Originally Posted by
Roger Feeley
Maybe you should think his ability to take phone advice and instruction from you. You never know what is going to come up and you are certain to get a call about fixing something that you can do. The question is whether you can talk him through it. Being a youngster, he can watch a YouTube video but may have additional questions.
This.
Talk about emergency repairs, especially toilet and plumbing. Everything else he/she can learn via YouTube or phone calls.
My son switched out outlets, corrected a 3-way switch, changed spark plugs (no simple task, had to remove half the air intake system to get to two of them), installed a ceiling fan, and others over the phone. He set his smart phone on a tripod, used WhatsApp to video call me, and we did them all; he did the actual manual movements, I explained what to do and why each step was necessary from the comfort of my sofa during my covid sheltering at home.
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