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    DI-WHY? Halloween

    Every builder will have their own tale to tell of being asked to rectify a job rather less than well done ...

    Every builder will have their own tale to tell of being asked to rectify a job rather less than well done, and Professional Builder’s DI-WHY? is dedicated to exposing some of the worst examples. Hallo ...

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    DI-WHY? 14th October 2020

    As expected, after a surge of DIY during the lockdown period, there have been a lot of DIY disasters that ...

    As expected, after a surge of DIY during the lockdown period, there have been a lot of DIY disasters that professionals have been called in to fix. Our readers have been sending in some of the most sh ...

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    DI-WHY? We need your pictures!

    The DI-WHY? section of the Professional Builder website was launched last year and quickly became one of ...

    The DI-WHY? section of the Professional Builder website was launched last year and quickly became one of the most visited parts of the site. Understandably, the feature had a few months off during loc ...

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    DI-WHY? 26th March 2020

    We have another batch of DIY disasters and bodged jobs spotted by our readers. The first DI-WHY? submissi ...

    We have another batch of DIY disasters and bodged jobs spotted by our readers. The first DI-WHY? submission comes from @thefaffer_diy on Instagram, who said: 'I’ll never understand why people paint do ...

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    DI-WHY? 19th March 2020

    This week's DI-WHY? submissions were all sent in readers by email and also our Facebook community. First ...

    This week's DI-WHY? submissions were all sent in readers by email and also our Facebook community. First up, Douglas Sinden sent us this picture that he spotted at a hotel. Our second picture also com ...

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    DI-WHY? 11th March 2020

    The DI-WHY? section of our website has quickly become one of the favourites with our readers – so do keep ...

    The DI-WHY? section of our website has quickly become one of the favourites with our readers – so do keep sending in any pictures of rubbish building work that you spot to probuildonline@gmail.com. Th ...

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    DI-WHY? 4th March 2020

    The first DI-WHY? submission this week is a celebration of gaffer tape. It was sent in by @RuffToolsLtd o ...

    The first DI-WHY? submission this week is a celebration of gaffer tape. It was sent in by @RuffToolsLtd on Twitter, who said: "Gaffer tape. It has a dark side, a light side, and holds the universe tog ...

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    DI-WHY? 26th February 2020

    Time for another batch of your DI-WHY? submissions – and this week we have some wonderful examples of DIY ...

    Time for another batch of your DI-WHY? submissions – and this week we have some wonderful examples of DIY-gone-wrong or bodged jobs that the professionals have spotted on site. First up, reader Lee Sh ...

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    DI-WHY? 19th February 2020

    We have a bathroom special for this week's DI-WHY? selection of shoddy building work our readers have spo ...

    We have a bathroom special for this week's DI-WHY? selection of shoddy building work our readers have spotted. All of these were sent in by Geoff Powles on email. He said: "I have recently been asked ...

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    DI-WHY? 12th February 2020

    We have three DI-WHY? submissions for you this week, illustrating some of the DIY disasters and bodge job ...

    We have three DI-WHY? submissions for you this week, illustrating some of the DIY disasters and bodge jobs that the professionals are called in to fix or spot when they are out on site. First up, read ...

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