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By *aravancouple OP   Man
over a year ago

A Secret Hideaway In the caravan of love

In our last house i screwed some pic’s on the walls,when we where moving, i was unscrewing the the pic’s to take to the new house, when there was a strong smell of gas, i had to turn off the gas and get the gas board to come and fix it, the screw had been in the gas pipe for five years.

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By *ackandkateCouple
over a year ago

Truro

Not my mistake but worth a mention. My mate took his lounge door off to saw half an inch off the bottom, but cut it off the top instead, so then thought he'd just move the hinges. He did that, then found that the door catch didn't line up. When he tried to modify it he split the door frame All in all, he fucked the door and the frame up. His wife called a local DIY man in to put a new door and frame in and it ended up costing him close on £300

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By *icked weaselCouple
over a year ago

Near Edinburgh..

Hubby once fitted a new carpet into a flat for a friend.. one of the floorboards was quite loose so he got a hammer and a few nails and fixed the loose floorboard..

Downstairs - flooded overnight and the ceiling caved in...

the cause was found to be a nail in a waterpipe between the floors.. whoops

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By *ucsparkMan
over a year ago

dudley

While working as Electrician had a load of call out after DIY

Loft board screwed though cables.

Lady had kitchen fitted complete with new electrics, 326 electrical faults which included no "earth " connected on sockets because it was tripping MCB. They also had to have three joists replaced as spots had been drilled into them.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I put a curtain pole up with no more nails

And it fell down in the middle of the night and took half the plaster and scared me half to death.

Then to insult to injury i asked the ex to come put it up proper and id left my phone in the bedroom...he decided to have a peek and realised i had him listed as wanker n stormed off without finishing the curtain pole.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My kitchen door fell off.. Rang council tocome and fix it so they did.. Eveything was fine for about a week.. Then all of a sudden every time we opened the door all the electrics went..

Daft twat had drilled a screw into the mains!! Tit.. Haha..

Took 3 electritians to figure out what was wrong with it.. Was well funny..

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

2 lawn mowers

several broken sledgehammers

1 jcb digger

1 downpipe pipe

an entire wall, I was only taking tiles off

+ several obscure injuies to oneself in the process of home remedy

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

and no, im not in construction (prob for obvious reasons) - I work in an office

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

Sawing a piece of skirting board with it over my knee...can you guess what happened???

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge


"2 lawn mowers

several broken sledgehammers

1 jcb digger

1 downpipe pipe

an entire wall, I was only taking tiles off

+ several obscure injuies to oneself in the process of home remedy"

Captain Chaos strikes again!!

And again.

And again.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"2 lawn mowers

several broken sledgehammers

1 jcb digger

1 downpipe pipe

an entire wall, I was only taking tiles off

+ several obscure injuies to oneself in the process of home remedy

Captain Chaos strikes again!!

And again.

And again.

"

I laugh in the face of danger. Just call me Demolition

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge


"2 lawn mowers

several broken sledgehammers

1 jcb digger

1 downpipe pipe

an entire wall, I was only taking tiles off

+ several obscure injuies to oneself in the process of home remedy

Captain Chaos strikes again!!

And again.

And again.

I laugh in the face of danger. Just call me Demolition

"

Wouldn't inspire confidence if I wanted a shed building!!

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville


"2 lawn mowers

several broken sledgehammers

1 jcb digger

1 downpipe pipe

an entire wall, I was only taking tiles off

+ several obscure injuies to oneself in the process of home remedy

Captain Chaos strikes again!!

And again.

And again.

I laugh in the face of danger. Just call me Demolition

Wouldn't inspire confidence if I wanted a shed building!! "

deal on chicken coup?

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By *B9 QueenWoman
over a year ago

Over the rainbow, under the bridge


"2 lawn mowers

several broken sledgehammers

1 jcb digger

1 downpipe pipe

an entire wall, I was only taking tiles off

+ several obscure injuies to oneself in the process of home remedy

Captain Chaos strikes again!!

And again.

And again.

I laugh in the face of danger. Just call me Demolition

Wouldn't inspire confidence if I wanted a shed building!!

deal on chicken coup? "

Ok but with your obvious destructive capacities you would have to do the slaughtering when required. Just don't use a jcb.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I got stuck on a roof whilst sorting the TV ariel out .

Set the chimney on fire after sweeping it and deciding to burn the rubbish I had swept out not realising there was loads still up there .

Oh ! And managed to blow a cesspit up .

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

My biggest mistake is starting any DIY project! In crap.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sawing a piece of skirting board with it over my knee...can you guess what happened??? "

u now need a Knee replacement??? lol

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By *r mrs pCouple
over a year ago

taunton


"I put a curtain pole up with no more nails

And it fell down in the middle of the night and took half the plaster and scared me half to death.

Then to insult to injury i asked the ex to come put it up proper and id left my phone in the bedroom...he decided to have a peek and realised i had him listed as wanker n stormed off without finishing the curtain pole."

Lol, busted

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"Sawing a piece of skirting board with it over my knee...can you guess what happened??? "

Hmmmm all I can say is Doh.

But then again I did something similar, I was cutting up someboards to make a dog kennel, using a bandsaw to savetime and effort. I was in mid cut when someone called me, the wood went through the blade and my finger touched the blade as well. Luckily i only took a chunk out of my finger.

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By *oodmessMan
over a year ago

yumsville

attempting to be Jamie Oliver. Wont go into details but A&E needed 4 nurses and 1 consultant to even bandage it.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago


"In our last house i screwed some pic’s on the walls,when we where moving, i was unscrewing the the pic’s to take to the new house, when there was a strong smell of gas, i had to turn off the gas and get the gas board to come and fix it, the screw had been in the gas pipe for five years. "

Illegal to put a gas pipe in a cavity wall now a days

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tried to sort out squeaky floor board by screwing them down in my new house. Located the beams and set to work with the screws and electric screw driver. I did not realise the water pipes had been put just under the floor boards, rather than mid distance in the beams.

Result a fantastic indoor shower downstairs and a huge flood damage bill, which then highlighted non compliant lighting circuits.......

The joys of DIY....

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By *hris N KateCouple
over a year ago

Gainesville

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By *hris N KateCouple
over a year ago

Gainesville

Welding in shorts (in summer in florida).. Hot molten metal to the ball sack. Did a most amusing dance for a few minutes.

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By *evilwolfCouple
over a year ago

Leicestershire

Walking into B&Q

Wolf

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