10 Home-Improvement Great Goofs

Well, after reading about sealing the cell phone inside the wall, this reminds me of the story that my brother loves to tell. This one tops the cell phone. He was helping a friend finish a basement and after coming back from lunch, they could hear the distinct muffled sounds of the family cat meowing from inside the wall. Only took two holes in the newly hung drywall to find one slightly dusty cat, who finished her nap upstairs.

Curious that most of these goofs, especially the really dumb ones, are from men.

Why didn't the wife climb down the ladder to get to the first floor?

I am a professional Handyman. I had a lady call me to ask me to install a new ceiling fan where the old one was. I said "No problem." When I got up on the ladder I noticed that there was caulk around the bell ( The thing that touches the ceiling.). When I started to cut the caulk loose the fan fell on me. I have yet to figure out how the first installer got the fan to stay put until the silicone caulking dried hard enough to hold it in place.

You think a pink garage door is bad? When I was a kid, my parents got the bright idea to paint the old grey stucko on their house. My brother and I ended up growing up in a house with a baby blue top(the stucko doesn't go to the top) and a BRIGHT pink bottom. All the neighbors used it for reference for directions to their houses.

i know how that feels. it's happened to me and my dad a couple of times.

Perhaps a pink door isn't the worst thing in the world! It's certainly an easy way to identify your house when giving directions to people who have never visited you before!