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The 11 funniest fails that left DIYers guessing

From painting yourself well and truly into a corner to finding yourself at the bottom of a staircase that you've just pulled down, we have a host of the funniest DIY fails that left people asking how they got themselves into that situation in the first place.
By The Family Handyman

There are countless ways home improvement projects can go wrong. Sometimes it’s nothing more than an inconvenience or a little mess to clean up. Other times you might find yourself stuck on a roof, trapped in a bathroom or worse! Check out these goofs and you might save yourself from a similar fate.

11. Recessed Lighting

11. Recessed Lighting
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During our recent bathroom makeover, my husband replaced the outdated bath fan.

That meant turning off the power to the bathroom, so he hung his new cordless LED work light between the joists and got to work.

After installing the new fan box, he put up new drywall, taped, primed and painted. The bathroom looked fantastic.

His next project was in the basement and one day I found him searching frantically for the work light.

So I asked him the standard question: ‘Where did you use it last?’ I could see the ‘LED’ flash on in his head. He had left it in the ceiling above the drywall!

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