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 suck at DIYFor three reasons:
1. I'm astonishingly cack-handed.
2. Inanimate objects hate me. Bastards.
3. I have an evil temper.
So trying to put up a shelf was probably a bad idea. Here's how it went.
Mark holes on wall where I wish screws to go. Power drill has other ideas and promptly gouges out great chunks of brickwork. Stuff as much polyfilla into wall as possible.
Insert rawlplugs. Slightly worried by how much free space seesm to be around them. More Polyfilla.
Begin screwing brackets to wall. Goes well. Sort of.
One last screw to go in. Screw doesn't want to know. Electric screwdriver promptly shreds the head of the screw. Lose temper. Stomp downstairs to grab the biggest hammer I can find. Brutally pound screw into wall then hit it a few more times for good measure. Appply paint to cover scars on paintwork.
Spend next two years sleeping right under a largish bit of wood and a few kilos of cassettes, knowing shelf is mainly held up by surface tension and curiosity.
(, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 10:08, 4 replies)
Sounds familiarWere we separated at birth?
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Not many people know this.....Curiosity is the strongest adhesive known to man. (it's made of dead cats)
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The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 10:26,
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*attempts to put pictures up using dead cats*BASTARD.
Now how will my Wham posters stay up on the wall?
(, Wed 9 Apr 2008, 10:35, closed)
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