What was your biggest DIY disaster?

Question

Mine was attempting to plumb in a washing machine in my Daughters high rise flat. I fitted a hot water inlet tap into the mains gas line.
Luckily all the mains gas to the building had long since been disconnected (for safety reasons) or I would have blown the high rise block off the face of the earth, along with all the residents..

Answer 1

I was a dirt poor college student with an old jalopy in need of a new carburator. I couldn't afford the mechanic, and figured I could do it myself. I bought the Chilton manual and a carburator kit, and spent the next 7 evenings with a blow out diagram trying to get all the little pieces parts back in the right places. In the end I discovered I had lost the little bead that controls fuel flow, and decided to substitute a BB I borrowed from the neighbor kid. Needless to say, my car ran like ----. I made the trip back home to my dad, who redid the rebuild for me, after I bought a new kit and he quit laughing. Since then, I have never attempted my own car repairs again.

Answer 2

My sister tiled behind her oven hob with cheap tiles and about 2 spots of tile adhesive. imagine her surprise when a tile fell off and cracked her new ceramic £700 hob for the sake of not putting on £2 of adhesive

Answer 3

I want to know where you live, so I can stay away from you at least 30 miles.lol