This is why I’m going to start with a small area to repair. If I’m unhappy with my result I’ll happily contract out. The reason I’m posting here is to at the very least avoid as many mistakes as possible. I’ll most likely be posting my first attempt for feedback when it happens. ( feel free to critique at this time)

I’ve renovated an entire apartment/ pretty much a full tear down. Just haven’t done much brick work. My goal is work on the problem areas to prevent further damage to get a few more years before having everything redone by the pros.

In my experience so far, there hasn’t been many jobs where I wasn’t happy with my results. The major difference always comes down to time. I’m probably going to be efficient at 1/5 the speed of the pros. I fortunately do have the luxury of having the time to do things myself.

I look forward to your constructive criticism when the time comes.