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66 Home Improvement Fails That Make You Wonder If Anyone Measured Anything Before They Got Started
Throw the first stone if you’ve never looked at a crack in your ceiling or a kitchen cabinet door falling apart and thought, “I can fix that myself!” After all, who would want to spend so much money, effort, and time hiring someone else to do it when they can just do it themselves?
Well, for starters, the people on this list should have. Sometimes, a simple DIY fix, home improvement project, or even just a little aesthetic pick-me-up can end up looking far... less impressive than expected. And if you’re looking for inspiration for your next home project, well, you won’t find it here. But you’ll have plenty of ideas for what not to do with this list.
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#1
Apparently My Post Isn't Appropriate For R/DIY So I'll Share With Y'all. I Installed My Own Microwave Today And Saved $150 In Install Fees!
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#2
We Just Finished The Construction Of Our Yurt... And The Fireplace Was Not Correctly Installed
#3
My Mom's Garage Is Being Renovated. I Think It's Pretty Obvious That They Have 3 Dogs
#4
Easy Installation Shower Door, They Said
#5
At Least Your Satellite Doesn't Have A Permanent Necklace
#6
I Knew That Stud Was In There Somewhere, Follow Me For More DIY Projects
#7
At Least You Didn't Build Yourself A Miniature House
#8
I Told My Neighbour His Mortar Needed Fixing. Found This The Next Week
#9
Home Renovation Not Going As Planned. Doing Some Minor Ethernet Wiring With Friends And He Slipped. Unharmed Other Than Pride
Fungus John 16 hours ago
eh, better than my mate who fell out a third story window while running ethernet
#10
Found On Local Cleaning Group
#11
I’m A Genius. Was Amazed How Quickly I Repaired My Entry Door From The Garage
#12
Just Don’t Leave The Water On And Swing The Faucet. This Is A Remodeled Kitchen In My Sister's New House
#13
Trying To Remodel. Brand New Kitchen Is Edgy I Suppose
#14
True Story: So I Tried To Open The Door To See How The Installation Was Going. Tried
LinkTheHylian 6 hours ago
"Seems like the best thing to do is put the pipe across the door. Can't see anything wrong with that."
#15
At Least Your Toilet Isn't A Dang Puzzle
#16
Facade Wall Contractors Used A Drill Too Long For The Job. Was Showering For 10 Mins, When I Realized, Two Rooms Were In This State
Earthquake903 1 hour ago
Stick to changing "freedom units" to the "rest of the world" units Fred.
#17
I Never Thought I'd See Anything Like This In My Own Town"
Tyranamar Seuss 2 hours ago
How you know your truck is too stupidly big. Time to buy a more practical vehicle.
#18
I Picked The Ladder Up Forgetting The Paint Was On Top
#19
Spent $40,000 Renovating My New Home. Just Got The Itemized Budget, "Install Sliding Door Stopper: $100". Here’s A Photo Of The "Installed" Door Stopper
#20
At Least You Didn't Run Out Of Paint At Just The Worst Moment
#21
GF And I Have Covid. Heater Went Out, Technician Can't Come Out Due To Quarantine. Decided To Try And Fix It Myself. Tripped Over A Pipe And Fell Through The Ceiling
#22
Lazy Plumbers Installed Leaky Pipes In My Bathroom. Now There Are Mushrooms Growing On My Ceiling
#24
Mom And Dad Are Getting The Bathroom Renovated And The Tiler Did This
#25
Didn’t Color Match Spray Paint Before… Not Sure What To Do Now
#26
Angles I Never Knew I Didn’t Want To See
#27
Don’t Really Know If It Fits Here But My Mom Turned Our Broken Kettle Into A Planter
#28
For Those Who Like Their Mornings Electric
#29
Shower Jenga. Because Nothing Says “Relax” Like The Fear Of Collapse
Slop Generator 8 hours ago
Now you can dance with both hands free while singing into the shower head. Great idea!
