Repair fails that you can’t look at without tears (36 photos)

No one is immune from mistakes, so if you ever feel ashamed of your repair skills or lack thereof, just remember the heroes of this post - they definitely do a much worse job.





1. "Workers poured concrete into the driveway of a new house that sits next to a duck pond. They went to lunch and saw it when they came back."



2. “My dad isn’t very good at renovations, so I turned his work into a piece of art.”





3. "We just moved into a new house and the painters came to touch up a couple of walls upstairs. This poor guy fell down the stairs with a bucket full of paint."



4. “Landlords, please don’t paint the walls over cockroaches.”



5. “My wife told me to measure the door, and I told her that all doors are the same size.”



6. "I was fixing a toilet. I went to the hardware store twice, worked on a hernia, had trouble installing the O-ring and screws. I ended up installing the toilet and forgot about the door. I'm an idiot."



7. “I’ve heard the expression “paint yourself into a corner,” but my wife moved on.”



8. "Installing a cat door. Lol, I hate myself."



9. "What happens when you demolish a load-bearing wall during renovation"



10. "My landlord: Is it okay if the replacement tiles are a little different from the others? Me: Yes, no problem. Tile:"



11. “Father forgot to tell me that the workers will be repairing the stairs today.”



12. "No words"



13. "Son-in-law is repairing the shed"



14. “A friend is renovating his house. He also has a cat.”



15. “I'm doing a renovation and my robot vacuum found a tiny piece of putty.”



16. “We just finished building our yurt. We installed the fireplace incorrectly.”



17. “A couple of years ago, my neighbor decided to paint his house bright orange, but gave up halfway.”



18. “Saw this on Facebook in an ad looking for a contractor.”



19. “My neighbor uses the longest drill in the world, what could possibly go wrong?”



20. “I picked up the stepladder, forgetting that there was paint on it.”



21. “Quarantine renovations looked so easy on Instagram.”



22. Gorgeous paint job



23. Painted myself into a corner x2



24. It could have been worse (could it?)



25. "My mom's garage is being renovated. I think it's pretty obvious they have 3 dogs."



26. “This is why you shouldn’t hire workers who only attach cabinets to drywall.”



27. “Mom had her guest bathroom remodeled while she was out of town. She wanted the shower head to be high up so that tall people wouldn't have to bend over or lean back. She came home to find this: the shower head was shooting water straight at the opposite wall.”



28. “You had one task, just one.”



29. Who installed these pipes?



30. “I think I went overboard with the spray insulation when I filled the hole on the other side of the wall.”



31. “My girlfriend and I have Covid. The heater broke, the repairman couldn’t come because of quarantine. I decided to try to fix it myself. I tripped over a pipe and fell through the ceiling.”



32. "My lovely wife bought a new door and a cat flap for her. It took hours to install and she was so proud of herself."



33. “It won’t hold without fasteners,” my other half said. “Don’t worry,” I replied. “I have half-inch butterfly dowels.”



34. Like a ruler



35. “The new neighbors painted the fence yesterday, now our car looks like this. All complete.”