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People losing basic DIY knowledge according to Ask.com

Source: DIY Week.net - http://www.diyweek.net/

Consumers are more knowledgeable about internet applications then they are about basic DIY.



The survey showed 64% could send an email but only 32% could carry out basic DIY.

A spokesman for internet search engine ASK.com who commissioned the poll, said: "These skills were once passed down but that no longer seems to happen."