I've had a search and although I can find a few general DIY threads I couldn't see one that focussed purely on errors, so here's a few of mine....
Repainted a couple of walls in the kitchen about 6 months ago to cover some marks. Was standing in the kitchen this morning and realised that I'd actually painted them a slightly different colour to the others.
Managed to drill through a live electric cable whilst fitting a radiator
Drilled through a central heating pipe when installing an electric cable on a Sunday afternoon when all the DIY shops had shut
I'm sure others will have better (more amusing) ones......
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I've probably used every swear word known to man while attempting to put the fuckers together.
They are the work of the devil.
Shortly Wife asks "Why is there water coming from the hall ceiling light fitting?!"........ Swear!, Turn Off water, remove new wall.............etc, etc
So after working on Saturday morning, I went home to start the job. I put the steamer on as well as the kettle and made myself a cup of tea, as I was walking into the front room, the steamer began to boil over, so with a cup of tea in one hand, I unscrewed the cap of the steamer, which resulted in Old Faithful in the hallway, burning all of my left arm & face.
ALL I said was FUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCKKKKKK which everyone in the street heard. Phoned Mrs GA and left a message for her to come home. Spent the 45 minutes waiting for her under a cold shower. When she returned she took me to Greenwich A&E, straight in, no waiting, bypassing everyone where they dressed my wounds with a very loose bandage and told me to return the next day. The following day, my arm had swollen up and I had a blister the size of a carry bag full of what looked like piss. I was off work for a couple of months and the scar isn't too bad considering, however I do have to to sun block even if I'm in the sun for 5 minutes.
Looking back I can't believe I was so stupid, just didn't think and I also know how lucky I was.
I once boarded up an internal door with plasterboard (because the front and back downstairs rooms had been knocked through) - skimmed it with plaster, and it was ready to be wallpapered - bent down to pick up my toolbox, lost my balance, crashed straight through the plaster boards into the hallway
Suffice to say my kids learned some new words that day
Shouted fuck this and went to the pub.
I'm genuinely in awe of my dads generation who would take a week off and just fit a bathroom, everything as if it was normal or when asked what they were doing at the weekend "laying a new floor" almost with glee. Dont get me wrong, I've fitted a kitchen and a bathroom, decorated countless rooms, done my share of electrical work but hated, I mean detested every second of it. Puts me in a really foul mood and makes me so resentful at how reliant we are on cheap shitty steel from China in fact everything from China, fittings, wood, slabs, tools. So much shite sold in B&Q that some poor prick like me has to fart about with and put up, hang, install, erect knowing it is shit quality high margin shite
Obviously it's a fiddly job but clever me realised I had the perfect template, so removed the carpet ready lay over the lino, mark out and cut...
(You may see where this is going).
Not so clever me decided that I didn't want to risk any Sharpie marks on the lino, so turned it over...
Needless to say on fitting time, the toilet and the sink were not where they were supposed to be....
Smaller stuff i do myself but bigger stuff like that i don't think i'd ever do myself again, one of those things that's well worth paying someone else to do.
i refer you to the above post !!
It was done through necessity as we just didn’t have the money to spend on professionals.