This vastly depends on the field you are talking about.
There are absolutely things that are worth doing yourself, so that when they inevitably break you can fix them.
And there are also other things that are absolutely better bought or contracted…
In the end imo it gets down to time, money, and how many times are you going to need to maintain or replace the thing in your lifetime.



I was specifically called back to be asked about this. It felt so weird because in my country this is not a common question