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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My Mother... Bless Her...Decided to buy, yep, you guessed it, an Ikea Flat-Pack cabinet.
So proud she was to assemble it all on her own without any help from me, that she called me down to look as she got it up from the floor, the frame assembled. So while I stand there, she goes to fit the first shelf.
She looks puzzled, examines the instructions while holding a peg, and looking at the side of the smooth cabinet. No Holes. She looks at me and asks me what I think, I look at the cabinet and comment that it looks like she's put the sides on upside down!
Sometimes I wondered where I knew all the words I knew. Now I know. It's from her.
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Alex Save a Tree, Eat a Beaver!, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 0:16,
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my boyfriend......did exactly the same thing when we were putting up some Ikea flat pack shelves. I went ballistic because I'd managed to put 3 of them together perfectly but as soon as I left him to do it...grr. I broke a lot of nails (the finger kind) trying to take it apart to put it the right way round.
The poor soul has a first class Maths degree - heavy lifting, DIY etc is a no no! But i still love him.
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