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.
(
chthonic, Thu 3 Apr 2008, 16:19)
« Back
ElectricsMy best friend has always been of a practical bent and never one to stray away from DIY. He converted his parents loft. I helped him along, one day I popped round to do some flooring when I noticed he had done all the electrics.
Since he managed to run power to his shed, without earthing it. I should of given It a closer look. I was up there in that enclosed space for weeks. when I noticed that the lights and sockets were on the same ring. In fact everything was connected, all leading to one wire. This wire went down through a hole in the floor into his little brothers bedroom. where it ended in a plug. also plugged in in the same point was a extension lead powering every electrical appliance in the same room.
Roughly 80% of the electrical appliances in his house were coming from one plug socket.
he said he would "fix it later"
(, Sat 5 Apr 2008, 10:05, closed)
yikes!I had a house like that once. The ex re-wired everything before there was a major disaster.
(, Sat 5 Apr 2008, 17:09, closed)
« Back