Which is harder to learn plumbing or carpentry?

[Fighting fungus]

I will go with carpentry being that it is more of an art.

 

[Joey Buttapuoco**]

I am not a carpenter or plumber, but I would think that carpentry is easier at the lowest level and harder at the highest levels. There's a little bit more to think about in plumbing categorically because you have to be aware of grounding and flow at all times.

On the other hand, in plumbing, it's rare that a person would have to design a novel system from novel parts, whereas a fine craftsman who does woodworking can design very intricate things that take very careful fabrication.

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

Plumbing is pretty easy, especially residential plumbing.

 

[Charles Brown]

Carpentry. Try figuring out angles and cuts for something very simple like roof rafters. Then try building a staircase. Those are easy for a good carpenter. Then try to build some furniture, like a chest of drawers. Not easy stuff at all.

 

[Bear Man]

As someone who has worked construction, carpentry requires much more skill.

 

[KingOfAllWar]

My uncles been a carpenter for 20+ years and i've dabbled abit in it and at times it can be damn right frustrating and the smallest mistakes can cost huge $$$

Try fitting a 20,000 dollar kitchen for a customer without one mistake and see which is hardest.

 

[KOQ24]

my dads a plumber.

carpenting requires more skill,plumbing takes a bigger toll on your body

 

[ThinkGreen]

Carpentry. My dad can do some basic carpentry but when he built his last few houses he had to bring in his carpenter and pay him the big bucks.

 

[ebe9]

Two things I don't know shit about lol.

 

[LatFlare]

All i know is that plumbers coast a fucking shitload when you need them to fix something.

 

[Lifer]

carpenting requires more skill,plumbing takes a bigger toll on your body

How so?

 

[boss429]

I will go with carpentry being that it is more of an art.

Lol, is this a serious question, I'm a carpenter so I may be a touch Bias here but I've done a fair bit of plumbing as well and it's extremely easy if you're referring residential plumbing, I could take over a plumbers job far easier then he could take over mine.

 

[PeterPain]

If lazy, one should not work in construction.

 

[JBSchroeds]

The very basics of both are simple enough that pretty much anybody can handle an entry level position. If you mean beyond the basics, then carpentry has more math, while plumbing/heating requires more troubleshooting. Sort of a planning vs intuition thing. With carpentry, you either measured and laid it out right or you didn't, there's not much wiggle-room. And when something breaks in a heating system there could be a dozen or more things you need to hunt through before you find the failure point.

One thing they have in common is that you'll be lucky if you don't have some kind of chronic repetitive stress injury by the time you are 40.

 

[KOQ24]

How so?

it fucks up your joints,youre on your knees a lot and clamping water pipes fucks up your hands.

 

[boss429]

it fucks up your joints,youre on your knees a lot and clamping water pipes fucks up your hands.

Awe, that must be rough, although it sounds kinda similar to a hookers complaints.




Minus 22, 45 feet in the air in what feels like an earthquake.

 

[Caution]

My answer to most of life's problems is to bash it with a hammer, so I might find carpentry slightly easier.

 

[dirtypablo]

If youre extending carpentry to woodworking as an art, then I would say carpentry for sure.




Finished desk

 

[Heisenberg]

Piping in a commercial boiler is no easy task.

 

[Diablo Ryu**]

Doo doo diggers