DIY disastersI 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.
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chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 17:19)
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"I am downstairs, and I can see your legs"I bought a new house 5 years ago that needed a fair amount of work doing to it. Two bathrooms and a kitchen to refit, carpeting, tiling, plumbing, radiators... It's fine - I'm used to it and can cope.
Half ten at night, I've got the floor up in the main bathroom. Previous owner had some aiming issues and the floorboards were pisswarped so badly that the toilet was on the wonk. Whole bathroom is now stripped out and I'm putting new boards in.
I'm tired, hungry, and in a rush.
And that's when I stepped on the upper side of the platerboard ceiling of the floor below. Legs either side of a joist made me soprano for a day or two.
My missus' father, who was there at the time, refuses to let me forget it. In retaliation, I never let him forget the fact that he only has three toes on his left foot because he dropped the engine block of a 4-tonner Army truck on it.
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HehehehFor some reason the header "I am downstairs, and I can see your legs" forced me to giggle into my sleeve.
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e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Fri 4 Apr 2008, 15:34,
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