Admin is only the latest of the people here to find that plumbing is a necessity that can quickly cause large unexpected expenses. Kind of like IT in that respect.
Here is a random thought for you. What does [link|http://www.aaxnet.com/|Andrew Grygus] do? Right, provide outsourced IT services for several (to the best of my knowledge small) companies. Do you think that they are likely to get better IT by doing that in house?
Cheers,
Ben