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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Expandy Foam, Part IIAfter my exciting tale of foam-based trouble, www.b3ta.com/questions/diy/post137148 comes this story of woe.
A friend of mine, P, had recently moved into a new terraced house.
He decided to get the front and back walls cavity insulated, being a fairly eco-conscious fellow, and this all went off without a hitch.
His confidence boosted, he decided to hire a "cavity wall pumper-ma-jig" (™) and to Do It Himself on the side walls.
He failed to realise that the side walls of this house were rather thin, and obviously shared with the people next door.
He drilled a hole, fitted the foam hose up to it, and left it running for a while.
This would've been fine, but it turned out that he'd drilled into the back of the woman-next-door's fitted wardrobe, and filled the entire thing up with hard-setting foam.
He knew nothing of this until she next went to get some clothes out, slid the door across, and was confronted with something resembling a giant scone, with edges of clothes peeking out like deformed, fabric raisins.
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Cawl, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 11:18,
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That is fuckingHilarious!
*clicks with gusto*
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Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 12:17,
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The giant sconedoes it for me!
*click*
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K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 7 Apr 2008, 12:26,
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