There's several ways to get the lovely mrs Chri5 out the way:-
1. Make her goffer girl, could you just go to Screwfix, BnQ and TLC for.....
2. Suggest your feeling horny, Oh I'm off shopping
3. Suggest she helps with the prep work, Oh I would but I've go to go and ....
4. Ask for help, let her work on something not too serious and when its fecked up gently explain why and then agree to not ask for help again
The best seems to be our (casual) house rule.
I do all the DIY, mtce, garden works and cooking
. She does all the washing, ironing and cleaning.
Due to 6 /8 weeks solid + a year of refurb works as my des res, it is balanced and is fair.