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  • Homeowners paying out £900 to fix botched DIY attempts

    |Date: 12 September, 2024
    Homeowners paying out £900 to fix botched DIY attempts

    Homeowners paying out £900 to fix botched DIY attempts

    Homeowners spend an estimated £539 million a year employing tradespeople to fix DIY jobs that have gone a ...

    Homeowners spend an estimated £539 million a year employing tradespeople to fix DIY jobs that have gone awry. On average, it cost homeowners £919 to get a professional tradesperson to fix or finish th ...

    12 September, 2024
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  • DI-WHY? is back!

    |Date: 22 January, 2024
    DI-WHY? is back!

    DI-WHY? is back!

    Yes, that's right, DI-WHY? is back! This is your chance to send in the DIY disasters that the professiona ...

    Yes, that's right, DI-WHY? is back! This is your chance to send in the DIY disasters that the professional trades are called in to fix For those that don't know, DI-WHY? is all about the bodge jobs an ...

    22 January, 2024
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  • Dangerous DIY ‘hacks’ with Ironmongery Direct

    |Date: 15 March, 2023
    Dangerous DIY 'hacks' with Ironmongery Direct

    Dangerous DIY ‘hacks’ with Ironmongery Direct

    © Jelena/ Adobe Stock DIY tips and tricks are everywhere online, and the hashtag #diyhacks has over 600 m ...

    © Jelena/ Adobe Stock DIY tips and tricks are everywhere online, and the hashtag #diyhacks has over 600 million views on TikTok, but an expert has warned that some of these shortcuts could potentially ...

    15 March, 2023
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  • Don’t Try This at Home: The botched DIY jobs that are best left to the professionals

    |Date: 25 January, 2023
    Don’t Try This at Home: The botched DIY jobs that are best left to the professionals

    Don’t Try This at Home: The botched DIY jobs that are best left to the professionals

    Fixing leaks, plumbing, changing taps and decorating are the most common botched jobs that tradespeople a ...

    Fixing leaks, plumbing, changing taps and decorating are the most common botched jobs that tradespeople are called out to fix For 70% of Brits, ‘saving money’ is the reason for attempting a task thems ...

    25 January, 2023
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  • DI-WHY? Lazy landlord 5th October 2022

    |Date: 5 October, 2022
    DI-WHY? Lazy landlord 5th October 2022

    DI-WHY? Lazy landlord 5th October 2022

    Ready for a new DI-WHY?... This weeks DI-WHY? was sent in to us from one of Facebook followers Mark Smith ...

    Ready for a new DI-WHY?... This weeks DI-WHY? was sent in to us from one of Facebook followers Mark Smith. It looks like his landlord thought they could fix the damage better than an experienced trade ...

    5 October, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Plumbing incident 12th September 2022

    |Date: 12 September, 2022
    DI-WHY? Plumbing incident 12th September 2022

    DI-WHY? Plumbing incident 12th September 2022

    The DI-WHY? fails continue... For this weeks DI-WHY? one of our readers sent in this shocking discovery o ...

    The DI-WHY? fails continue... For this weeks DI-WHY? one of our readers sent in this shocking discovery of a plumbing instalment whilst on a job. It seems like someone wasn't concentrating properly, i ...

    12 September, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? What came first? 5th September 2022

    |Date: 5 September, 2022
    DI-WHY? What came first? 5th September 2022

    DI-WHY? What came first? 5th September 2022

    DI-WHY? is back again Alan Young, one of our Facebook followers, sent in this unfortunate fail when he ca ...

    DI-WHY? is back again Alan Young, one of our Facebook followers, sent in this unfortunate fail when he came across a rather concerning job. There might have been a bit of confusion with the wiring and ...

    5 September, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Loose pipes! 29th August 2022

    |Date: 29 August, 2022
    DI-WHY? Loose pipes! 29th August 2022

    DI-WHY? Loose pipes! 29th August 2022

    It's only another DI-WHY? These DI-WHY? fails were sent in to us by Richard Colby when he found a collect ...

    It's only another DI-WHY? These DI-WHY? fails were sent in to us by Richard Colby when he found a collection of disastrous pipe work throughout a customers’ home after it had supposedly already been r ...

