21 Home Improvement Disasters That Will Make You Cringe
How can you even fail this badly?
Before proceeding with any task, it is always important to consider all possible outcomes. That way, you can avoid wasting valuable time and resources.
Some tasks are irreversible, and once you begin working on them, you cannot undo any previous mistakes. Each step depends on the one before it, and when one link breaks in the chain, everything falls apart.
Home improvement is a challenging and draining process that cannot possibly succeed without a lot of prior planning and thorough execution. You can easily ruin everything by not following instructions properly or by being reckless with your supplies.
Pets are one aspect that people sometimes forget about; they cannot be anywhere near the area undergoing improvement. They are unpredictable and can ruin everything in a split second.
It is crucial to ensure that they are somewhere safe and secluded so they cannot randomly wander out. It could also be dangerous for your pets to be exposed to toxic elements that could harm their health.
The people in the pictures below ended up in some disastrous situations while conducting home improvement. They forgot to consider some important aspects and ended up suffering the consequences of their actions.
1. “Ducks walking across finished concrete”
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Reddit3. “Landlords—please don’t paint over cockroaches.”
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4. “I can't believe this one. We just moved into a brand new house, and painters came by to touch up some walls upstairs.”
This poor guy fell down the entire staircase with a full 5-gallon bucket of paint. He screamed the whole way down; I thought he was going to be hurt, but thankfully he wasn't. Paint splattered all the way across the living room onto my brand new furniture. ????
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5. “My wife said to measure the door; I told her all doors are the same size...”
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6. “Fixing a toilet leak. I took two trips to Home Depot, worked with a hernia, and had a painful time putting the wax ring and screws on... only to install the toilet and forget about the door. I'm an idiot.”
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7. “What happens when you're renovating and remove a load-bearing wall?”
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8. “I've heard of 'painting yourself into a corner,' but my wife took it a step further. I don't even know...”
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9. Diy Fail
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10. “There are no words...”
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11. “My landlord: Is it okay if the replacement tile is not an exact match? Me: Yeah, that’s fine. The tile:”
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12. “My father forgot to tell me the renovations would involve taking the stairs out today.”
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13. “Brother-in-law repairing his awning.”
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14. “We just finished the construction of our yurt... and the fireplace was not installed correctly.”
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15. “I'm doing renovations, and my Roomba found a tiny piece of sheetrock.”
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16. “A friend is renovating his house. He also has a cat.”
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17. “A couple of years ago, my neighbor decided to paint his house bright orange... then gave up halfway through.”
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18. “Saw this on FB with someone asking for a contractor. Holy shit!”
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19. “I picked the ladder up, forgetting the paint was on top.”
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20. “WCGW if my neighbor uses the longest possible drill out there?”
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21. “Could be worse.”
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It's always important to plan every step of each process while conducting home improvement. Some things are irreversible, and once you start, there's no going back.
The people below forgot to think about certain aspects while proceeding with their home improvement. That lack of attention eventually leads to the most disastrous results.
