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    DI-WHY? before and after: office transformation 27th August 2021

    DI-WHY? 'before and after' is Professional Builder's newest series that was introduced to show off the gr ...

    DI-WHY? 'before and after' is Professional Builder's newest series that was introduced to show off the great work that tradespeople do, and to highlight to homeowners that hiring a professional is alw ...

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    DI-WHY? 20th August 2021

    Another week means another batch of DIY disasters to show you! This weeks submission came in from @mattfo ...

    Another week means another batch of DIY disasters to show you! This weeks submission came in from @mattfordroofing on Twitter, who said... "Just a few in Bradford 👀  "     Have you b ...

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    96% of questioned tradespeople say they have been called in to fix botched jobs or DIY disasters

    Our 'DI-WHY?' feature has been a huge success since it launched, with floods of pictures and videos sent ...

    Our 'DI-WHY?' feature has been a huge success since it launched, with floods of pictures and videos sent in by our readers every month. We have been shown all sorts of DIY disasters that tradespeople ...

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    Introducing DI-WHY?'s 'before and after' series

    Back in 2019 Professional Builder launched 'DI-WHY?', a feature both online and in the magazine, highligh ...

    Back in 2019 Professional Builder launched 'DI-WHY?', a feature both online and in the magazine, highlighting all of the DIY disasters that professional trades are called in to fix. After running for ...

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    DI-WHY? 30th July 2021

    Professional Builder takes a look at some of our favourite DIY disasters to date. Thanks to reader Richar ...

    Professional Builder takes a look at some of our favourite DIY disasters to date. Thanks to reader Richard Colby for submitting these entries in... "Found after it had been repaired (loosest use of th ...

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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? 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? 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? 22nd January 2020

    Another week, another batch of DIY disasters spotted by our readers! First up, Paul Carter spotted this s ...

    Another week, another batch of DIY disasters spotted by our readers! First up, Paul Carter spotted this spectacular plumbing fail and emailed us a snap. He said: "Visited a customer who had had their ...

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    DI-WHY? 11th December 2019

    Thanks to @Myroofcarel on Twitter for submitting this week's DI-WHY? disaster! This particular example wa ...

    Thanks to @Myroofcarel on Twitter for submitting this week's DI-WHY? disaster! This particular example was probably carried out by a fraudster or rogue builder, and had left the customer considerably ...

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    DI-WHY? 4th December 2019

    Check out this week's DI-WHY? shocker, submitted by @JamesB177 on Twitter. Send us your pictures to probu ...

    Check out this week's DI-WHY? shocker, submitted by @JamesB177 on Twitter. Send us your pictures to probuildonline@gmail.com or  tag us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. All submissions that we use ...

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