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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? 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? 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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  • DI-WHY? Valve mix up 27th June 2022

    |Date: 27 June, 2022
    DI-WHY? Valve mix up 27th June 2022

    DI-WHY? Valve mix up 27th June 2022

    Another week, another DI-WHY? A while back, one of our Twitter followers @snlplumbing, came across this b ...

    Another week, another DI-WHY? A while back, one of our Twitter followers @snlplumbing, came across this botched job where someone had put the wrong valve in place. We thought it was about time it was ...

    27 June, 2022
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  • DI-WHY? Wonky wiring 13th June 2022

    |Date: 13 June, 2022
    DI-WHY? Wonky wiring 13th June 2022

    DI-WHY? Wonky wiring 13th June 2022

    It's DI-WHY? time! One of our Twitter followers, @axiombuilder, shared this questionable image with us a ...

    It's DI-WHY? time! One of our Twitter followers, @axiombuilder, shared this questionable image with us a while ago of some wiring he came across on the job and we just had to share it… He commented: L ...

    13 June, 2022
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