difficult or too dangerous for you to do on your own, and / or they require professional attention. These are four home repairs that you should never do yourself.

4 Home Repairs That You Should Leave To The Experts

Electrical Repairs

There are some basic electrical repairs, like fixing a wonky doorbell or finding an electrical short, that you can probably do on your own. But anything beyond that should be handled by a professional for two reasons. First off, messing with electricity is dangerous business.  Secondly, most electrical work needs to be completed by a professional for home inspection and insurance purposes. Anything beyond basic electrical repair is best left to the experts.

The Roof

Problems with your roof can be very serious.  A leak in the roof can cause water damage to your ceilings, mold, rot and damaged insulation.  Unless you know what you're doing and what to look for, we strongly advise against climbing your roof and going at it blindly.  What you can do, however, is to go into your attic space with a flashlight and look for the source of the leak.  Check for water damage and mold.  Once you've located the source, call in a professional.

Air Conditioners

Central air is  a godsend in the summer but if it fails, you’re going to be one very unhappy, hot and sweaty camper. If your a/c goes on the fritz, call an HVAC pro right away.  It’s best to get an air conditioner repair service in to diagnose the problem than to attempt to repair it on your own. The last thing you want to do is make a small problem worse by tinkering with it yourself.

Concrete

Working with concrete isn’t particularly dangerous, but it’s going to be incredibly expensive if the job is done incorrectly. For example, if you’re trying to pour a concrete floor and it’s not level, not only will you need to hire a professional to do the job properly, you’ll also need to pay them to demo the shoddy job that you did in the first place. That’s a big expense and they’ll charge you a lot for it, probably while reminding you to never do something like this on your own ever again. It’s far less expensive to just get a professional in to do it the first time around.

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Remember:  A simple repair may be easy to fix, but leave the more difficult jobs to the pros.  While it can be costly, it will save you money in the long run.  Here's a few more that you should consider handing off to the pros instead of attempting to handle yourself:

Infographic courtesy of All County Exteriors

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