DIY and clearing up after DIY.

[spidermama]

Are these different jobs, or different aspects of the same job?

Should the DIY-er be expected to clear up the mess left by the job, or not?

Whilst I appreciate the DIY dh does, I don't appreciate the fornight's worth of cleaning that results from it!

It's a toughy isn't it. I don't want to put him off doing DIY, or appear unappreciative, but ... Oh! the mess!

a good cook cleans as he goes.
same should apply to DIY

That's like saying if someone cooks, they should wash up too.

Surely whoever is free and the least tired should clear it up. We are adults. Presumably the DIY is going to benefit the whole family so they can help, can't they?

Are you talking about when you do the job yourselves or when you get a professional in to do it for you? If you're doing it yourselves I agree with anorak but if you're paying someone to do it I think they should do it as part of the job

It's not DIY if a professional does it though.

Well I am still waiting to see if DH will tidy up after SKY was put in. There is a big pile of brick dust on our window ledge!!

I think I'll tell him to clean our bedroom

I'm talking about dh. (Did you guess?)

I think he should be responsible for sweeping up brick dust, NOT spreading it around and for putting away spanners and the like.

Crucially though, I'm soooooo grateful when he does any DIY (relatively often) and I have such a huge,long DIY list in my head (shhhhhh! It's a secret. He doesn't know it's never ending ) that I s'pose I don't dare rock the boat.

I've answered it myself. I'll just bite the bullet and clear it up, to the best of my ability.

I think clearing up should be part of the job -- if I'd been sewing I'd put the machine and sewing box away.

And personally I hate clearing up after dh's cooking -- I do the clean as you go thing. Putting the plates in the dishwasher after the meal is a separate activity though

Totally agree iota.

There's something really hard about clearing up someone else's cooking mess whereas it's easy to do your own as you go along.

Plates after a meal is different.