#30
My Landlord Installed This Toilet Paper Holder In My Apartment During Renovation. Yes, It Is Glued Onto The Wall. No, None Of The Parts Come Off
#31
Currently Having The Bathroom Above Our Newly Renovated Kitchen Redone, This Is What I Came Home To Today
#32
New Windows That Are Supposed To Help With Thermal Efficiency Break During Install
#33
Council House Newbuild 🙈
#34
I Have No Words For This Atrocity Of A Mirror
Beak Hookage 15 hours ago
Oh come on, they didn't even paint the foam to make it look pretty. Or at least try to.
#35
Real Fake Doors
#36
Found In The Foreclosure My Friend Bought
#37
My Girlfriend's Approach To Fixing Broken Glass On Our Kitchen
#38
Neat Fan Installation
#39
Fixed The Doors... And Now They Don't Close
#40
DIY Plumbing, Apparently Anyone Can Do It
#41
How To Turn A Perfectly Good Toilet In A Urinal
Queen Typo 15 hours ago
That’s going to go all over the floor if there isn’t plumbing hooked up
#42
If It Fits, I Sits
#43
Powered By Hope And Double-Sided Tape
#44
This “Abstract” Billiards Table At An Airbnb I Was At. As It Also Turns Out, Thick Globs Of Hideous Paint Don’t Allow For Very Smooth Table Roll
#46
'My Landlord's DIY Fail', Otherwise Known As 'How To Save Money And Turn Your House Into A Fire Hazard In One Easy Step'. (My Landlord Installed A Dryer Vent For Us, But Instead Of Hiring A Contractor, She Got A Family Friend To Do It)
Francisco Scaramanga 8 hours ago
It’s a shock to me that anyone still uses vented dryers. All that d**n plastic lint goes right into the air.
#47
What Do You Mean "Crush Hazard" It Looks Perfectly Safe To Me
#49
They Just Had Their Kitchen Remodeled
#51
Just Moved Into First Home With My Wife, She Just Wanted To Hang A Picture..by Drilling Into A Sprinkler Pipe Trying To Put In A Wall Anchor. 40 Minutes To Shut Off, Do Not Recommend
#52
I've Heard Of "Painting Yourself Into A Corner" But My Wife Took It A Step Further. I Don't Even Know
#53
Cooks Belong In The Heart Of The Kitchen
#54
This Bathroom Floor In A House I Found On Zillow. I Can’t Decide If I Love It Or Hate It
#56
DIY Projects That Probably Should Have Never Happened
#57
One Roll Per Adventure
Ophelia Poe 5 hours ago
It's important to conceal embarrassing details. It's fine to let people know that you USE the toilet but you don't want them to think you wipe afterward. It just isn't dignified.
#58
My Brother-In-Law's Remodeled Basement
#62
Normally I Like Modern Furnishings, I Don’t Like This Though…
David Paterson 10 hours ago
Judging from the infamous "webs of spiders on dr*gs" article in Scientific American, LD 50 of caffeine.
#63
Saw This House For Rent On Marketplace
#64
When You Don’t Know Plumbing, Just Pour The Floor Around It ..?
#65
How These Pipes Were Installed
#66
When One Bulb Isn’t Enough To Blind Guests
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David Paterson 10 hours ago
Most lists of DIY failures include at least one "if it's stupid and it works then it's not stupid" entry. But all of these are genuine disasters. Well done.
Laugh or not 11 hours ago
Most of them are harmless, a few are potentially lethal. And my European mind wants to know what those ceilings are made off that people fall through them so often.
Load More Replies... David Paterson 10 hours ago
Most lists of DIY failures include at least one "if it's stupid and it works then it's not stupid" entry. But all of these are genuine disasters. Well done.
Laugh or not 11 hours ago
Most of them are harmless, a few are potentially lethal. And my European mind wants to know what those ceilings are made off that people fall through them so often.
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