Almost half of construction workers don't do DIY jobs around their own home - either because they don't have the time or confidence.
The findings come from a new survey of over 2,000 UK construction workers by business insurance website constructaquote.com, which reveals that 48% of those polled never carry out DIY jobs at home, while 23% do them at least once a month, and 12% do so at least once a week.
The top five reasons for not doing DIY are: no time (39%); not confident in capabilities (26%); prefer to ask/hire someone else to carry out the work (16%); partner/family member prefers to carry out the DIY jobs (11%); and too lazy (8%).
Constructaquote.com CEO Lyndon Wood commented: "There is the common belief that bakers can't abide the taste of cakes, butchers get sick of eating meat, and baristas learn to loathe coffee. This theory could, therefore, explain why such a large number of construction workers polled in our survey find the idea of doing DIY in their own homes such an off-putting thought.
"Whilst this is a perfectly logical reasoning, it might also be explained in the fact that construction is an industry with such a wide plethora of sectors and trades. Often, an individual that excels in one area will not necessarily feel as confident if tasked with another kind of job.
"The fear of being made to look like a novice in front of loved ones if they can't fulfil the task at hand might be enough to put construction workers off DIY altogether!"