Britain's DIY mad

A New report says People in Britain spend on average eight days a year doing DIY.
But nearly 50 per cent of those questioned said they regularly carry out DIY work without the knowledge or skills needed for the task. And a third were honest enough to say they normally mess up the so-called 'improvements'.

The report says many of the people require the use of proessionals to fix their DIY efforts. Women are the worst offenders and end up forking out an average of £80 each to fix their foul-ups with men spending £37 to make good their own disasters.

According to the report, the top five tasks the nation mucks up the most is headed by replacing floors.

That's followed by fitting an electric shower, putting up a new garden fence, painting and decorating and fixing bathroom leaks.

But it's splashing paint on walls with a brush or roller that the UK sees as its biggest chore, with 20 per cent of those questioned claiming it as their most despised DIY job.

Clearing the gutters came second, with sorting the garden third.
The report also discovered a quarter of blokes have had an accident doing DIY with one in 10 needing hospital treatment for their injury.

With 25 per cent of men either cutting or hurting themselves using a tool, while 7 per cent have fallen off a ladder, 6 per cent were electrocuted and 1 in 20 flooding the room they were working in.

Another 3 per cent fell through a ceiling or floor.

Which just makes you think, maybe it's best to put down that screwdriver today and go out instead!

You mind how you go now!

Top 5 Stupid DIY Accidents - Number 2

Never drink whilst doing your DIY.

Why not?

Well you might suffer the same fate as Paul from Yorkshire, who told the BBC how he went boozing one lunchtime and thought it would be a good idea to partake in a spot of DIY in the afternoon. There was a small piece of wallpaper in the corner of the ceiling that was 'annoying' him and which Paul wanted to remove.

So what did he do? Why, he got a butcher's boning knife and stood on a wobbly chair, of course. Obviously he fell off, and plunged the knife - to the hilt - into his chest, about an inch beside his heart.

Let that be a lesson to you.

You mind how you go.

Harry

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Mind how you go now.

Harry