Have you ever had a DIY project completely fail?

[Ria99]

Saw a few of these and couldn't stop watching.

It's always the same pattern. Looks easy at first, then halfway through everything goes wrong.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9n6em1ZBOvI

[Quanta]

Puts me off starting any DIY

[Amber Tiger]

Plenty. But I keep trying

[Ridge]

Certain types of DIY I won't do. Involving Water or Electrics because I can see disaster written all over it

[DecentBloke]

Haha thats so funny

[NeutrinoX74]

Not sure about that part. Cheers

[Dom9]

That is the part most people skip over. What I find interesting is what it chooses not to include as much as what it does.

Really good thread this.

The cheap shortcut almost always costs more to fix later

[Vanessa26]

Puts me off starting any DIY

A lot depends on who is making the claim and what they are trying to sell. That is my read on it anyway.

Prep is always more important than people give it credit for

[TheRock]

That is the nuanced version of it. What strikes me most is the thing it does not quite say directly.

Happy to keep discussing this.

The cheap shortcut almost always costs more to fix later.

[Scholar]

Puts me off starting any DIY

A lot depends on who is making the claim and what they are trying to sell. That is my read on it

Worked for me too. I have found that the biggest savings come from the boring stuff nobody wants to do.

Worth a look if you have not already

[TheGreatMoney]

That is the part most people skip over. What I find interesting is what it chooses not to include as much as what it does. Really good threa

That is how I do it and it works. I always calculate the actual saving rather than the percentage, percentage figures can be misleading.

Worth a look if you have not already.

Buying decent materials and cutting corners on tools is usually a false economy

[StringTheory95]

Couldn't agree more. Fair enough really.

Good stuff