35 Photos Of The Most Disastrous Home Improvement Fails

At some point or another, there are changes we want to make in the design of our homes. At this point, we either consult a professional or choose to tackle it ourselves. There are many reasons to want to choose to do a home improvement by yourself. It could be that you’re forced to because of budget constraints, or it could be the result of over-enthusiasm to tackle a challenging project. According to statistics , a surprising 75% of homeowners have at least tried their hand at a DIY home improvement project. However, when you do attempt to renovate, whether it’s done by specialists or yourself there is room for blunders to happen. Sometimes, they happen to be extremely extremely humourous mistakes. Scroll below to check out a few of the funniest home improvement fails found online.

#1 What Happens When You’re Renovating And Remove A Load-Bearing Wall

#2 My Parents: We Don’t Need A Paint Roller

#3 My Friend Just Finished A Kitchen Remodel

#4 Facade Wall Contractors Used A Drill Too Long For The Job. Was showering for 10 mins, when I realized, two rooms were in this state.

#5 Home Renovation Not Going As Planned. Doing some minor ethernet wiring with friends and he slipped. Unharmed other than pride.

#6 My Landlord Installed This Toilet Paper Holder In My Apartment During Renovation. Yes, It Is Glued Onto The Wall. No, None Of The Parts Come Off

#7 Lazy Plumbers Installed Leaky Pipes In My Bathroom. Now There Are Mushrooms Growing On My Ceiling

#8 When The Contractor Quits And Leaves You Without A Kitchen For Months

Long story short, the kitchen designer I worked with at Home Depot referred me to a contractor that I assumed worked for Home Depot. He conned me into paying cash up front and took off with my money. I was left without a kitchen and have 3 small children. It was absolute hell.

When I contacted Home Depot, they said that their worker was not supposed to refer me to the contractor because he, in fact, didn’t work for them and was just one of their valued customers. They told me they can’t be held liable. I explained that regardless if the worker wasn’t supposed to do it they still did and I am without money or a kitchen now. Home Depot did not care. I don’t know if this worker had a side deal with the “contractor” or what was going on.

I ended up having to build my own kitchen, my mom helped me but that was the most stressful 2 months of my life. Yes I have all proof and will be taking the con artist contractor and Home Depot to small claims court.

#9 Contractor Insists This Is Ok

#10 My House Is Under Renovation And The Mason Assured Me That It Would Only Take Two Days To Close The Roof Up. Now It’s Raining

#11 Spent $40,000 Renovating My New Home. Just Got The Itemized Budget, “Install Sliding Door Stopper: $100”. Here’s A Photo Of The “Installed” Door Stopper

#12 We Are Both Crying Inside, He’s Okay And Super Lucky He Didn’t Fall Above The Stairs

#13 Easy Installation Shower Door, They Said

#14 Me: I Would Like To Remodel My Kitchen To Have More Cabinets. Contractor:

#15 Has The Tiler Done A Reasonable Job Here?

Not sure if I am overreacting to the tiling quality. Having our kitchen done and most of it looks fine but this section just looks wonky and I am pretty disappointed. The guy doing it is a friend who says there is nothing you can do as the wall was not even. Is that really true? This has not been grouted yet. Will it look better after that (it was going to be dark grout).

#16 Just Moved Into Our First Home With My Wife. She Wanted To Hang A Picture, But Ended Up Drilling Into A Sprinkler Pipe. 40 Minutes To Shut Off, Do Not Recommend

#17 Just Finished Installing The New Dishwasher

#18 Just Don’t Leave The Water On And Swing The Faucet. This Is A Remodeled Kitchen In My Sister’s New House

#19 On The Other Side Of Our Guest Bathroom Is Our Kitchen Where He Had Our Microwave Installed By “Professionals”

#20 How My Friend, Who Has A Mechanical Engineering Degree, Installed His Mailbox

#21 Dad’s New Shower Door Install Is Complete

#22 Currently Having The Bathroom Above Our Newly Renovated Kitchen Redone, This Is What I Came Home To Today

#23 When The Contractor Installs Your Brand New Vanity And Does This To Make The Pipes Fit

#24 New Windows That Are Supposed To Help With Thermal Efficiency Break During Install

#25 I’ve Always Religiously Worn Gloves When Using Expanding Foam. From Today Onwards, I’ll Also Wear A Hat

Sealing up some gaps in the under stairs cupboard after a recent mouse infestation. Didn’t realise I had smooshed my head into the foam for over an hour, by which time it had almost fully cured.

My already receding hairline is even balder now after having to cut it all out. Stay safe guys.

#26 Fiancé Was Being Thoughtful And Taking The Paint Cans To The Basement. Turns Out He Tried To Carry Too Many At Once

#27 Just Finished Remodeling My Kitchen And I Broke The Glass Top To My Stove. It Has Been Discontinued. A New Top Costs About $500 And Used Tops Are $250 In Not Good Condition

#28 My Brother-In-Law’s Remodeled Basement

#29 Trying To Remodel. Brand New Kitchen Is Edgy I Suppose

#30 Contractors Have Tile Spacers But Don’t Know How To Use Them

#31 Rate My Husband’s Paint Job. “It’ll Be Fine After A Second Coat”

#32 In The “Newly Remodeled Bathroom” Of My Apartment

#33 How Not To Install A Metal Roof

#34 My Contractor Was Re-Sheathing The Roof When His Labourer Accidentally Installed A Skylight In My Son’s Room With His Foot

#35 Mom And Dad Are Getting The Bathroom Renovated And The Tiler Did This

Shanilou Perera

Shanilou has always loved reading and learning about the world we live in. While she enjoys fictional books and stories just as much, since childhood she was especially fascinated by encyclopaedias and strangely enough, self-help books. As a kid, she spent most of her time consuming as much knowledge as she could get her hands on and could always be found at the library. Now, she still enjoys finding out about all the amazing things that surround us in our day-to-day lives and is blessed to be able to write about them to share with the whole world as a profession.