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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Laurel & Hardy Style DIYSo I'm helping my pal Jez rehang some doors that have recently been dipped and stripped. All is going well, we make an afternoon of it, pausing after every completed door hanging to roll another spliff, and we're quite getting into it.
We come to the bathroom door, I'm holding it steady as Jez fixes the hinge screws, it all seems straight it looks like we have the right door in the right frame. A quick test to see the door hangs flush, we push the door closed, from the inside of the bathroom, and 'click'. It fits alright, but hold on a sec, did we forget to fix the handle on this inside? Yes, we did.
So there we are, stuck in the bathroom, with a sticky door, no handle to open it, and it's jammed so tight we can't even prise it open with a screwdriver.
After several failed attempts to exctricate ourselves from yet another fine mess, we are eventually rescued by Mrs Jez.
Fin.
(, Tue 8 Apr 2008, 17:03, Reply)
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