Jack of all trades; master of nothing - I have often heard this title said to some friends who seem to know everything, yet fail to specialize only on one. It may sound too insulting at first glance, but then again, it's reality that counts in this world, and as for us working class men, we got to bite this reality and experience some do-it-yourself tasks at home.

I got a family of three, and my home is a product of the small stuff we pitch in. It seems like working on your jigsaw puzzle little by little everyday. Now that our little home is already built, I can't help but look back on the time we were still building it.

In order to save money (which at that time was already trickling due to an over-budget in house construction, I got to do some of the sweating in helping the house builders in their work. More often that needed, I got to rush to the nearest plumbing supply store in our place - just around the corner - in order to buy an important and urgent material. I tell you: it was a lesson I learned.

I may have gotten the materials I needed, but they never lasted long. The doorknob I bought could unlock by itself, the only available faucet had lost its thread after two months of moderate use,, and the wood for our ceiling were mostly old, too hard, and bent. Such is a concrete example of the consequence in buying in the wrong store.

Actually, there's a long line of plumbing supply store in our place, and when I tried to take a different strategy in choosing for the best materials, I discovered that quality materials are easily found in a store a little farther from our place, and cheaper yet more durable stuff could be found in the other. It's just a matter of selection.

But which do we have to select? Distance won't matter much, definitely. I'd suggest you chose to go a big workers depot. With its massive collection of wares for sale, you'd get all the freedom to choose which is which and what is what.. Consider quality, and they got it. Think of quantity, they got it too. Talk of both, possibly, they'd have it also.

No matter what your choice would be, there is one sole person you got to consider - who'd use these tools, and for what purpose would these be used. And so, fellow jack-of-all trades, consider yourself in buying... the toys would be yours in the future, anyway.

With the economy struggling more and more, people are turning to Do It Yourself projects. People are trying to save money whenever and wherever they can so what better place to start saving money is on home improvements. Many homeowners believe that when they have a plumbing issue at home, they need to spend hundreds of dollars on a plumber, when in fact most repairs and improvements can be done by choosing the right plumbing supply store.