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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The first house I bought......was previously owned by an electrician. I assume that a day at work wiring people's houses made him feel like he couldn't be bothered to do the same thing when he came home (in the same way that I get home from w*rk and don't much feel like going near a computer).
What makes me say this? Well, he wired the bathroom light to the same circuit as the upstairs sockets, rather than to the rest of the upstairs lights. I discovered this by accident when I replaced the bathroom lightswitch with the aid of light from a lamp plugged into a socket on the landing - which went off quite quickly when I accidentally touched 2 wires in the switch with my screwdriver... O_o
(, Thu 10 Mar 2011, 15:26, 2 replies)
Fucking hellShame you didn't know any friendly-neighbourhood sparky really, isn't it?;0)
(, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 20:47, closed)
Ha! My next post......is going to be about the fuseboard of doom and buried unshielded mains feed at this house :)
(, Fri 11 Mar 2011, 22:34, closed)
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