On Fri, 4 Mar 2016 21:39:27 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

I'll say one thing though ... I'll do a ceiling fan anyday but when it
comes to plumbing ... no way. Plumbing and I don't get along. Never
did, never will.


Plumbing (old work) is just nasty but if you are willing to cut it all
out and start over it is not really that tough.. Particularly with
plastic pipe. Back in the olden days with cast iron and galvanized
there was a level of skill involved. Copper actually made that fairly
easy if you knew how to sweat pipe. PVC made it childs play.
The tricky thing is when you get to vents and drains. I have taken a
few classes in it and it really is not that complicated if you can
step back and understand where the potential siphons are.
We had one instructor who really made the whole thing easy to
understand without getting into all of the code language, which is
tortured to say the least. Once you understand the concepts involved,
the code starts making sense.

I am required to take a certain number of continuing education hours
every 2 years but 8 hours of that can be an "elective" and I usually
try for something that is not electrical since I already spend plenty
of time online discussing code issues. I always end up with far more
hours than I need anyway. There are plenty of opportunities for free
classes and I take them when I can.
In spite of what Harry thinks, I spend a lot of time in a learning
environment, it is just not modern european art so I guess it doesn't
count.