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I just can't do power tools. They always fly out of control and end up embedded somewhere they shouldn't. I've no idea how I've still got all the appendages I was born with.

Add to that the fact that nothing ends up square, able to support weight or free of sticking-out sharp bits and you can see why I try to avoid DIY.

Tell us of your own DIY disasters.

(, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 16:19)
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This is a QotW answer My D.I.Y disasters
1. My wife asked me to knock 2 rooms into one, so I removed the lounge ceiling.

2. I built a conservatory from clingfilm and drinking straws. (If the planning officer asks, its a windowbox, ok?)

3. To save wasting time using wallpaper paste, I simply stapled the paper to the wall.

4. I ran out of polyfilla whilst plugging gaps in the wall. So I used batter. Now every hot day, I get the urge for pancakes.

5. When a fuse blew in the consumer unit in my hall, due to the absence of 5amp fusewire, I substituted a 3 inch nail.
I can now power a small nuclear reactor without blowing the circuit, but my domestic appliances have all melted.

I confess to being worse at DIY than Robert Mugabe is at gracefully accepting defeat.
(, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 22:16, closed)
This is a QotW comment Humour with a bit of politics....
This is what we need.
(, Tue 8 Apr 2008, 9:42, closed)
This is a QotW comment Heh heh
*click*
(, Tue 8 Apr 2008, 11:08, closed)

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