I was going to say most hated but it's supposed to be an enjoyable and rewarding pastime!
My 2 least favourite are,
Core drilling, this must be like the way women forget childbirth, you attack it with optimism and get reminded that is a messy, noisy, painful job taking hours.
Drawer runners, I don't know about anyone else but I start off with the best of intentions, measuring and marking accurately. Then revert to screw it on about right, see how far off it is then move it.
I recently installed a B&Q "pan drawer" unit, the instructions warned that they were in process of modifying the unit, so the pre-marked/drilled holes on the drawer-fronts might not match with the unit, so to measure and drill them to a given pattern ... even after following their revised instructions the bottom of the drawer-front didn't line up with the bottom of adjacent units and the drawers fouled on each other and it was necessary to work out the offsets to allow them to fit properly and evenly.
I f****ng hate plastering.
Which may explain why it took a year to plaster the kitchen, one bucket at a time.
Owain
Laying tiles on a bathroom floor
Jonathan
Drain cleaning and attempting to correct shortcomings in the design of flatpack furniture after a couple of years when the centre drawer support fixings come away from the top of the unit due to being just glued on and a tiny screw inserted. Do they think we all keep very light stuff in drawers? Brian
Any company worth its salt would organise the items so one complete unit contained one design and not a mixed up mash of several. Brian
You see I'd not attempt such a job. its messy and not very easy when you cannot see well.
Its fine bunging up a hole with stuff but that is my limit. Brian
But you can order different doors and drawer front styles with the base units.
All tiling is one of those jobs you need to use the Irish approach, Wherever you start, an expert walks in and stroking their chin, says, If I were doing that I'd no start from here. Brian
sanding filler.
+1001
I'll get in first before anyone else mentions it:
Saniflo!
I've never had the pleasure, but it appears the uk.d-i-y FAQ on this is the standard reference work whenever anyone on the internet expresses intentions of installing one.
Theo
R D S expressed precisely :
Painting - gloss, emulsion, you name it I hate doing it. I just lack the patience needed.
+1, but more than the painting it's the bloody preparation involved - sanding, cleaning, masking, and then cleaning up. And when it's done, it still looks awful. (I prefer wallpaper, but it was made for walls which are straight, true, flat, and at 90 degrees at corners. These things are rarer than hen's teeth...)
Trying to find the correct sanding pads for my bosch 125mm random orbital sander.
trying to find something that I know I used 6 years ago, but damned if I can find it now.
Starting any DIY job. I should have done lots of sanding and painting in May and June when the weather was perfect for outdoor painting (have you tried using the useless dulux weathershield primer now that it is water-based ?).
Finishing a started DIY job.
That has advantages. You won't see how bad the result is :-)
Use the correct material and tools and little if any sanding is needed.
Use a 4 inch roller.
adjusting kitchen unit door unit hinges .......
I'd also hate sanding filler, if I needed to I'd know I goofed and was doing work not needed. If you need to sand a plaster/paint lip off before filling, I've found scraping is quicker.
My most hated work is 2 or 3 floors up on a ladder. Ugh. Second most disliked is work with an apprentice. Often it's fine, sometimes it so isn't. 3rd most disliked is when I know it's going to take an annoyingly long time, and annoy everyone else. Unblocking a foul drain is no paradise, but I know at least it won't take too long. I try not to make a habit of it.
NT
Have something to add? Share your thoughts — no account required.
Ask the community — no account required