Most Dangerous Things People Do While Repairing Homes

Marlin Sutter
3 min readNov 16, 2016

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There are many different ways that homeowners can injure themselves doing home repairs. One of the ways that homeowners can avoid these unnecessary injuries is through hiring man & van services or movers for the loading and unloading of bulky items.

Some of the most dangerous activities include performing electrical work inside the home. This is a dangerous thing to do primarily because it is easy to make an incorrect calculation and burn the house to the ground or shock yourself, which could cause death or severe injury.

Roofing work is another home repair that is quite dangerous and requires professional intervention. It is easy to fall off a roof if you are not a trained roofer, and it is also easy to become tired from roofing and make a mistake that ruins the roof. It is also easy to find yourself trapped on a roof if you are home alone and find that your ladder becomes unsteady or falls and you can’t get down safely.

Repairing or attempting to move appliances that require gas to operate is a dangerous mistake that people tend to make, too. Shutting the gas off, disconnecting the appliance, and reconnecting the appliance all require great care and often expertise. It is possible to fall victim to carbon monoxide poisoning if you do not do all of these steps carefully. One of the common ways people poison themselves with carbon monoxide is when they hook the appliance backup. It is likely that they will do so incorrectly and will find themselves in trouble later.

Repairing your plumbing is another dangerous home improvement task. It is not only the case that leaks will result in very expensive damage to your home, but making involved plumbing repairs often requires the use of a blow torch, which is never a good task for the inexperienced to attempt.

Deciding what kind of coverage you need is important when you are purchasing house insurance. There are several different types of coverage that are offered by most home warranty companies. These include specific protections in the event there is damage to the building or property within the building. Personal liability coverage is another kind of coverage that can be purchased, and this protects you in the event there is an injury or an accident on property that you either rent or own. Another kind of coverage is medical expense coverage, which means that payments are made to cover medical expenses that are incurred by anyone who is involved in an accident or injures himself or herself on your property. In the event that you have an injury when working on your home, you are protected by your house insurance. Personal property insurance and insurance covering your home or other structures are recommended because this way any damage that requires repairs to these structures will not require you to perform the repairs yourself, and you will then be able to have the repairs done by an experienced and licensed professional.

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