Bodge JobsIf you can't fix it with a hammer and a roll of duck tape, it's not worth fixing at all, my old mate said minutes before that nasty business with the hammer and a roll of duck tape. Tell us of McGyver-like repairs and whether they were a brilliant success or a health and safety nightmare.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 11:58)
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Where I live, the lectricks are tricksy.There is a switch in my bedroom, about a foot above the skirting board, in the middle of the wall, which serves no apparent purpose.
The light in the boiler room can't be turned on unless the light for the downstairs bathroom is on.
Sometimes, the power goes out for no apparent reason. My housemate has blamed the following before calling an electrician: the new Waitrose, the new Nursing home, the damp weather, straightening irons (even though they are never in use when the lights go out), the night time and various combinations of oven/washing machine/toaster being on at the same time. When the lectrician came, apparently the trip switch was faulty, and we had been sitting in darkness needlessly for hours at a time.
In the course of the power going out, said housemate, has randomly elected various sockets in the house dangerous, covering them over with red and white "fragile" tape.
(, Sat 12 Mar 2011, 17:59, Reply)
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