    29 August, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Socket disaster 22nd August 2022

    |Date: 22 August, 2022
    DI-WHY? Socket disaster 22nd August 2022

    DI-WHY? Socket disaster 22nd August 2022

    There’s a new DI-WHY? coming your way! This week’s shocking entry was sent in by one of our Facebook foll ...

    There’s a new DI-WHY? coming your way! This week’s shocking entry was sent in by one of our Facebook followers when he discovered this dangerous DIY fail!   Have you come across any hazardous DIY ...

    22 August, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Puzzling plumbing 15th August 2022

    |Date: 15 August, 2022
    DI-WHY? Puzzling plumbing 15th August 2022

    DI-WHY? Puzzling plumbing 15th August 2022

    We have another DI-WHY? disaster for you... @JamesB177, one of our Twitter followers, shared this plumbin ...

    We have another DI-WHY? disaster for you... @JamesB177, one of our Twitter followers, shared this plumbing fail with us whilst on a job!   He explained - Hob not in square   Share your disco ...

    15 August, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Disastrous wiring 8th August 2022

    |Date: 8 August, 2022
    DI-WHY? Disastrous wiring 8th August 2022

    DI-WHY? Disastrous wiring 8th August 2022

    This weeks DI-WHY?... This image was sent in by one of our Facebook followers, Daniel Edwards, when he wa ...

    This weeks DI-WHY?... This image was sent in by one of our Facebook followers, Daniel Edwards, when he was on a job and made a jaw-dropping discovery!   He commented... This ran an 3kw electric f ...

    8 August, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Roofing fails! 1st August 2022

    |Date: 1 August, 2022
    DI-WHY? Roofing fails! 1st August 2022

    DI-WHY? Roofing fails! 1st August 2022

    It’s everyone’s favourite time of the week, DI-WHY? time! One of our readers, Matt, shared these pictures ...

    It’s everyone’s favourite time of the week, DI-WHY? time! One of our readers, Matt, shared these pictures with us on Twitter of some roofing fails he spotting whilst out and about. @mattfordroofing : ...

    1 August, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Bathroom mayhem! 25th July 2022

    |Date: 25 July, 2022
    DI-WHY? Bathroom mayhem! 25th July 2022

    DI-WHY? Bathroom mayhem! 25th July 2022

    Let's see what DI-WHY? fail we have today...   One of our readers, Geoff Powles, made a shocking dis ...

    Let's see what DI-WHY? fail we have today...   One of our readers, Geoff Powles, made a shocking discovery when removing a bathroom fitted by “a handy plumber” and we just had to share it!   ...

    25 July, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Cupboard surprise! 18th July 2022

    |Date: 18 July, 2022
    DI-WHY? Cupboard surprise! 18th July 2022

    DI-WHY? Cupboard surprise! 18th July 2022

    New week, new DI-WHY? This week’s entry was sent to us by one of readers from Twitter of a discovery they ...

    New week, new DI-WHY? This week’s entry was sent to us by one of readers from Twitter of a discovery they made on the job when looking inside the customer’s cupboard.   Get involved, make us laug ...

    18 July, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Falling to pieces 11th July 2022

    |Date: 11 July, 2022
    DI-WHY? Falling to pieces 11th July 2022

    DI-WHY? Falling to pieces 11th July 2022

    You guessed it! It's another DI-WHY? This week’s DI-WHY? was sent to us on Facebook by Alex Bell. He rece ...

    You guessed it! It's another DI-WHY? This week’s DI-WHY? was sent to us on Facebook by Alex Bell. He recently had to tackle this home disaster.     GOT A STORY TO TELL? Send in your pictures ...

    11 July, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? A new style of wallpapering 4th July 2022

    |Date: 4 July, 2022
    DI-WHY? A new style of wallpapering 4th July 2022

    DI-WHY? A new style of wallpapering 4th July 2022

    It isn’t called DI-WHY? for nothing… This week’s DI-WHY? entry shows off someone’s unique scrapbook style ...

    It isn’t called DI-WHY? for nothing… This week’s DI-WHY? entry shows off someone’s unique scrapbook style wallpapering technique. They must have used the scraps to fill in the gaps! Surely you’d just ...

    4 July, 2022
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